Terms and Conditions

For private study only

You will need to purchase a photo permit if you wish to take photos of documents in the Reading Room.

Photography permit prices

- Photography permits are only available to holders of a valid ARA Archive Card.

- Payment must be made before any images are taken and restrictions must be observed. You can pay by cash or with credit card at the Pay Desk or Museum Gift Shop.

- Check that you are allowed to photograph the documents you are interested in before you buy a Photography Permit.

- Please do not photograph other patrons or staff without asking their permission.

- Taking photos is subject to conservation, copyright and data protection restrictions.

- Flash cannot be used.

- Pictures must be taken under normal Archive Reading Room conditions, i.e. seated or standing at a table. You must not put documents on the floor, stand on tables or chairs.

- Tripods or external lighting and umbrellas are not permitted in the Archive Reading Room.

- Photographs can only be made under the terms of ‘fair dealing’ for the purposes of non-commercial research or private study. 

- Please limit your copying to a reasonable number of shots. This facility is provided to supplement notetaking and not to create complete personal copies of documents sets or books. If your copying is felt to be excessive you will be asked to stop, regardless of the possession of a permit.

- You must sign a copyright declaration which records each document you copy.

- You must include the correct British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) Archive reference number on a label in each photograph. The label will be supplied by staff on the purchase of a permit.

- Any materials consulted and copied by this method remain the property and copyright of BMIHT. Copies cannot be supplied to or shared with third parties, reproduced, published in print or on digital media, used in an exhibition or displayed on the internet without prior permission.

- You must ensure that the work you reproduce is supported by a sufficient acknowledgement. E.g. ‘Reproduced with kind permission of the BMIHT’.

Restrictions

The following categories of archive material cannot be copied for reasons of copyright and/or data protection. In these cases, only pencils and paper will be permitted for taking notes:

- All and any build or sales records, including the following formats: index cards, ledgers, warranties, computer printouts and microform.

- Photographic prints or any other type of photographic material.

Publication of archival material

Archival material is made available for private research only and must not be used for publication. Where publication may occur in the future, it must be declared to the BMIHT Archive in writing and permission sought from the BMIHT and or, appropriate copyright holder.

If images are required for publication, permission must be sought from the copyright/reproduction rights owner/s. 

Where reproductions rights are held by BMIHT, permission must be requested in writing. In return for granting permission for using images belonging to BMIHT a licensing fee will be charged.

Please read details on our page of Non-commercial and Commercial Licensing.

Acknowledgement of the source of information must be made and, where possible, include the specified BMIHT attribution so that other users can find it and understand the historical context behind it: E.g. ‘© British Motor Industry Heritage Trust' (BMIHT L001908).

A copy of any publication will be required for deposit with the BMIHT Archive.