Much of the Collection is still in use at the working royal palaces.
The official residences of The Queen have a programme of changing
exhibitions to show further areas of the Collection to the public,
particularly those items that cannot be on permanent display for
conservation reasons. The Golden Jubilee of Her Majesty The Queen will be
marked by the creation of two flagship exhibition spaces at Buckingham
Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.
Loans are made to institutions throughout the world, as part of the
commitment to make the Collection widely available and to show works of art
in new contexts. Touring exhibitions remain an important part of the Royal
Collection's work to broaden public access.
Over 3,000 objects from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan to
museums and galleries around the United Kingdom and abroad. National
institutions housing works of art from the Collection include The British
Museum, National Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Museum of
London, the National Museum of Wales and the National Gallery of Scotland.
The Royal Collection is the only collection of major national importance
to receive no Government funding or public subsidy and is administered by
the Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity. The Trust was set up by
The Queen in 1993 under the chairmanship of The Prince of Wales, following
the establishment of the Royal Collection Department as a new department of
the Royal Household in 1987. Income from the public opening of Windsor
Castle, Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse and from
associated retail activities supports curatorial, conservation and
educational work, loans and travelling exhibitions and major capital
projects. These projects include the restoration of Windsor Castle after
the fire in 1992, the rebuilding of The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham
Palace and the construction of an entirely new gallery at the Palace of
Holyroodhouse.
THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST
The Royal Collection is the only collection of major national importance
to receive no Government funding or public subsidy. It is administered by
the Royal Collection Trust, a registered charity established by The Queen
in 1993 under the chairmanship of The Prince of Wales. The role of the
Trust is to ensure that the Collection is conserved and displayed to the
highest standards and that public understanding of and access to the
Collection is increased through exhibition, publication, education and a
programme of loans.
These wide-ranging activities are funded by monies raised through the
Trust's trading arm, Royal Collection Enterprises, from the public opening
of Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace and the Palace of Holyroodhouse and
from retail sales of publications and other merchandise. Current projects
funded through the Royal Collection Trust include the major expansion of
exhibition space at Buckingham Palace and at the Palace of Holyroodhouse to
mark The Queen's Golden Jubilee in 2002.
The Royal Collection Trust determines how the income generated should be
used in pursuit of its stated objectives.
The Trust's primary aims are to ensure that:
- the Collection is subject to proper custodial control;
- the Collection is maintained and conserved to the highest possible
standards;
- as much of the Collection as possible can be seen by members of the
public;
- the Collection is presented and interpreted so as to enhance the public's
appreciation and understanding;
- appropriate acquisitions are made when resources become available.
ROYAL COLLECTION ENTERPRISES
Royal Collection Enterprises Limited, the trading subsidiary of the Royal
Collection Trust, generates income for the presentation and conservation of
the Royal Collection, and for projects to increase public access. It is
responsible for the management and financial administration of public
admission to Windsor Castle and Frogmore House, Buckingham Palace,
including the Royal Mews, and The Queen's Galleries. Royal Collection
Enterprises also promotes access to the Royal Collection through
publishing, retail merchandise and the Picture Library.
PUBLISHING
Publishing forms an important part of the Royal Collection Trust's
ongoing programme to extend knowledge and enjoyment of the Collection's
treasures. Over fifty books about the Royal Collection have been produced
in recent years, ranging from scholarly exhibition catalogues to books for
children.
In the mid-1990s the Royal Collection established its own imprint to
build a definitive series about the royal residences and the works of art.
These books are written by or in consultation with the Royal Collection's
own curators.
Royal Collection publications are available from the Royal Collection
shops at the Royal Mews, Windsor Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the
Summer Opening of the State Rooms at Buckingham Palace.
All profits from the sale of Royal Collection publications are dedicated
to the Royal Collection Trust.
ROYAL RESIDENCES
The Royal Collection comprises the contents of all the royal palaces.
These include the official residences of The Queen, where the Collection
plays an important part in the life of a working palace - Buckingham
Palace, Windsor Castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse (administered by the
Royal Collection Trust); the unoccupied residences - Hampton Court Palace,
Kensington Palace (State Apartments), Kew Palace, the Banqueting House,
Whitehall and the Tower of London (administered by the Historic Royal
Palaces Trust); and Osborne House (owned and administered by English
Heritage).
Items from the Collection may also be seen at the private homes of The
Queen - Sandringham House and Balmoral Castle.
ROYAL COLLECTION GALLERIES
Dedicated gallery spaces allow works from the Collection to be presented
and interpreted in different contexts, outside their historic settings, and
give public access to items that cannot be on permanent display for
conservation reasons. The exhibitions in The Queen's Galleries are
accompanied by full catalogues, bringing to the public new research on the
subject by the Royal Collection's curators.
LATEST EXHIBITION NEWS
The new Queen's Gallery at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh was
inaugurated by Her Majesty The Queen on 29 November 2002 and opened its
doors to the public the following day, St Andrew's Day. The inaugural
exhibition is Leonardo da Vinci: The Divine and the Grotesque (30 November
2002 - 30 March 2003), the largest exhibition devoted to Leonardo da Vinci
ever held in Scotland and the first to examine the artist's life-long
obsession with the human form. All 68 works come from the Royal Collection,
which holds the world's finest group of Leonardo's drawings.
A new exhibition also opened at Windsor Castle in the Drawings Gallery on
9 November 2002. The exhibition celebrates the centenary of the Order of
Merit with a series of original drawings of holders of the honour, past and
present. It also features manuscripts and badges from former holders.
LOANS
Some 3,000 objects from the Royal Collection are on long-term loan to 160
institutions across the UK and overseas. These include the Raphael
Cartoons of The Acts of the Apostles at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the
Van der Goes Trinity Altarpiece at the National Gallery of Scotland, and
the Roman sculpture The Lely Venus, at The British Museum.
Every year hundreds of objects from the Collection are lent to special
exhibitions worldwide. These loans support international scholarship and
enable material to be seen in new contexts.
Touring exhibitions of works from the Royal Library are an important way
to broaden access to items that, for conservation reasons, cannot be on
permanent display. The millennial exhibition Ten Religious Masterpieces
was the year 2000's most popular art exhibition outside London, attracting
over 200,000 visitors over the period of its tour.
THE ROYAL RESIDENCES
The residences associated with today's Royal Family are divided into the
Occupied Royal Residences, which are held in trust for future generations,
and the Private Estates which have been handed down to The Queen by earlier
generations of the Royal Family.
Beautifully furnished with treasures from the Royal Collection, most of
the Royal residences are open to the public when not in official use.
These pages contain details of the history and role of these Residences
and Estates, and provide information for visitors on opening times and
admission prices for those that are open to the public.
ABOUT THE ROYAL RESIDENCES
Throughout the centuries, Britain's kings and queens have built or bought
palaces to serve as family homes, workplaces and as centres of government.
The residences associated with today's Royal Family are divided into the
Occupied Royal Residences, which are held in trust for future generations,
and the Private Estates which have been handed down to The Queen by earlier
generations of the Royal Family.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
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Buckingham Palace has served as the official London residence of
Britain's sovereigns since 1837. It evolved from a town house that was
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