Loans
Loans to regional museums are an important way of ensuring that V&A collections and expertise reach a wider audience.
Every year the V&A lends thousands of items to temporary exhibitions throughout Britain and the world and also has almost 2,000 pieces on long-term loan to museums and houses across the UK from Aberdeen to Penzance.
The work is co-ordinated by the Registrar's section and many staff are involved: curators, conservators, packers, and photographers.
Download: List of objects on long-term loan (PDF file, 460 KB)
Cliffe Castle, Keighley
Furniture at Cliffe Castle Museum
At Cliffe Castle, Keighley our objects have played a role in re-creating lost interiors.
Download: More information about the Cliffe Castle
Loan (PDF file, 1.34 MB)
Inlaid Room at Sizergh Castle, © National Trust Images/Andreas von Einsiedel
Inlaid Room at Sizergh Castle
At Sizergh Castle, near Kendal in the Lake District panelling from the Inlaid Chamber is displayed in the location for which it was made in the 16th Century.
Download: More information about the Sizergh
Castle loan (PDF file, 307 KB)
'The Great Bed of Ware', carved oak bed, probably from Ware, Hertfordshire, UK, about 1590. Museum no. W.47-1931
The Great Bed returns to Ware
The Great Bed has been on a year-long loan to Ware Museum, Hertfordshire, which came to an end on 7 April 2013. Over 34,000 visitors and groups saw the bed whilst it was in Ware.The bed is now being dismantled and packed for return to the V&A. where it will resume its place in the British Galleries at the beginning of May 2013.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King, Liverpool won the ACE/RIBA award for Religious Architecture for exterior works by Falconer Chester Architects (with Landscape Projects)
The Art and Christianity Enquiry Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum
An imaginative joint loan scheme contributes to the Museum’s work with the UK creative economy and stimulates enjoyment and appreciation of art and design.
A gift in your will
You may not have thought of including a gift to a museum in your will, but the V&A is a charity and legacies form an important source of funding for our work. It is not just the great collectors and the wealthy who leave legacies to the V&A. Legacies of all sizes, large and small, make a real difference to what we can do and your support can help ensure that future generations enjoy the V&A as much as you have.
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