RAMM building site from above

HLF funding allowed the redevelopment of the World Cultures galleries in 1998. Between 2001 and 2011 a museum-wide redevelopment addressed the Museum buildings as a single unit for the first time in its 140 year history.

The redevelopment repaired structural damage, allowed further growth with an additional entrance and a new temporary exhibitions gallery. All sections of the building were integrated to serve museum visitors for generations to come.