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Department of Education and Science: Arts, Intelligence and External Relations Branch:...
Catalogue reference: ED 245
What's it about?
ED 245
Records of the Arts, Intelligence and External Relations Branch relating to the Department of Education and Science's responsibilities for museums and galleries covering both general policy and matters relating to specific institutions.Included...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ED 245
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Title (The name of the record)
- Department of Education and Science: Arts, Intelligence and External Relations Branch: Museums and Galleries, Registered Files (ALA Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1966-2000
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Description (What the record is about)
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Records of the Arts, Intelligence and External Relations Branch relating to the Department of Education and Science's responsibilities for museums and galleries covering both general policy and matters relating to specific institutions.
Included in the series are files relating to the proposal to build a National Theatre on the South Bank, including the minutes and papers of the South Bank Board. Other subjects cover the control of the export of works of art, the short lived introduction of admission charges in 1972, the transfer of British Rail artefacts to the National Railway Museum, the UK's response to propose to return works of arts expropriated during Second World War and extensions and alterations to some national museum buildings.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- ALA file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Department for Culture, Media and Sport, 1997-2017
- Department of Education and Science, 1964-1992
- Department of Education and Science, Arts and Libraries Branch, 1970-1979
- Department of Education and Science, Arts, Intelligence and External Relations Branch, 1966-1970
- Department of National Heritage, 1992-1997
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 606 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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From 2021 Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Accumulation dates (The dates the record was accumulated)
- 1965-1979
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is accruing
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
- Following the General Election of April 1992, the policy responsibility forarts and museums passed from the Department for Education and Science to theDepartment for National Heritage, latterly known as the Department for Culture,Media and Sport (DCMS). These records include general arts and museums-relatedpolicy, as well as the development of legislation and site- and issue-specificinformation, for example, the development and use of the Waverley system withinexport cases and the redevelopment of the Royal Opera House.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C7044/
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