Museums and Galleries: Human Remains
Lords · Question HL12918 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Lord Boateng
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are aware of the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery holding human remains in either their original or modified form; and whether they understand any such remains to have been among the items stolen from the museum'
Answer
Answered by Baroness Twycross, 7 Jan 2026
DCMS was alerted by Arts Council England at the end of October to a recent theft incident involving a storage facility operated by Bristol Museums. Fuller details about the scale of that incident were provided by the museum in mid December, at the time a ...