Suppplementary memorandum submitted by
the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
CHARGING REGIME AT THE MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES
SPONSORED BY DCMS
THOSE WHICH
WERE ALREADY
FREE
British Museum
National Gallery
National Portrait Gallery
Tate Modern.
Tate Britain.
Tate Liverpool.
Sir John Soanes Museum.
The Wallace Collection.
The Geffrye Museum.
The Horniman Museum.
The National Museum of Photography, Film and
Television in Bradford (part of the National Museum of Science
and Industry (NMSI)).
The Bethnal Green National Museum of Childhood
(part of the Victoria & Albert Museum).
Tyne & Wear Museums (except the Hancock
Museum and Segedunum Roman Fort, Baths and Museum at which
entry charges remain)
THOSE WHICH
WENT FREE
FROM 22 NOVEMBER
2001
The V&A in South Kensington.
The National Museum of the Performing Arts (Theatre
Museum—part of the V&A).
THOSE WHICH
WENT FREE
FROM 1 DECEMBER
2001
The Imperial War Museum in Lambeth.
The National Maritime Museum, including the
Queens House and Royal Observatory.
The Natural History Museum, in South Kensington
and Tring.
The Science Museum in South Kensington (part
of the NMSI).
The National Railway Museum in York (part of
the NMSI).
The Royal Armouries in Leeds and at Fort Nelson,
Portsmouth.
The Museum of London.
The Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
The National Museums and Galleries in Merseyside.
THOSE WHICH
WENT FREE
IN 2002
The National Coal Mining Museum for England
in April 2002.
The Imperial War Museum of the North, Trafford,
which opened to the public on 5 July.
THOSE WHICH
CONTINUE TO
CHARGE FOR
ADULTS
The Imperial War Museums Cabinet War Rooms,
HMS Belfast and Duxford airfield.
Tate St Ives.
The Wellington Museum, Apsley House.
The Royal Armouries at the Tower of London (which
is included within the Tower of London entry fee charged
by Historic Royal Palaces).
15 October 2002
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