This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Cost of insuring items not on public display'.

FROM THE MUSEUM ARCHIVE

Sarah Henning, Museum Archivist

Imperial War Museum

Lambeth Road

London SE1 6HZ

Telephone 020 7416 5268

Fax 020 7416 5216

E-mail [email address]

Web site www.iwm.org.uk

Laurence Scotford

[FOI #11750 email]

29 May 2009

Dear Mr Scotford

Thank you for your enquiry, received by the Museum on the 9 May. In answer to your questions:

  1. Total artworks and exhibits in storage and not on display for the years 2004/5 - 2008/9

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

184220

185525

185822

186445

187509

Details of a large proportion of the Museum's collections can be found on its online catalogue at: http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/. Items not on display can be viewed by appointment, where practical.

  1. The Museum's annual insurance costs are nil, as, in common with other national museums, it does not insure the items in its collections.

Full details of the Museum's Freedom of Information procedures can be found on the IWM website under `About Us' or by following this link: http://www.iwm.org.uk/server/show/nav.23489

Yours sincerely

Sarah Henning