Along the way, they also introduced the museum's director, Jock Reynolds, to Canadian collectors Hunter and ValerieThompson, who in 2007 donated about 500 Javanese gold sculptures and ornaments.
ValerieThompson from the E-Learning Foundation, which aims to provide learning technologies to children both at home and at school, said that while will.i.am's donation was "fantastic", there remained "a very significant challenge".