The fair has a tradition of hosting Loan Exhibitions of work that is not for sale, but is of interest to collectors, art historians, and the general public:

Loan Exhibitions at past fairs:

2009: "Crisis What Crisis": Original cartoon artwork and Pictures in Mind: The Imaginative Book Illustration Society

2008: "The Art of `Deception": Fakes, forgeries, and mistaken identifications

2007: Drawings from The Slade

2006: Kettle's Yard, Cambridge

2005: G F Watts - "England's Michelangelo": The Watts Gallery, Compton

2004: Bawden, Ravilious and Friends: the Fry Art Gallery, Saffron Walden

2003: Architectural Drawings: RIBA

2002: Possession - Art Dealers and Collectors in Partnership

2001: Watercolours & Drawings

2000: Royal Watercolour Society Diploma Collection

1999: John Ruskin - "The Campaign for Drawing"