As a National Cultural Institution, Crawford Art Gallery supports an active loans programme from its Collection and acknowledges the value of sharing and encountering artworks.

Our loans programme also enables Crawford Art Gallery to strengthen its working partnerships with other museums, galleries, and cultural organisations, both nationally and internationally. At any one time, numerous artworks from the Collection may be on loan to other institutions, creating wider opportunities to encounter these national treasures in new and diverse contexts.

To learn more about current and past loans, please navigate the grid and tabs on this page.

What is a loan?
A loan is a work of art, or cultural property, entrusted in good faith by the owner to an institution for an agreed period of time. Loans are, in general, granted to other public institutions as a means of promoting a greater understanding and enjoyment of art and cultural patrimony.

Loan requests
In late 2024, Crawford Art Gallery will commence an ambitious redevelopment project to restore its historic building and provide significant new exhibition and education spaces, collection storage, and public circulation areas.

As such, Crawford Art Gallery will implement a loan moratorium from June 2024 to September 2027 and will therefore be unable to accommodate requests to borrow works from the Collection during this period. All new loan requests must be submitted in advance of June 2024. Existing loan commitments will be honoured. Please review our loan guidelines here.