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The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A / VAM) is the world’s largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects. Named after Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, it was founded in 1852, and...
The Commission's views on the need for a museum or art gallery to satisfy a criterion of merit in order to be recognised as charitable.
The Tate is an institution that holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. The Tate has a network of four art museums: Tate Britain (London), Tate Liverpool, Tate...
Find out which museums or galleries that offer free admission are eligible for refunds under the VAT Refund Scheme.
How UK museums and galleries can arrange to protect exhibits on loan from abroad from court-ordered seizure.
More than £86 million overall to be invested to develop world-class culture
This series brings together all documents relating to DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries statistics
What we're doing to improve collections and exhibitions, and to make sure everyone can continue to access our national museums.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you’re permanently importing museum and gallery exhibits into the UK.
This publication is intended for Valuation Officers. It may contain links to internal resources that are not available through this version.
A checklist for artists, specialists, museum professionals, exhibitors or businesses working or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences to enrich people’s lives. It supports a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art - reading to dance, music to...
The National Gallery houses the national collection of Western European painting from the 13th to 19th centuries. It cares for the collection, enhancing it for future generations, primarily by acquisition, and also studies it whilst encouraging access to the pictures...
Every part of England to receive funding through the latest round of the Cultural Investment Fund
Located in London’s East End, the Museum of the Home depicts the quintessential style of English middle-class living rooms. Its collections of furniture, textiles, paintings and decorative arts are displayed in a series of period rooms from 1600 to the...
The British Museum (BM) was the first national public museum in the world. Its permanent collection, over 8 million works, is amongst the largest and most comprehensive in existence and originates from every continent, illustrating and documenting the story of...
This series brings together all documents relating to the DCMS-sponsored museums and galleries annual performance indicators
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