Board of Trustees of the British Museum

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board of trustees museum governing body non-departmental public body

The Board of Trustees of the British Museum is the independent governing body responsible for overseeing the museum’s strategic direction, collections, and overall management.

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Label Occurrences
Board of Trustees of the British Museum canonical 1
British Museum Act 1753 (historical origin of trusteeship) 1
British Museum Trustees 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf board of trustees ⓘ
museum governing body ⓘ
non-departmental public body ⓘ
appointedBy Prime Minister ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (for some trustees)

Secretary of State (for some trustees) ⓘ
appoints Director of the British Museum ⓘ
compositionDeterminedBy British Museum Act 1963 ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
follows UK government guidance on public appointments ⓘ
foundedBy Board of Trustees of the British Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: British Museum Act 1753 (historical origin of trusteeship)
governs British Museum ⓘ
hasChairperson Chair of the Board of Trustees of the British Museum ⓘ
hasHeadquartersIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
hasMainResponsibility custody of the collections of the British Museum ⓘ
overall governance of the British Museum ⓘ
preservation of the collections of the British Museum ⓘ
public access to the collections of the British Museum ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 25 ⓘ
hasPower to acquire objects for the collections ⓘ
to dispose of objects in limited circumstances ⓘ
to lend objects from the collections ⓘ
hasRole to ensure the British Museum’s long-term sustainability ⓘ
to safeguard the independence of the British Museum ⓘ
to uphold the British Museum’s statutory duties ⓘ
includesMembersAppointedBy British Academy ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
other appointing bodies specified in statute ⓘ
jurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalForm statutory corporation ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity City of London (legal seat for some functions) ⓘ
London Borough of Camden ⓘ
meetsAt British Museum ⓘ
surface form: British Museum, Great Russell Street
oversees collections of the British Museum ⓘ
management of the British Museum ⓘ
strategic direction of the British Museum ⓘ
reconstitutedBy British Museum Act 1963 ⓘ
reportsTo UK central government departments ⓘ
surface form: UK Parliament (through sponsoring department)
responsibleFor approving the British Museum’s annual budget ⓘ
approving the British Museum’s strategic plan ⓘ
ensuring compliance with UK charity and public body regulations ⓘ
oversight of major capital projects at the British Museum ⓘ
policies on loans and partnerships of the British Museum ⓘ
risk management framework of the British Museum ⓘ
sector cultural heritage governance ⓘ
supervises Director of the British Museum ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British Museum → governingBody → Board of Trustees of the British Museum ⓘ
Board of Trustees of the British Museum → foundedBy → Board of Trustees of the British Museum self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: British Museum Act 1753 (historical origin of trusteeship)
Department of Coins and Medals → ownedBy → Board of Trustees of the British Museum ⓘ
this entity surface form: Trustees of the British Museum
Hoa Hakananaiʻa statue → owner → Board of Trustees of the British Museum ⓘ
subject surface form: Hoa Hakananaiʻa
this entity surface form: British Museum Trustees