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Reports of the Spoliation Advisory Panel

A collection of independent reports by the Spoliation Advisory Panel, which considers claims for cultural property lost during the Nazi era.

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (2017 to 2023)
• Published: 1 June 2015
• Last updated: 31 March 2025
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  1. 31 March 2025

     Added report to Tate Galleries section.

  2. 18 March 2024

     Link added to report published 18 March: Second report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of three paintings by Rubens now in the possession of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London

  3. 1 June 2015

     First published.

Ashmolean Museum

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of a Gothic relief in ivory, now in the possession of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • 10 February 2016
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Salt in the Ashmolean
  • 16 October 2014
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Painting in the Ashmolean Museum
  • 1 March 2006
  • Independent report

Bristol Museum and Art Gallery

• Report by the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Oil painting in Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
  • 16 September 2015
  • Independent report

British Library

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Wooden tablet in the British Library
  • 12 June 2014
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Renewed claim for the Beneventan Missal in the British Library
  • 15 September 2010
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Beneventan Missal in the British Library
  • 23 March 2005
  • Independent report

British Museum

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: 14 clocks and watches in the British Museum
  • 7 March 2012
  • Independent report
• Spoliation Advisory Panel report: Porcelain in the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • 11 June 2008
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Four drawings in the British Museum
  • 27 April 2006
  • Independent report

The Burrell Collection

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Tapestry fragment in the Burrell Collection
  • 27 November 2014
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: A painting now in the possession of Glasgow City Council
  • 24 November 2004
  • Independent report

Cecil Higgins Art Gallery

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Porcelain figures in the Cecil Higgins Art Gallery
  • 20 November 2014
  • Independent report

Courtauld Institute of Art

• Second report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of three paintings by Rubens now in the possession of the Courtauld Institute of Art, London
  • 18 March 2024
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Oil sketch in the Courtauld Institute of Art
  • 16 December 2010
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: 8 Drawings in the Courtauld Institute of Art
  • 24 June 2009
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Three paintings in the Courtauld Institute of Art
  • 28 November 2007
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Three drawings in the Courtauld Institute of Art
  • 24 January 2007
  • Independent report

Fitzwilliam Museum

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of the painting ‘La Ronde Enfantine’ by Gustave Courbet in the possession of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • 28 March 2023
  • Policy paper
• Spoliation Advisory Panel report: Porcelain in the British Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum
  • 11 June 2008
  • Independent report

Tate Galleries

• Supplementary Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of an oil Painting by John Constable 'Beaching a Boat, Brighton'
  • 10 September 2015
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Constable painting in the Tate Gallery
  • 26 March 2014
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: Griffier painting in the Tate Gallery
  • 18 January 2001
  • Independent report
• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel in respect of the painting 'Aeneas and his Family Fleeing Burning Troy' by Henry Gibbs
  • 28 April 2025
  • Policy paper

Victoria & Albert

• Report of the Spoliation Advisory Panel: 3 Meissen Figures in the Victoria and Albert Museum
  • 10 June 2014
  • Independent report