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This page brings together research, guidance and estimates to help government and private organisations consider the value of culture and heritage capital.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) is unique in its coverage of conflicts, especially those involving Britain and the Commonwealth, from World War 1 to the present day. It provides for, and encourages, the study and understanding of the history of...
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The Natural History Museum (NHM) is home to life and earth science specimens comprising some 70 million items within 5 main collections: Botany, Entomology, Mineralogy, Palaeontology and Zoology. The museum is a world-renowned centre of research, specialising in taxonomy, identification...
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
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Application guidance for the DCMS/Wolfson Fund, which is launching a new round of funding worth £4 million over the next two years.
This series brings together all documents relating to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators
The Royal Naval Museum, in Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard, is one of Britain’s oldest maritime museums. The Museum’s aim is to preserve and present the history of the ‘Fleet’ - the ships and the men and women who manned them. RNM...
Apply for a Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange (GAE) visa for work experience, training, research or fellowship - eligibility, extend or switch, family members
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You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
Every part of England to receive funding through the latest round of the Cultural Investment Fund
Ministers have made one new appointment and four reappointments.
The Science Museum Group is devoted to the history and contemporary practice of science, medicine, technology, industry and media. With 5 million visitors each year and an unrivalled collection, it consists of: Science Museum, Museum of Science and Industry, National...
The Royal Air Force Museum (RAFM) tells the story of British aviation, from early bi-planes to the latest strike-jets. It is based on two sites - Colindale in North London, and Cosford in Shropshire, and is free to visit. RAFM...
Soane’s is the idiosyncratic house-museum of the great Neo-Classical architect Sir John Soane (1753 – 1837). The house still displays his collection of antiquities, furniture, models and paintings in the same state in which they were left at the time...
This short guidance note provides detail on the broadening of the VAT refund scheme for museums and galleries on 3 May 2018.
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