Artwork Owned by Lincolnshire County Council - Find a freedom of information request

1. The total number of works of art owned by your local authority.

2. The estimated total value.

3. The number of works currently on display.

4. How many works of art have been donated by the local authority over the past five years?

5. How many works of art have been leased by the local authority over the past five years and the total revenue.

6. How many works of art have been sold by the local authority over the past five years and the total proceeds from any sales.

7. The cost to the local authority of maintaining your art collection for the financial year 2018/2019. Please include any costs for insurance, conservation and insurance.

1. The total number of works of art owned by Lincolnshire County Council is calculated to be 7638 (Limited to Museum and Archive collections (legally owned by LCC) and defining work of art as per "an object made by an artist of great skill, especially a painting, drawing, or statue").

2. Lincolnshire County Council's Heritage Service does not routinely value its collections, nor does it engage valuers to provide this information. 

For insurance purposes only the Council may provide a value for collection items - where it is known or is internally estimated, however this is not held for every item and therefore an exact answer to the information you have requested is not held by Lincolnshire County Council.

In terms of available information, the total sum of collection items which are owned/ managed as accessioned items by Lincolnshire County Council's Heritage Service are insured to a value of £33m (NB this includes artworks and wider collections).

3. The number of works currently on display is calculated to be 197 (Limited to items captured in response to Question one. And display areas being defined as public spaces in our core sites plus loans out to external venues for display purposes.)

4. Zero artworks have been donated by Lincolnshire County Council's Heritage Service over the past five years.

5. 103 works have been leased out by Lincolnshire Council's Heritage Service to external bodies over the past five years. £2683 is the total revenue.

6. Zero artworks have been sold by Lincolnshire County Council's Heritage Service over the past five years. £0 from proceeds.

7. The cost to Lincolnshire County Council of maintaining our art collection for the financial year 2018/19 is estimated to be £26750, including artworks owned and managed via Lincolnshire County Council.

Exclusions include: Staffing and programme costs associated with collections, front of house and exhibitions teams enabling access of collections via public programme and associated operational building costs.