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Progress Report on UK Museums' Provenance Research for the Period 1933-1945

Reports and Lists

Each of the following museums has produced a report on provenance research for the period 1933-1945. Organisations that maintain a list of works with incomplete provenance from 1933-45 are indicated below.

There is a fully searchable database of all the works of art included in these lists. Alternatively, to search the text of the reports, you can use the key word search.

National Museums and Galleries

• Amgueddfa Cymru National Museum Wales(list)
• British Library(list)
• British Museum(list)
• Imperial War Museum
• National Army Museum
• National Galleries of Scotland(list)
• National Gallery(list)
• National Library of Scotland(list)
• National Library of Wales
• National Maritime Museum(list)
• National Museum of Science and Industry(list)
• National Museums & Galleries of Northern Ireland(list)
• National Museums Liverpool(list)
• National Museums of Scotland(list)
• National Portrait Gallery(list)
• Natural History Museum
• Royal Air Force Museum
• Royal Armouries Museum
• Sir John Soane's Museum
• Tate(list)
• Victoria & Albert Museum(list)
• Wallace Collection

Non-National Museums and Galleries

• Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums(list)
• Ashmolean Museum(list)
• Barber Institute of Fine Arts(list)
• Birmingham Museums And Art Gallery(list)
• Bowes Museum(list)
• Bristol Museums & Art Gallery(list)
• The Courtauld Gallery(list)
• Fitzwilliam Museum(list)
• Glasgow Museums(list)
• Hull City Museums & Art Gallery(list)
• Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery(list)
• Ironbridge Gorge Museum
• Leicester City Museums(list)
• Manchester City Galleries(list)
• Museum of London
• Museum Of The History Of Science
• Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service(list)
• Northampton Museums(list)
• Pitt Rivers Museum
• Southampton City Art Gallery(list)
• Tyne and Wear Museums(list)
• Whipple Museum Of The History Of Science
• Whitworth Art Gallery(list)
• York Art Gallery(list)