
1 
This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Refund of Tax to Museums and Galleries) Order 2001 and comes into force on 1st September 2001.
2 
Section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 applies to the bodies listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order.
3 
The museums and galleries listed in column 2 of the Schedule are, for the purposes of section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, relevant museums and galleries in relation to the bodies listed opposite them in the Schedule.
4 
Where column 3 of the Schedule indicates a particular date, in the case of the museum or gallery to be found opposite that date, section 33A of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall apply as if, in subsection (1)(c) of that section, that date were substituted for 1st April 2001.
John Heppell
Graham Stringer
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
9th August 2001
SCHEDULE
Articles 2, 3 and 4


Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Body Relevant museums and galleries Later date to be substituted for 1st April 2001
British Museum British MuseumGreat Russell StreetLondon WC1B 3DG 
Imperial War Museum Imperial War MuseumLambeth RoadLondon SE1 6HZ 1st December 2001
 IWM NorthTrafford Wharf RoadTrafford ParkManchester M17 1TZ 1st April 2002
The National Gallery The National GalleryTrafalgar SquareLondon WC2N 5ND 
National Maritime Museum National Maritime Museum Romney RoadLondon SE10 9NF 1st December 2001
National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside Walker Art GalleryWilliam Brown StreetLiverpool L3 8EL 1st December 2001
 Liverpool MuseumWilliam Brown StreetLiverpool L3 8EN 1st December 2001
 Merseyside Maritime Museum Albert DockLiverpool L3 4AQ 1st December 2001
 Museum of Liverpool LifePier HeadLiverpool L3 1PZ 1st December 2001
 The Lady Lever Art Gallery Port Sunlight VillageBebingtonWirralMerseyside L62 4XE 1st December 2001
 Sudley HouseMossley Hill RoadLiverpool L18 8BX 1st December 2001
 The Conservation Centre WhitechapelLiverpool L1 6HZ 1st December 2001
 HM Customs & ExciseNational MuseumMerseyside Maritime MuseumAlbert DockLiverpool L3 4AQ 1st December 2001
National Portrait Gallery National Portrait GallerySt Martin’s PlaceLondon WC2H 0HE 
Natural History Museum Natural History Museum Cromwell RoadLondon SW7 5BD 1st December 2001
 Natural History Museum Zoological MuseumAkeman StreetTringHerts HP23 6AD 1st December 2001
Royal Armouries The Royal Armouries Armouries DriveLeedsWest Yorkshire LS10 1LT 1st December 2001
 Royal Armouries at Fort Nelson Fort NelsonDown End RoadFarehamHants PO17 6AD 1st December 2001
Science Museum Science MuseumSouth KensingtonLondon SW7 2DD 1st December 2001
 National Museum of Photography Film and TelevisionBradfordWest Yorkshire BD1 1LQ 
 National Railway Museum Leeman RoadYork YO26 4XJ 1st December 2001
 Science MuseumWroughton AirfieldSwindonWilts SN4 9NS 
 National Coal MiningMuseum for EnglandCaphouse CollieryNew RoadOvertonWakefieldWest Yorkshire WF4 4RH 1st April 2002
Tate Gallery Tate BritainMillbankLondon SW1P 4RG 
 Tate ModernBanksideLondon SE1 9TG 
 Tate LiverpoolAlbert DockLiverpool L3 4BB 
Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Cromwell RoadLondon SW7 2RL 22nd November 2001
 Bethnal Green Museum of ChildhoodCambridge Heath RoadLondon E2 9PA 
 Theatre Museum:National Museum of Performing ArtsRussell StreetCovent GardenLondon WC2 7PR 22nd November 2001
 Wellington MuseumApsley House149 PiccadillyHyde Park CornerLondon W1J 7NT 22nd November 2001
The Wallace Collection The Wallace Collection Hertford HouseManchester SquareLondon W1U 3BN 
The Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester Liverpool RoadCastlefieldManchester M3 4FP 1st December 2001
Sir John Soane’s Museum Sir John Soane’s Museum13 Lincoln’s Inn FieldsLondon WC2A 3BP 
Museum of London Museum of LondonLondon WallLondon EC2Y 5NH 1st December 2001
 Museum of London Archaeological Service Mortimer Wheeler House46 Eagle Wharf RoadLondon N1 1st March 2002
Geffrye Museum Geffrye MuseumKingsland RoadLondon E2 8EA 
Horniman Museum Horniman Museum100 London RoadForest HillLondon SE23 3PQ 
British Library British Library96 Euston RoadLondon NW1 2DB(in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events) 
The National Army Museum The National Army Museum Royal Hospital RoadChelseaLondon SW3 4HT 
The Royal Air Force Museum The Royal Air Force Museum HendonLondon NW9 5LL 1st December 2001
National Museums & Galleries of Wales National Museum & Gallery Cathays ParkCardiff CF10 3NP 
 National Museums of Welsh History: 
 Roman Legionary Museum High StreetCaerleon NP6 1AE 
 Segontium Roman Fort MuseumBeddgelert RoadCaernarfonGwynedd LL55 2LN 
 Museum of Welsh LifeSt FagansCardiff CF5 6XB 
National Museums & Galleries of Wales (cont) National Museums of Welsh Industry: 
 Welsh Slate MuseumLlanberisGwynedd LL55 4TY 
 Big Pit, National Mining Museum of WalesBlaenafonTorfaen NP4 9XP 
 Museum of the WelshWoollen IndustryDrefach FelindreLlandysul SA44 5UP 
 Collections Centre NantgarwTrefforest Industrial EstatePontypridd CF15 7QT 
 National Museum of Art: 
 Turner HousePlymouth RoadPenarthSouth Glamorgan CF64 3DM 
The National Library of Wales The National Library of Wales AberystwythCeredigion SY23 3BU(in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events) 
National Museums and Galleries of Northern Ireland Ulster MuseumBotanic GardensBelfast BT9 5AB 
 Armagh County MuseumThe Mall EastArmagh 
National Museums of Scotland Royal Scottish Museum Chambers StreetEdinburgh EH1 1JF 
 Museum of ScotlandChambers StreetEdinburgh EH1 1JF 
 National War Museum of ScotlandEdinburgh CastleEdinburgh 
National Galleries of Scotland National Gallery of Scotland The MoundEdinburgh EH2 2EL 
 Scottish National Portrait GalleryQueen StreetEdinburgh EH2 1JD 
 Scottish National Gallery of Modern ArtBelford RoadEdinburgh EH4 3DR 
 Dean GalleryBelford RoadEdinburgh EH4 3DR 
National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland George IV BridgeEdinburgh EH1 1EW 
 National Library of Scotland33 Salisbury PlaceEdinburgh(in respect of the historical collections in its galleries, temporary exhibitions and other related public programmes and events) 