Immunity from Seizure

Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 provides immunity from seizure for cultural objects which are loaned from overseas to temporary public exhibitions in approved museums or galleries in the UK where the conditions are met when the object enters the UK.

• For further information about the act and the regulations please refer to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport website.

• Find out more about the V&A Due Diligence Policy for Works of Art and Cultural Objects for loan (PDF)
  

The following objects are intended to form part of the forthcoming exhibition(s):

• Treasures of the Royal Courts: Tudors, Stuarts and the Russian Tsars
  9 March - 14 July 2013

  Download list of loans for Treasures of the Royal Courts (PDF file, 111.6 KB)
  

• Hollywood Costume
  20 October 2012 - 27 January 2013
  
  Download list of loans for Hollywood Costume (PDF file, 123 KB)
  

• The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900
  2 April - 17 July 2011

  Download list of loans for The Cult of Beauty: The Aesthetic Movement 1860-1900 (PDF file, 314 KB)

• Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1980
  24 September 2011–15 January 2012
  
  

  Download list of loans for Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1980 (PDF file, 474 KB)
  

• Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn
  15 October 2011 - 18 March 2012
  
  Download list of loans for Ai Weiwei: Dropping the Urn (Word, 1.9 MB)
  

For further enquiries please write to:
Due Diligence Panel
Registrars Section
Victoria and Albert Museum
Cromwell Road
London
SW7 2RL