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A few galleries were redesigned in the 1990s including: Indian, Japanese, Chinese, iron work, the main glass and the main silverware gallery, although this gallery was further enhanced in 2002 when some of the Victorian decoration was recreated.

This included two of the ten columns having their ceramic decoration replaced and the elaborate painted designs restored on the ceiling.

As part of the 2006 renovation the mosaic floors in the sculpture gallery were restored — most of the Victorian floors were covered in linoleum after the Second World War.

After the success of the British Galleries, opened in 2001, it was decided to embark on a major redesign of all the galleries in the museum ; this is known as ' FuturePlan ', and was created in consultation with the exhibition designers and masterplanners Metaphor.

The plan is expected to take about ten years and was started in 2002.

To date several galleries have been redesigned, notably, in 2002: the main Silver Gallery, Contemporary ; in 2003: Photography, the main entrance, The Painting Galleries ; in 2004: the tunnel to the subway leading to South Kensington tube station, New signage throughout the museum, architecture, V & A and RIBA reading rooms and stores, metalware, Members ' Room, contemporary glass, the Gilbert Bayes sculpture gallery ; in 2005: portrait miniatures, prints and drawings, displays in Room 117, the garden, sacred silver and stained glass ; in 2006: Central Hall Shop, Islamic Middle East, the new café, sculpture galleries.

Several designers and architects have been involved in this work.

Eva Jiřičná designed the enhancements to the main entrance and rotunda, the new shop, the tunnel and the sculpture galleries.

Gareth Hoskins was responsible for contemporary and architecture, Softroom, Islamic Middle East and the Members ' Room, McInnes Usher McKnight Architects ( MUMA ) were responsible for the new Cafe and designed the new Medieval and Renaissance galleries which opened in 2009.