The National Maritime Museum is able to provide immunity from seizure under part 6 of the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007. This Act provides protection from seizure for cultural objects from abroad on loan to temporary exhibitions in approved museums and galleries in the UK.
Conditions for immunity
- The object is usually kept outside the UK.
- It is not owned by a person resident in the UK.
- Its import does not contravene any import regulations.
- It is brought to the UK for public display in a temporary exhibition at a museum or gallery.
- The borrowing museum or gallery is approved under the Act.
- The borrowing museum has published information about the object.
List of protected objects
There are no exhibitions with protected objects at present.
Enquiries
If you have any enquires regarding immunity from seizure, please contact:
Exhibitions Registrar, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London SE10 9NF
Main image: illustration from 'The Pirates Own Book : or Authentic Narratives of the Lives, Exploits and Executions of the Most Celebrated Sea Robbers', by Charles Ellms