The Museum may accept donations of cultural relics. Donated cultural relics shall further be classified into the three categories of “first class gift,” “second class gift,” and “research material” based on their respective quality, manufacture dates, conditions, cultural and historical significance.

Donated cultural relics determined as “first class gift” and “second class gift” in accordance with the appraisal procedures outlined in Article 4 shall be accepted by the Museum. Those determined as “research material” during the preliminary or intermediate appraisal shall be forwarded directly to the curatorial departments for accessioning and research purposes without the need for any further appraisal procedures. Those deemed unfit for the collection may be returned to the donors.

The names of the private donors (and/or their studios) and the donating institutions will be duly acknowledged when the donated cultural relics are on view in exhibitions or featured in publications.