The Leighton House Museum in London's Holland Park is to undergo a £1.3m revamp.

The work, which will include upgrading the 19th-century museum’s central heating and electrical services as well as restoring the original decorations, has been funded fully by the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.

The museum will close to the public on 31 October for the duration of the work, and is scheduled to reopen in November 2009.