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Tax-exempt heritage in London
24 pre-eminent items the public has a right to see — 23 artworks & collections and 1 houses, land & contents.
Under the conditional exemption scheme, these London treasures are kept in private hands free of inheritance tax in exchange for public access. Open an entry for its access arrangements and a ready-drafted request, or filter the live register and map for London.
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SYON ESTATEAt KENSINGTON PALACE, Court uniform and court dressAt HERTFORD HOUSE, fencing booksAt POLLOCKS TOY MUSEUM, dolls and doll houses, games and modelsAt THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, gold boxesPaintings by Wilson, Cozza, Ingres, Pannani, Conca and Van BloemAt OSTERLEY PARK pastels with connections to George LambertAt THE NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM, papers signed by Lord Nelson toAt THE GUARDS MUSEUM, medals and decorations.At THE GUARDS MUSEUM, medals, decorations and jewellery.At WARTSKI, a collection of items by Faberge.At THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, a collection of items by FabeAt THE VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, gold boxes and objects of verAt WARTSKI, gold boxes and objects of vertu.Paintings by Richard WilsonAn outstanding group of watercolours by John Frederick Lewis incAt VICTORIA AND ALBERT MUSEUM, a collection of Jewellery.At London Metropolitan Archives and others, papers relating to tAT THE VICTORIAN AND ALBERT MUSEUM, Two parures of cameos and inAt THE IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM at its various sites. The collection At THE PARLIAMENTARY ARCHIVES, The Sir Denis Le Marchant papers At Sandhurst Military Academy Library, Papers of General J.G Le At THE POSTAL MUSEUM, a collection of salvaged air crash covers At the V&A a collection of Indian architecural drawings
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