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Ely museum acquires unique prehistoric gold torc

25 September 2017

A unique Bronze Age gold torc, regarded as the best to be found in England in more than a century, has been saved for the nation thanks to £138,600 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund

Wedgwood’s First Day’s Vase is back on public display

18 September 2017

An iconic vase formed by master potter Josiah Wedgwood is back on permanent display in Stoke-on-Trent after it was saved for the nation

13th-century Mostyn Psalter-Hours saved for the nation

12 September 2017

A rare and beautiful Psalter – a volume of psalms – produced in 13th-century London has been acquired by the British Library.

A memorial finer than stone

8 September 2017

The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) is now on Instagram.

The Monson Collection saved for the nation

1 September 2017

The Monson Collection, an ‘indispensable record of British national life’, is to be purchased and permanently displayed at Lincolnshire Archives with a £242,500 National Heritage Memorial Fund grant

It’s coming home – rare Wedgwood vase to return to the city!

5 July 2017

Campaigners are celebrating after securing enough money to save a rare piece of pottery made by master potter Josiah Wedgwood days before deadline

Rare vase designed by William Burges is saved for the nation

28 June 2017

National Museums Scotland acquires exquisite vase from a set of four designed by the gothic revival architect and designer William Burges (1827-81) for the Summer Smoking Room at Cardiff Castle