Campagna Landscape by Caspard Dughet Acquisition of a fine example of the small, cabinet-sized works produced late in the artist's career 25 September 1995
Captain Cook letter Acquisition of letter from Captain Cook to Lord Sandwich, Cape of Good Hope, 26 November 1776, detai 24 July 1995
Blows Down, Dunstable Acquisition of 24.4 hectares of unimproved chalk grassland, an SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Int 26 June 1995
An Iron Forge by Wright of Derby Acquisition of painting 'An Iron Forge' by Joseph Wright of Derby, 1772, oil on canvas, 1213 x 14320 23 October 1995
Victoria Cross and Medal Group of Air Commodore Frederick West Acquisition of medal group including the Victoria Cross together with fifteen other Orders, Decorati 31 July 1994
Weddell Papers Acquisition of papers and other items relating to explorer Captain Charles Weddell (1787-1834) 25 May 1994
Tompion Year-Going Regulator Acquisition of year-going clock by Thomas Tompion, 1676, case, movement and dial: 3120 x 645 x 295 m 22 March 1994
Tyndale Bible Acquisition of the only surviving copy from the original issue of 3,000 copies of William Tyndale's 28 June 1994
Three Graces by Antonio Canova Acquisition of the Three Graces, a marble sculptural group carved between 1814 and 1817 by Italian a 22 March 1994
St Sebastian Succoured by Two Angels by Guercino Acquisition of painting 'St Sebastian succoured by two angels' by Giovanni Francesco Barbieri, know 28 June 1994