The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) has moved a step closer to its funding target for the development of an underground gallery on Exhibition Road following a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The HLF has awarded the V&A nearly £5m, leaving £7m to raise. Other funders for the £42m project include the Monument Trust; Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation; Headley Trust; and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
The space on Exhibition Road will be used for the museum’s temporary exhibition programme and will also include a courtyard and new entrance.
“It is an essential development for the future of the V&A which will transform the way we present our major exhibitions as well as how we welcome our increasing number of visitors,” said Martin Roth, the director of the V&A.
The architect for the scheme is AL_A, which won the international competition to design the project in 2011.
Meanwhile, the V&A opened a centre for the study and care of its textiles and fashion collections this week. The Clothworkers’ Centre at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia was designed by Haworth Tompkins Architects.
The HLF has awarded the V&A nearly £5m, leaving £7m to raise. Other funders for the £42m project include the Monument Trust; Dr Mortimer and Theresa Sackler Foundation; Headley Trust; and the Garfield Weston Foundation.
The space on Exhibition Road will be used for the museum’s temporary exhibition programme and will also include a courtyard and new entrance.
“It is an essential development for the future of the V&A which will transform the way we present our major exhibitions as well as how we welcome our increasing number of visitors,” said Martin Roth, the director of the V&A.
The architect for the scheme is AL_A, which won the international competition to design the project in 2011.
Meanwhile, the V&A opened a centre for the study and care of its textiles and fashion collections this week. The Clothworkers’ Centre at Blythe House in Kensington Olympia was designed by Haworth Tompkins Architects.
