It is the policy of the whole museum to display contemporary art and design. This is so for Europe, and it is the same for China. Moreover, the Far Eastern Collection was only allocated a budget of ￡ 13,000, so it was more feasible to buy good quality contemporary design work than antiques.
這有兩個原因，其一是這是全院的目標，展示現代藝術與設計的精品，歐洲如此，中國也一樣；其二是預算縮減，東方部一年只有一萬三千鎊的預算，不太可能買骨董文物，但足夠買質精的現代設計作品。