Museums and Art Galleries (National Collections)

HC Deb 07 May 1946 vol 422 c68W

66. Mr. E. P. Smith

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer today's approximate capital value of the buildings and contents comprised by all museums, art galleries and other collections owned or administered by the State.

Mr. Dalton:

The contents of the national collections cannot be valued; some of them are priceless.