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Silverdale Hoard to be unveiled at Lancaster City Museum
Known as the Silverdale Hoard, the collection is made up of more than 200 items believed to date from around 900 AD.
Grant awarded to help save personal archive of British designer Rex Whistler
Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum is planning to purchase the archive, which contains over 1,000 items and is the only subst
Unique Glasgow / Edinburgh partnership bears fruit
A masterpiece of Scottish art, which has been secured for the public in a unique partnership between the National Galleries of
Rescue of last Second World War Dornier Do 17 bomber from the sea begins
Today, the Royal Air Force Museum is pleased to announce the start of a ground-breaking operation to raise from the English Cha
Bodleian secures half the funds needed to acquire the personal archive of William Henry Fox Talbot
The only significant Talbot collection remaining in private hands, this important archive is being sold for £2.2million and the
HMS Caroline, the last surviving First World War ship, receives £1m lifeline from NHMF
This vital grant awarded the National Museum of the Royal Navy (NMRN) will now enable urgent repair works that will prevent fur
Recently discovered Charlotte Brontë letters saved for the nation
The letters, which went under the hammer at Sotheby’s in London on Wednesday 12 December, were previously in a private collecti
Glasgow Boys masterpiece secured for the public
This seminal work was secured for £637,500 with the help of £423,358 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and £62,98
NHMF announces £1million to save last surviving first world warship for the nation
The Prime Minister is announcing the news at Imperial War Museum as he unveils the Government's programme to mark the centenary
National Portrait Gallery saves UK’s last portrait of the British radical who helped create the USA
The compelling marble bust, c.1760, by Joseph Wilton, RA (1722-1803), the greatest native-born sculptor in mid 18th century Bri