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Last chance for Tyntesfield
40 years of NHMF: In 2002, the largest ever NHMF grant saved historic house in Somerset for the nation.
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Island emergency thwarted as seabird paradise saved for the nation
40 years of NHMF: when Skokholm Island was offered to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales for £500,000 in 2005, all efforts went into raising enough money to buy this unique habitat – but a rival bid created an unexpected emergency.
NHMF launches £40 million funding response
NHMF’s COVID-19 Response Fund will address long term impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on heritage assets
NHMF supports acquisition of significant Alfred Wallis sketchbooks
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
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
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.
International Women’s Day: celebrating the extraordinary Brontë sisters
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
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
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.
National Heritage Memorial Fund celebrates 40th anniversary
Set up in 1980, NHMF was created as a lasting memorial to those who have given their lives for the UK.