Objects on loan
Protection from seizure for loans to exhibitions
Life and death in Pompeii
and Herculaneum
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum (28 March – 29 September 2013) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Ice Age art: arrival of the modern mind (7 February – 2 June 2013) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Shakespeare: staging the world
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Shakespeare: staging the world (19 July – 25 November 2012) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam (26 January – 15 April 2012) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Treasures of Heaven: saints, relics and devotion in medieval Europe
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Treasures of Heaven: saints, relics and devotion in medieval Europe (23 June – 9 October 2011) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Journey through the afterlife: ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead (4 November 2010 – 6 March 2011) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Moctezuma: Aztec Ruler (24 September 2009 – 24 January 2010) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Shah ʿAbbas: The Remaking of Iran
Objects borrowed for the exhibition Shah ʿAbbas: The Remaking of Iran (19 February – 14 June 2009) will be recommended for protection under Part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (protection of cultural objects on loan).
Image: Bison sculpted from mammoth ivory. Found at Zaraysk, Russia, about 20,000 years old. Zaraysk Museum of Art and History. Dr Sergey Lev.
General information
Summary of the British Museum's due diligence procedures for works of art and cultural objects on loan
For more information
Jill Maggs
Head of Loans
British Museum, Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG