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Scan of sketchbook with drawings of board on the sea with lighthouse on land in distance

NHMF supports acquisition of significant Alfred Wallis sketchbooks

17 June 2021

Thanks to support of over £370,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge and Tate have jointly acquired three important and rare sketchbooks by the self-taught artist and mariner Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

40 years of NHMF: urgent care for Henry VIII's ship the Mary Rose

11 June 2021

We look back at when NHMF funding helped conserve one of the UK’s most iconic ships nearly 450 years after it sank in the Solent.

Exceptional Arts and Crafts secretaire secured for Blackwell

14 May 2021

Thanks to the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, this important piece of furniture has been saved from significant risk of private ownership and removal from public view.

Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth

International Women’s Day: celebrating the extraordinary Brontë sisters

8 March 2021

To mark International Women’s Day, Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth tells us about its precious collection dedicated to three remarkable sisters.

Dr Simon Thurley CBE appointed as new Chair

25 February 2021

The Prime Minister has appointed Dr Simon Thurley CBE as Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund

National Museum of the Royal Navy saves incredibly rare Spanish Armada maps

27 January 2021

Ten incredibly rare maps that plot the defeat of the Spanish Armada, a defining moment in England’s history, have been saved from export thanks to support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Staffordshire Hoard, Flying Scotsman, Shaw's Moonrocket, Gwrych Castle

National Heritage Memorial Fund celebrates 40th anniversary

16 December 2020

Set up in 1980, NHMF was created as a lasting memorial to those who have given their lives for the UK.

The National Heritage Memorial staff Vanessa and Suzanne

NHMF team members celebrate 40 years

16 December 2020

NHMF team members take a look back at the hundreds of items they've seen added to the memorial collection over the past few decades.

Antarctic Nimrods: warriors of snow and ice

16 December 2020

The sledge and sledging flag from Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition are the latest items to be saved for the nation by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Sledge used in the British Antarctic Expedition 1907-1909

Sledge and flag from Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition acquired for the nation

16 December 2020

NHMF has helped to save for the nation the sledge and sledging flag from Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.