Description | Discusses: British and medieval antiquities: gallery exchange; works; systematic development of Sutton Hoo site; Sutton Hoo publication; publications. Oriental antiquities: gallery exchange; establishment of Department of Oriental Art at Victoria and Albert Museum; Conservation Centre for Far Eastern Paintings; British Institute of Persian Studies, excavation at Siraf; senior staff; growth of collections; foreign travel; promotion; Amaravati statues; labelling. Department of Ethnography: space problems; exhibitions; conservation; storage. |