With over a year until the Europe Galleries re-open, it may come as surprise to learn that we are already nearing the final stages of editing and confirming the text that will appear in the galleries. Indeed, we are doing so, even before the cases and walls, to which they will be fixed, exist!
http://www.vam.ac.uk/blog/creating-new-europe-1600-1800-galleries/labels-gallery-text