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Projects
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.
Macclesfield Silk Museum receives COVID-19 recovery funding
Thanks to a £308,975 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), the museum will take the first steps in safeguarding the heritage assets’ long-term future.
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.
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.
Historic boat Vigilance of Brixham undergoes vital repairs
Thanks to £820,000 COVID-19 recovery funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, the former fishing trawler will continue to set sail from Brixham, south Devon.
Herefordshire Hoard returns home
Magnificent treasures will go on display at Hereford Museum thanks to £402,250unding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Mary Queen of Scots' silver casket saved
Rare silver casket believed to have belonged to Mary Queen of Scots now on permanent display at the National Museum of Scotland thanks to £810,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Torre Abbey to undergo crucial repair and conservation works thanks to NHMF emergency funding
Torbay Council has received a £363,748 grant from NHMF’s Covid-19 Response Fund for urgently needed works to Torre Abbey’s Southeast Wing.
National Motor Museum acquires 28 René Lalique glass car mascots
Thanks to £83,500 NHMF funding, the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire has acquired a r