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Barbara Hepworth Museum

Catalogue reference: TG 10

What’s it about?

This record is about the Barbara Hepworth Museum dating from 1976-.

Is it available online?

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Full description and record details

Reference
TG 10
Title
Barbara Hepworth Museum
Date
1976-
Description

This series includes the founding documentation and negotiations for the gift of the museum to Tate. Some plans of the museum and photographs are also included

The records will be particularly popular with art historians, particularly those researching St Ives’ artists and researchers interested in the history of the development of Tate

Records held at the Tate Gallery are catalogued more fully in its online catalogue (reference TG 10). Online descriptions of some individual records can also be viewed on Discovery, The National Archives' online catalogue, see TG 10.

Separated material

Some Barbara Hepworth Museum photographs may be found in the Tate Gallery Archive Photographs series (TGA PHOTO). Currently these are not catalogued but pdf lists are available for researchers to view via the Tate archive catalogue: http://archive.tate.org.uk/tgaphotolists/TGAPHOTO8TateBuildingAndFabric.pdf

Held by
Tate Gallery Archive
Former department reference
58
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Creator(s)
Tate Gallery Archive, 1970-1970
Physical description
file(s)
Access conditions
No records held at The National Archives in this departmental code
Physical condition
One file contains negatives which may need special storage conditions
Accruals
Limited further accruals expected
Selection and destruction information
File by file review. Historical research value and records which are required for ongoing business use
Administrative / biographical background

The Barbara Hepworth Museum was gifted to Tate in 1980

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14544920/

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Barbara Hepworth Museum