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Request

  1. How many pieces of artwork (valued over £200) does the council own? Of these, which pieces are on public display? 
  2. What is the total value of the artwork owned by the council?
  3. What is the value of the pieces of artwork on public display (please detail the artist and name of any pieces worth over £10,000)? 

Response

  1. There are more than 70,000 individual items and groups of items within the museum collection.  Resources have not permitted us to catalogue and value individual items.
  2. Approximately £1.9 million
  3. As advised in response to question 1, the Council has not undertaken individual valuations of items as part of the museum collection.  The museum has a programme of temporary exhibitions and items from the reserve collections are utilised as part of that programme.