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<p>The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has collected and published the following
data about the number of venues in the United Kingdom to which the sponsored national
museums have lent objects from their collections.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number
of UK loan venues</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Institution</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British
Museum</p></td><td><p>178</p></td><td><p>162</p></td><td><p>169</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial
War Museum</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p>376</p></td><td><p>104</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Gallery</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Maritime Museum</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Museums Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td><td><p>228</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Science
Museum Group <sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>164</p></td><td><p>185</p></td><td><p>240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National
Portrait Gallery</p></td><td><p>133</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Natural
History Museum</p></td><td><p>182</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Royal
Armouries</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sir
John Soane's Museum</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tate
Gallery</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Victoria
and Albert Museum</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>262</p></td><td><p>242</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wallace
Collection <sup>2</sup></p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><sup>1 </sup>From 2011-12, the total includes figures for the Museum of Science
and Industry in Manchester, following its merger with the Science Museum Group.</p><p><sup>2</sup>
The Wallace Collection cannot lend items under terms of its bequest.</p><p> </p>
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