Historic Royal Palaces: Information from Answers.com

Historic Royal Palaces is an independent charity created in 1998 to manage Britain's unoccupied royal palaces. These are:

The Tower of London
Hampton Court Palace
Kensington Palace - the state rooms only.
Banqueting House
Kew Palace

'Historic Royal Palaces' is contracted by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to manage the palaces on The Queen's behalf. The occupied royal palaces are cared for and maintained by the Royal Household Property Section. They are all open to the public.

External links

Official homepage

v • d • e Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: 2–4 Cockspur Street

Ministers	Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport · Minister of State for Culture, Creative Industries and Tourism · 3 Parliamentary Under Secretaries of State

Executive agencies	Royal Parks Agency

Executive non-departmental public bodies	Arts Council of England · Big Lottery Fund · British Film Institute · British Library · British Museum · Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment · English Sports Council · Football Licensing Authority · Geffrye Museum · English Heritage · Historic Royal Palaces · Horniman Museum · Horserace Betting Levy Board · Imperial War Museum · Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester · Museums, Libraries and Archives Council · National Gallery · National Heritage Memorial Fund · National Lottery Commission · National Maritime Museum · National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside · National Museum of Science and Industry · National Portrait Gallery · Natural History Museum · Olympic Delivery Authority · Olympic Lottery Distributor · Registrar of Public Lending Right · Royal Armouries Museum · Sir John Soane's Museum · Sport England · Tate · UK Film Council · UK Sport · Victoria and Albert Museum · VisitBritain · Wallace Collection

Advisory non-departmental public bodies	Advisory Committee on Historic Wreck Sites · Advisory Committee on National Historic Ships · Advisory Committee on the Government Art Collection · Advisory Council on Libraries · English Marketing Advisory Board · Legal Deposit Advisory Panel · Public Lending Right Advisory Committee · Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest · Spoliation Advisory Panel · Theatres Trust · Treasure Valuation Committee

Tribunal non-departmental public bodies	Horserace Betting Levy Tribunal

Statutory corporations	Channel Four Television Corporation · Historic Royal Palaces · Horserace Totalisator Board

Public broadcasting authorities	British Broadcasting Corporation · S4C · Welsh Fourth Channel Authority

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