Museums and Galleries: Human Remains
Lords · Question HL12916 · 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 what assessment they have made of the arrangements for the storage of human remains at the Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; and whether it complies with the relevant guidance.
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 ...