NPG - Minutes of Curatorial and Collections Meetings

This material is held atNational Portrait Gallery Archive

Scope and Content

The meetings were used as a forum to discuss matters that there was not time for in the Curatorial Meetings, including staffing, research projects, sponsorship and funding for research projects, training and traineeships, cataloguing and digitisation, publications and interpretation.

Meetings were held approximately 4 times a year.

The meetings were attended by the curators, Head of Archive and Library and other Archive and Library Staff as appropriate, and the Head of Exhibitions and Collections.

This series includes, for each meeting, the agenda, minutes, and discussion papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Curatorial and Collections Meetings were established by the Chief Curator in 2001and disbanded in 2006.

Access Information

Available to view by appointment in the Heinz Archive and Library Public Study Room, to make an appointment contact Archive Reception . Although records are generally available for public consultation, some information in them, such as personal data or information supplied to the Gallery in confidence, may be restricted.

Other Finding Aids

The complete catalogue for this archive can be searched via the NPG Archive Catalogue .

Conditions Governing Use

Personal photography is permitted for research purposes only. Photocopying is not permitted.

Related Material

See also minutes of the Curatorial Meetings (NPG47) for details of offers, acquisitions and loans.