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New Trustees announced for the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Appointed by the Prime Minister, they will have responsibility for the NHMF and the Heritage Lottery Fund’s (HLF) UK-wide Board
Two treasure hoards saved for nation on same day
The Frome Hoard, the largest collection of Roman coins ever to be unearthed in a single container and the Hoard of four stunnin
Generous donations allow the British Museum to acquire historic ivories from ancient Assyria
Grants totalling £1,170,000 have been donated to the British Museum to help save the Nimrud Ivories, the finest collection of c
Eleventh hour rescue of Turing collection
Almost nothing tangible remains of genius Bletchley Park codebreaker, Alan Turing; so when an extremely rare collection of offp
Rare Burges furniture with literary connections acquired for Bedford
The rare item is a unique Zodiac settle designed by a leading figure of the 19th-century Gothic Revival movement, William Burge
Brueghel Old Master saved for nation
The Art Fund, the National Trust and National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) are delighted to announce that Pieter Brueghel the
Ashmolean Museum Acquires A Hoard Of Angels This Christmas
Spanning the period from 1470-1526, covering the Wars of the Roses to ten years before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the
NHMF: 30 years of saving our most important heritage
Over the last three decades the Fund has safeguarded thousands iconic heritage treasures for the nation that were at risk of be
Rare collection of mezzotints saved for the nation
Antony Griffiths, Keeper of the Prints and Drawings Department at the British Museum said “This is the largest acquisition for
Iconic painting of Penzance by Stanhope Forbes saved for the nation
Painted in 1921, Inner Harbour – Abbey Slip depicts an iconic view of Penzance known and loved throughout the country