
Projects
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
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.
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.
Walter Sickert’s Tipperary (1914) acquired by Imperial War Museums
Sickert’s painting Tipperary (1914) was acquired in May 2021 thanks to a National Heritage Memori
Repairs to the historic Steamship Shieldhall
Thanks to NHMF funding, one of the UK’s best surviving steamships will be repaired following damage caused by the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Unique Ted Hughes works acquired by the University of Huddersfield
Thanks to £35,000 NHMF funding, five unique items from a private collection of Ted Hughes works have been acquired by the university’s Ted Hughes Network Archive.
One-of-a-kind Triumph sports car acquired and displayed at British Motor Museum
The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust acquired the Triumph TR2 for display at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon with a £250,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s cottage saved for the nation
The £3.5million campaign to save Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage was supported by a £750,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund
Rare ceramic crab by Robert Wallace Martin acquired by The Box, Plymouth
The Box, Plymouth has acquired a ceramic crab made by of salt-glazed stoneware by Robert Wallace Martin, June 1860
Purchase of the Bruce Longitude Sea-Clock
The Bruce-Oosterwijck longitude pendulum sea clock is one of only two examples of a clock of its kind in the world