Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu Annual Report 2022/23
Discover the 48 varied and remarkable objects, worth over £52 million, which have been secured for the nation and allocated to museums across the UK for the public to enjoy.
Report
About the report
About the report
Acceptance in Lieu
Acceptance In Lieu allows those who have a bill for Inheritance Tax or one of its earlier forms to pay the tax by transferring important cultural, scientific or historic objects and archives to the nation through allocation to public museums, archives or libraries.
Highlights this year include:
- Books and manuscripts of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, collected by the literary executor of C.S. Lewis, Walter Hooper
- Two volumes of poems by Robert Burns inscribed by the poet
- Two visually striking sculptures by artist and sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
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Cultural Gifts Scheme
The Cultural Gifts Scheme enables UK taxpayers to donate important works of art and other heritage objects to public museums, galleries, libraries and archives to benefit the nation. In return, donors receive a tax reduction based on a set percentage of the value of the item they donate.
Highlights this year include:
- Original scripts from satirical TV programme Spitting Image
- Two medicine cabinets known as Frank and Lorna Dunphy as Adam and Eve by Damien Hirst
- A pot by internationally important ceramicist Magdalene Odundo.
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For the first time, the annual report details the impact acquiring an object through the schemes can have on public collections and their audiences. From an absorbing Joseph Wright self-portrait which helped Derby Museum and Art Gallery increase visitor numbers to an 8g meteorite sample becoming a piece of local history for Winchcombe, acquisitions breathe new life into collections, inspire audiences, and help raise the profiles of cultural institutions.