Museum Partnerships
William Holman Hunt's 'The Scapegoat', loaned to the Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent in autumn 2007
National Museums Liverpool will not be able to consider new loan requests received between April 2009 and October 2011. Short-term loans for research, school or scientific purposes will continue. Items currently on long-term loan included in permanent displays will not be affected by this loans moratorium.
We regret any inconvenience but during this period National Museums Liverpool is developing an exciting new Museum of Liverpool. Phase 1 will open in late 2010 with a second and third phase in 2011. The scope of the project is considerable and a large proportion of our staff and resources in the preceding years are dedicated to achieving this fantastic development.
The Museum of Liverpool will be one of the world’s leading city history museums, it will demonstrate Liverpool’s unique contribution to the world and will showcase popular culture while tackling social, historical and contemporary issues. It will be housed in a landmark building at the core of the World Heritage Site on Liverpool’s famous waterfront.
Our standard conditions for loan and policy are set out in our Loans Policy and this sets out in detail the types of loans that we normally make and the conditions that we normally ask a lender to provide.