Projects

Acqusition at auction of a bronze figurine, 4.5 ins high, found by a farmer at North Bradley, Wiltsh

Acquisition of portrait of General Jean Louis (later Field Marshal, 1st Earl) Ligonier (1680-1770, c

Acquisition of a silver-gilt salt made in London in 1584-85. Made in three sections: 1.

Repair of Grade 1 18th century Palladian villa by Robert Taylor, built for the Wedgwood family

Acquisition of a late Elizabethan table carpet that had been on loan to the museum since 1976.

Acquisition of painting, A Boy Blowing on Charcoal by Schlacken.

Acquisition of portrait of Sir Joseph Banks by the American artist Benjamin West (1738-1820).

Acquisition of 6.7ha (16.5a) of valley fen supporting two mire communities on the wetter parts, with

Acquisition of Devichoys Wood (40 acres) part of the large woodland complex known as Perran Woods.

Acquisition of one of the greatest Dutch landscapes in Britain, Aelbert Cuyp's River Landscape with