
Projects
Pioneering astronomer Caroline Herschel’s handwritten memoirs acquired
The Herschel Museum of Astronomy in Bath acquired the ground-breaking scientist’s memoirs thanks to £33,000 funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Urgent repairs to eight historic chapels
Thanks to £3.689million funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund’s COVID-19 Response Fund, eight at-risk listed chapels will undergo urgent repairs before suitable long-term owners are sought.
Saving Hurst Castle
Following the partial collapse of Hurst Castle’s East Battery, English Heritage will carry out investigations and surveys to discover how best to safeguard the castle’s future.
Conservation and relocation of two significant type collections begins
Thanks to a £1,409,861 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), the Science Museum Group and Sheffield Museums Trust will conserve and relocate two nationally significant type collections.
Historic gunpowder mill in Waltham Abbey receives COVID-19 recovery funding
Urgent conservation work will be undertaken at Gunpowder Incorporating Mill ‘L157’ thanks to £420,575 funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.