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£1.5m grant secures acquisition and restoration of historic Hestercombe Gardens
The NHMF grant has enabled the Hestercombe Gardens Trust to acquire land totalling 320-acres, reuniting the world-class, Grade I registered landscape, gardens and buildings for future generations
One of John Bellany's 'key works' acquired by the Scottish Maritime Museum for permanent display
The Boat Builders is now on permanent display in its new home at the Scottish Maritime Museum
National Portrait Gallery Acquires Portrait of Poet Dylan Thomas by Augustus John
The National Portrait Gallery has acquired a portrait of Dylan Thomas by his close friend Augustus John, it was announced today
Rare medieval bible returns home 500 years after it disappeared from Canterbury Cathedral
Now known as the Lyghfield Bible, after the 16th-century Cathedral monk who once owned it, the 690-leaf volume has returned to Canterbury Cathedral after 500 years
Rare Eric Ravilious watercolour saved for the nation
Fry Art Gallery secures work by influential 20th-century artist with major National Heritage Memorial Fund grant
Fitzwilliam Museum saves rare bust of Queen Victoria from export
Sir Alfred Gilbert's exceptionally rare white marble bust of Queen Victoria as an ageing monarch has been saved for the nation
Personal archive of 20th century author DH Lawrence saved
The University of Nottingham has acquired the last major collection of personal materials the controversial author of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, Sons and Lovers and Women in Love
Grade I listed Gwrych Castle secured following £600k National Heritage Memorial Fund grant
After 50 years of uncertainty and having fallen into a perilous state-of-disrepair, the future of one of Wales’s most important and fairytale-like country houses, that was set to become a royal residence, is now secure
Anglo-Saxon treasure and Bloomsbury Group dinner service among four ‘at risk’ heritage treasures saved for the nation
The Arts Minister Michael Ellis has announced over £1million joint investment by both National Heritage Memorial Fund and the Art Fund
Portrait of Lord Edward Herbert of Cherbury unveiled at Powis Castle
Miniature by Isaac Oliver, purchased by the National Trust with NHMF funding, forms the centrepiece of a new exhibition ‘House of Portraits’