HC Deb 23 May 1972 vol 837 c349W
Mr. Cormack

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many national collections of works of art are housed in premises which are centrally heated, but which have no system of atmospheric control.

Mr. van Straubenzee

Of the national collections of works of art in England, only the Wallace Collection and the London Museum have no form of atmospheric control. A scheme of air conditioning is being prepared for the Wallace Collection, and the collections at the London Museum will be transferred to the Museum of London in 1974. The remaining eight institutions have partial or full atmospheric control in at least part of their premises. Questions about the national collections in Scotland and Wales should be addressed to the Secretary of State for Scotland and the Secretary of State for Wales.