§ Lord Marlesfordasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list those museums and galleries which form part of universities in the United Kingdom and for which they have any financial responsibility, direct or indirect, indicating in respect of each the location, date of foundation, nature of governing body or bodies, name of the director, number of permanent staff, total annual running cost, number of visitor admissions per year and any admission charge made.
§ Lord HenleyThe Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) provides financial support for 23 museums, galleries and collections at 13 universities. In addition it provides financial support for earth sciences collections at four of these institutions. The table below lists the higher education museums, galleries and collections that receive this support.
The Museums Yearbook, published by the Museums Association, gives details of location, date of foundation, nature of governing body, name of the director, permanent staff, number of visitor admissions each year and admission charge made for museums and galleries across the UK. It is available in the Library. Details of the annual running costs are held by individual museums and galleries.
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Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections receiving HEFCE Non-Formula Funding 1996–97 Museum, Gallery or Collection Higher Education Institution Holburne Museum and Crafts Study Centre University of Bath Barber Institute of Fine Art University of Birmingham Earth Sciences Collection University of Birmingham Fitzwilliam Museum University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology University of Cambridge Whipple Museum of the History of Science University of Cambridge Earth Sciences Collection University of Cambridge Oriental Museum University of Durham Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts University of East Anglia University of Leeds Art Collections and Gallery University of Leeds Courtauld Institute Galleries University of London SOAS—Percival David University of London Foundation of Chinese Art Witt and Conway Photographic Collection University of London
Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections receiving HEFCE Non-Formula Funding 1996–97 Museum, Gallery or Collection Higher Education Institution College Art Collection University College London Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology University College London Manchester Museum University of Manchester Whitworth Art Gallery University of Manchester Earth Sciences Collection University of Manchester Silver Studio Collection University of Middlesex Museum of Antiquities University of Newcastle upon Tyne Hancock Museum University of Newcastle upon Tyne Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology University of Oxford Pitt Rivers Museum University of Oxford Museum of the History of Science University of Oxford Oxford University Museum (Scientific Collections) University of Oxford Earth Sciences Collection University of Oxford Museum of English Rural Life University of Reading