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Friday, 13th August 2004 (5387 views)

The Victoria and Albert Museum has been given a £1.6 million donation to help revamp its well-known jewellery collection.<BR/><BR/>Funding has come from William and Judith Bollinger and is part of £2.5 million the museum is hoping to raise to rebuild its three jewellery galleries.<BR/><BR/>Dr Richard Edgcumbe, the curator of the jewellery gallery told the Telegraph: "The existing lighting produces no fire or sparkle in the jewels. When we reopen we shall make the diamonds sparkle and the vivid colours of the enamels come alive."<BR/><BR/>The collection covers 4,000 years and includes pieces such as gold hippopotamus ornaments from ancient Egypt. <BR/><BR/>With the new changes items will be displayed under bright lights, images will be magnified on screens and interactive technology will be used to explain jeweller and goldsmith techniques.<BR/><BR/>Mark Jones, the museum's director claimed: "The new gallery will reinforce London's pre-eminent position as a world centre for the study of jewellery."<BR/><BR/>The jewellery rooms were last improved 30 years ago and have now closed for a four-year modernisation programme.<img src="http://directnews.dehavilland.co.uk/dn.gif?feedid=196&itemid=3228577"/>

 

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