Projects

Acquisition of seven manuscripts that had been in the Throckmorton family since the late 17th centur

Acquisition of a portrait of Anne Throckmorton, who was an Abbess of the Celestine Convent in Paris

Acquisition of some 36 acres, part of the Turners Puddle Heath SSSI.

Acquisition of a well-preserved and prepared complete fossil skeleton of a Jurassic ichthyosaur, fou

Acquisition at auction of an Irish Claymore or 'Claidheamh Mor', a single-handed sword, 15th - 16th

Acquisition of the Dumfries Freedom box, silver and silver gilt, by Alexander Gairdner, Edinburgh, 1

Acquisition of a manuscript of 'The Mirror of Synners' or Speculum Ecclesiae, by St Edmund of Abingd

Acquisition of marble sculpture which depicts Samson on the point of slaying two terrified Philistin

Acquisition by private treaty sale of Roman finger ring from Corbridge.

Acquisition at auction of what appears to be the earliest known manuscript world chart to be produce