Income from tickets represented about double the average weekly level of voluntary contributions.

Refurbishment has cost £2 million

From rinceaux to Reeboks

Two books accompanying recent museum shows

V&A in brave act of patronage

Secrecy at the old V&A

It will be the first time that an institution has allowed the story of its acquisitions to be subjected to such intense inquiry

A major survey that leaves interpretation of his achievements to the visitor

V&A tackles Britain head-on

This year appears to be the year of the Pre-Raphaelite, with yet another major show on the way

New structure will showcase contemporary crafts

But Apsley House reaches record numbers following restoration

About six million Indians follow this faith, but its art and beliefs are very little known to many in the west

Curators to be given a place on management committees

Berger collection to go to Huntington after two-year silence from the London museum

Detailed study of the V&A's Raphael cartoons suggests he painted them as independent works of art

Suggestions from a former Assistant Keeper

The current exhibition highlights just how weak the products of the modern company are

Medievalist director of the Imperial War Museum, an able fund-raiser, chosen by the Trustees

Has the V&A lost its head?

Canova's masterpiece at rest at last

East Anglia University lures Elizabeth Esteve-Coll

Exhibition of Kalighat painting to tour the UK

The first exhibition to deconstruct street fashion

A major survey of the high priest of the Gothic Revival

Sponsored by designer Pierre Cardin

Superb new glass gallery opens 20 April

Illustrations partially compensate for jargon

The Victoria and Albert Museum may be getting back into its stride as the world's top decorative art museum if the exhibition is anything to go by.

"Where there is no research, there is no museum", says Wolf Dieter Dube, director of the Berlin museums, but this tenet has come under attack in recent years.