- Wikidata identifier:
- Q4957701
- Instance of:
- historic house museum; English country house; independent museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 1514
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q4957701/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Collection development policy)
The collections at Brantwood are subdivided into two major categories. The Brantwood Collection is wholly owned by the Brantwood Trust. It has grown by a steady process from acquisitions and gifts since the creation of the Brantwood Trust in 1951.
The Whitehouse Loan Collections are part of a single collection, the Whitehouse Collection, now owned by Lancaster University. It constitutes the largest collection of Ruskin-related material in the world. It was formed by John Howard Whitehouse through purchases at the Brantwood dispersal sales in 1931. This collection and subsequent additions were mostly removed from Brantwood and housed at Bembridge School on the Isle of Wight. In 1996 the school closed and the collection was moved to the purpose-built Ruskin Library at Lancaster University, a subset of the collection being placed on permanent display at Brantwood. In 2018 Lancaster University became the legal owners of the Whitehouse Collection, with a binding agreement for continuing loan collections to be housed at Brantwood.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2024
Licence: CC BY-NC
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Collection overview (Collection development policy)
The collections at Brantwood are primarily composed of items which were in Ruskin’s possession at the time of his death, together with wider Ruskin-related materials and memorabilia. Material relating to Brantwood’s history both before and after Ruskin’s time is also kept. The collections in the museum are:
The Brantwood Collection
A collection of several thousand items owned by the Brantwood Trust – known as the Brantwood Collection, together with items loaned by the public on condition that they remain at Brantwood.
Whitehouse Loan Collection
A collection of 300 objects, chiefly Ruskin relics and memorabilia from the Whitehouse Collection, on permanent loan to the Brantwood Trust from Lancaster University.
Short Term Whitehouse Loan Collection
A selection of pictures and objects is on short term loan to the Brantwood Trust from the Whitehouse Collection. This is a rotating selection of pictures and objects on temporary loan to the Brantwood Trust from Lancaster University.
Temporary Whitehouse Loan Collection
Fixed term loans of Whitehouse Collection items displayed in a series of special exhibitions and displays.
Source: Collection development policy
Date: 2024
Licence: CC BY-NC