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Exceptional Lorenzo Bartolini sculpture saved for the nation
The Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) and National Galleries of Scotland (NGS) behind joint acquisition of Lorenzo Bartolini’s marble sculpture The Campbell Sisters Dancing a Waltz, made in Florence in about 1821
Ashmolean acquires archive of the last Pre-Raphaelite
The Ashmolean has acquired an important record of the Pre-Raphaelite artists, the illustrated letters of Sir Edward Burne-Jones (1833–98) to Helen Mary (May) Gaskell (1853–1940)
Call to action! Trustee sought for National Heritage Memorial Fund and Heritage Lottery Fund
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Saved: Archive of 20th century’s leading theatrical designer, Oliver Messel
Messel’s career spanned the worlds of stage, film, opera, interior design, portraiture and architecture.
The Fan Museum Trust acquires a unique embroidered folding fan
No other examples of this type of fan – that is to say a folding fan with sticks joined at the pivot end with a cord or ribbon
Cornelis de Heem painting to return to its historical home
Now visitors to the National Trust’s Dyrham Park in Gloucestershire will be able to enjoy a splendid example of a still life de
NHMF grant brings world’s most comprehensive Rupert Brooke collection in reach
Rupert Brooke, war poet and Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge, died 100 years ago (23 April 1915) on his way to fight at Gall
Charles Dickens’ iconic desk saved for the nation
A grant of just over £780,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has enabled the Charles Dickens Museum in London
502 Places of worship receive £30million
Additional cash announced in the 2015 Budget doubles number of grants originally expected to be awarded
Heath Robinson cartoons saved for the nation
A large collection of works by the much-loved cartoonist and illustrator William Heath Robinson have been saved for the nation