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The British Museum has acquired a one-of-a-kind figure of King Henry VI of England with National Heritage Memorial Fund support.

Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery has acquired the largest collection of seventh-century gold coins ever found in the UK thanks to Memorial Fund support.

The collection was at risk of being sold to private owners. Now it will be preserved, cared for and secured for the public as a valuable piece of the UK’s cultural heritage.

A rare archive of Turing’s unpublished Second World War papers has been acquired by King’s College, Cambridge, shedding light on his work after Enigma.

The 13th-century Duke Humfrey New Testament will go on public display for the first time after 300 years of private ownership.

The Garden Museum is acquiring the extensive Nesfield Archive of landscape design with NHMF support.

Two Women Wearing Cosmetic Patches, which is believed to have been painted by Father Jerome Hesketh, will go on public display for the first time at Compton Verney.

Thanks to NHMF funding the papers of these two celebrated writers will be preserved for the UK public.

NHMF funding has helped the Ashmolean acquire the 15th-century artwork, The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and the Magdalen.

A huge freshwater tank will protect the wreck from decay and enable research into the origins of this remarkable ship.