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The Monson Collection saved for the nation
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!
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
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
England’s grandest country house saved for nation
Located near Rotherham in South Yorkshire, Wentworth Woodhouse is exceptional in both architecture and scale.
Review of the National Heritage Memorial Fund launched
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) is conducting a Tailored Review of the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Earliest watercolour of Henry VIII’s Nonsuch palace saved
Subject to a temporary export ban earlier this year, it has now been saved for the nation.
Secret 17th-century Catholic chapel saved
NHMF has awarded £125,000 to purchase the building, whilst the Pilgrim Trust has contributed £25,000.
National Army Museum Saves Lawrence of Arabia’s dagger, robes and kaffiyah for the nation
The National Army Museum has saved T.E Lawrence’s dagger, robes and kaffiyah for the nation thanks to two grants from the National Heritage Memorial Fund totalling £113,400
Pair of Charles II silver andirons saved for the nation
Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales has bought a pair of magnificent silver firedogs, thanks to funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the Art Fund and the Goldsmiths’ Company
One of the finest Jacobean portraits is purchased for the nation and will remain at its historic home in Wales
One of the most important miniature paintings of the Jacobean age has been purchased for the nation thanks to a funding partnership between the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), Art Fund and the National Trust