Loans
Cliffe Castle, Keighley
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 2000 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.
At Cliffe Castle Museum, Keighley, our objects have played a role in re-creating lost interiors.
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'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
From 5 March 2012 the Great Bed begins its journey back to Ware. It is leaving the V&A on a year-long loan to the Ware Museum – the first time the Bed has ever been on loan to another venue.
An award from the Heritage Lottery Fund to the Ware Museum Trust has allowed the Bed to be once more displayed in the town where it was made.
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