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Dear Elena Martyn,

Thank you for your information request. Taking your questions in order:

1. to 3. We do not hold a complete, searchable record of place of origin
of our collections, but the following information may be helpful to you:
place of origin or production is recorded within our Collections
Management System for museum objects, but not for Archives or Library
items.  Within the object collection, 50% (619,000) do not have a recorded
production place – these are records which are currently being developed. 
Of the remaining 50%, 27% (327,000) are of UK origin, 16% (200,800) of
other European origin and 7% (90,300) of origin elsewhere in the world.
Within the 50% with no place of production recorded, a further 7% of the
collection are within our Asian collections.

4.  We have received the following seven requests for repatriation in the
last ten years, including both official requests and enquiries from
private individuals:

o 2007, Germany
o 2008, Ethiopia
o 2010, Germany
o 2010, Turkey
o 2013, Turkey
o 2017, Wales
o 2017, England

5.  One of the claims listed resulted in the return of a group of objects:

o Percentage: 14.3%
o Three Meissen pieces (C.23-1984, C.14-1984, C.137-1993), restituted on
the basis of the 2009 Holocaust Act
([1]https://www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...)

6. The following objects have been repatriated since January 2000:

o Toro Monstrance (M.367PART-1956), returned to Spain on the basis of a
long-term loan agreement
o Three Meissen pieces (C.23-1984, C.14-1984, C.137-1993), restituted on
the basis of the 2009 Holocaust Act
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Yours sincerely,

Christopher Marsden

Christopher Marsden | Senior Archivist

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From: Elena Martyn <[10][FOI #704889 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2020 10:00 AM
To: V&A Freedom of Information <[11][The Victoria and Albert Museum request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Repatriation of Artefacts

Dear The Victoria and Albert Museum,

Please could you provide the following information, in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000:

1. What percentage of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection,
including artefacts held in storage, is of British origin?

2. What percentage of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection,
including artefacts held in storage, is of European origin?

3. What percentage of the Victoria and Albert Museum’s collection,
including artefacts held in storage, originate from outside of Europe?

4. How many requests for repatriation of artefacts in your collection has
the Victoria and Albert Museum received since 1st January 2000? Please
break this down by year and from which country.

5. Of those requests received by the Victoria and Albert Museum for
repatriation of an artefact, what percentage were accepted, and the
artefact returned to the country of origin since 1st January 2000? Please
break this down by year and from which country.

6. Please list repatriated artefacts from the Victoria and Albert Museum’s
collection since 1st January 2000 and the county to which they were
returned.

Yours faithfully,

Elena Martyn

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