Projects

Acquisition of what is considered to be the first of three preparatory studies by Thomas Gainsboroug

Acquisition of books and papers of Wordsworth and other Romantic authors

Acquisition of a horn snuff mull commemorating the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester in 1819.

Acquisition of painting by Joseph Wright of Dreby (1734-97) of two girls dressing up a kitten by can

Acquisition of a collection of 800 drawings spanning 1834-1914 by Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860), a l

Acquisition of elaborate casket created circa 1180-1190 to house relics of Thomas Becket, made of

Acquisition for management as a nature reserve of 22 hectares of ancient broadleaved woodland in the

Acquisition of a model of a prototype train, commissioned by the eminent railway engineer Sir Daniel

Acquisition of 6 ha of grassland

Pair of silver dessert forks designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and made by David W Hislop, Glasg