Projects

Canova Terracottas

Acquisition of two terracottas by Antonio Canova (1757-1822) presented by the sculptor to Mary Berry

Blows Down, Dunstable

Acquisition of 24.4 hectares of unimproved chalk grassland, an SSSI (Sites of Special Scientific Int

Weddell Papers

Acquisition of papers and other items relating to explorer Captain Charles Weddell (1787-1834)

Tompion Year-Going Regulator

Acquisition of year-going clock by Thomas Tompion, 1676, case, movement and dial: 3120 x 645 x 295 m

Tyndale Bible

Acquisition of the only surviving copy from the original issue of 3,000 copies of William Tyndale's