Projects

Market Rasen Sword Hilt

Acquistion of an Anglo-Saxon sword, pommel and hilt fittings dating from the 7th century.

Coleridge Family Archive

Acquisition of the family archive of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge and making it available to

Portrait of John Donne

Acquisition of the earliest and most important lifetime portrait in oil of the metaphysical poet

Wenlok Jug, bronze, c 1460

Acquisition of a an English medieval jug made of bronze and decorated with coat of arms, including t

Coenwulf Coin

Acquisition of a gold 'mancus' of Coenwulf, king of Mercia (796-821) the earliest surviving coin

Hengrave Hall Manuscripts

Acquisition of the Hengrave Hall Manuscripts which consists of extensive family, household and an