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<p>The Department does not hold information about loans made from public collections.
The national museums and galleries have responsibility for their specific loan arrangements
and information about their loans is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All
Government funded museums and galleries are encouraged to loan works from their collections
to institutions across the UK.Sponsored National Museums actively support and partner
regional museums, which includes touring and large scale loans. In 2014/15 the national
museums and galleries loaned items to 1,629 venues, including regional museums and
historic houses.</p><p> </p><p>A new tax relief for museums and galleries will be
introduced from 1 April 2017 to encourage them to develop creative new exhibitions
and display their collections across the country. The relief will be available on
qualifying costs for temporary and touring exhibitions.</p><p> </p><p>An independent
report by Lord Heseltine, published in June, makes recommendations to further develop
the Tees Valley area. The report called Tees Valley: Opportunity Unlimited has strong
arts and cultural content and says the area hosts public art of national significance.
The report also highlights the strengths of museums and galleries in the region, which
include the Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MiMA), the MOD funded Museum of
the Royal Navy’s HMS Trincomalee in Hartlepool, the "Head of Steam" Railway
Museum in Darlington and the Science Museum Group’s Locomotion branch at Shildon near
Darlington.</p><p> </p><p>MiMa is a Tate Plus partner and has strong links with Tate
Modern. It receives funding from Arts Council England as a Visual Arts Gallery. The
Government is also funding £500k towards the development of a new Captain Cook exhibition
resource at the Captain Cook Birthplace Museum in Middlesbrough.</p>
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