HC Deb 26 January 1987 vol 109 cc73-5W
41. Mr. Key

asked the Minister for the Arts how many arts organisations and bodies he has visited since becoming Minister for the Arts.

Mr. Luce

I have visited the following arts bodies and functions:

Nationals

  • Arts Council
  • British Film Institute Craft Council
  • English National Opera
  • Hayward Gallery National Film Theatre
  • National Theatre
  • Queen Elizabeth Hall
  • Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
  • Royal Shakespeare Company (Stratford and Barbican)
  • Royal Academy

National Museums and Galleries

  • British Library
  • Imperial War Museum
  • British Museum
  • Museums and Galleries Commission
  • National Gallery
  • National Maritime Museum
  • National Portrait Gallery
  • Science Museum
  • Tate Gallery
  • Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Walker Art Gallery

Scotland

  • Burrell Collection, Glasgow
  • Easterhouse Festival Society
  • Edinburgh College of Arts
  • Edinburgh Festival
  • Edinburgh Tapestry Company
  • Kelvingrove Gallery, Glasgow
  • Kings Theatre, Edinburgh
    • 74
  • National Youth Music Theatre
  • Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh
  • Royal Museum of Scotland
  • Scottish Arts Council
  • Scottish National Orchestra

North

  • Abbot Hall Gallery
  • Beamish Museum
  • Billingham Folk Festival
  • Museum of Lakeland Life, Kendal
  • Northern Arts
  • Harris Museum, Preston

North West

  • Bluecoat Theatre, Livepool
  • City Museum and Art Gallery, Manchester
  • Cornerhouse, Manchester
  • Halle Orchestra
  • Manchester Evening News Theatre Awards
  • Manchester Hospitals Arts Project
  • Merseyside Arts Project
  • NW Arts
  • Octagon Theatre, Bolton
  • Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester
  • Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

Yorkshire and Humberside

  • British Library, Boston Spa
  • Ferens Art Gallery, Hull
  • Grimsby Leisure Centre
  • Humberside Theatre in Education Company
  • Jorvick Viking Centre, York
  • Museum of Photography, Bradford
  • New Theatre, Hull
  • Nostell Priory
  • Railway Museum, York
  • Spring Street Theatre, Hull
  • Town Docks Museum, Hull
  • Yorkshire Museum, York

West Midlands

  • Alexandra Theatre, Birmingham
  • Birmingham Repertory Theatre
  • Black Country Museum, Dudley
  • City Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Ironbridge Gorge Museum
  • Lichfield Festival
  • Shakespeare Centre, Stratford
  • The Birthplace, Stratford
  • Wedgewood Museum, Stoke
  • Weston Park

East Midlands

  • Concordia Theatre, Hinckley
  • Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery
  • Nottingham Playhouse

Wales

  • Adopt-a-student awards, Cardiff
  • Caernarvon: BSIS awards reception
  • Mold: BSIS awards reception
  • Plas Newydd
  • Ruthin Crafts Centre
  • Theatr Clywys, Mold
  • Welsh Arts Council
  • Welsh National Opera

South West

  • Artside Gallery, Bath
  • Beaford Art Centre
  • CORAA Conference, Plymouth
  • Craft Study Centre, Bath
  • First Stop Photography, Bath
  • Salisbury Playhouse
  • Theatre Royal, Bath
  • Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham
  • Pittville Pumproom, Cheltenham
  • Wyvern Theatre, Swindon
    • 75
  • Dance and Media Arts Centre, Swindon
  • Great Western Railway Museum, Swindon
  • Bracknell Arts Centre

South

  • Amberley Chalk Pits Museum
  • Arundel Festival
  • Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
  • Bournemouth College of Art and Design
  • Bournemouth Sinfonetta
  • Chichester Festival
  • Chichester Festival Theatre
  • Lewes Living History Model
  • Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
  • National Film and TV School, Beaconsfield
  • Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford
  • Theatre Royal, Brighton
  • Weald and Downland Museum
  • West Deam College
  • Kings Theatre, Portsmouth
  • Portsmouth College of Art, Design and Further Education
  • D-Day Museum, Portsmouth Mary Rose Exhibition, Portsmouth
  • Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth
  • New Theatre Royal, Portsmouth
  • Hornpipe Community Arts Centre, Portsmouth
  • Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
  • Mountbatten Gallery, Portsmouth

London

  • Architectural Association
  • Almeida Theatre
  • Ballet Rambert
  • Book Trust
  • Booker Prize
  • British Theatre Association Library
  • City of London Library
  • Contemporary Art Society
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Guildhall: United Kingdom Presidency Concert
  • Hamilton's Gallery
  • London Bach Society
  • London Philharmonic Orchestra
  • London Symphony Orchestra
  • Mall Galleries
  • Museum of London
  • Museums Road Show
  • National Campaign for the Arts
  • National Youth Theatre
  • Photographers' Gallery
  • Royal Academy
  • Sadler's Wells
  • St. John's, Smith Square
  • Society of London Arts Publicists
  • Spink Gallery
  • Sir John Soanes Museum

Eastern

  • Cambridgeshire Symphony Orchestra
  • Cambridgeshire Courts Archives
  • Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
  • Imperial War Museum, Duxford
  • Museum of East Anglian Life
  • Norwich Castle Museum
  • Sainsbury Centre
  • Winafield College
  • This excludes overseas and libraries visits.