Jade axe stays in the UK
A polished jade axe-head dating from the early Neolithic, found at Newton Peverill in the Stour Valley, will now stay in the UK
A polished jade axe-head dating from the early Neolithic, found at Newton Peverill in the Stour Valley, will now stay in the UK
They have agreed to fund the acquisition of the house, its contents and adjoining land for the public benefit.
English Heritage, in partnership with the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) and the
English Heritage has successfully purchased its sixth major artwork by renowned Dutch landscape artist Pieter Andreas Rysbrack
The Tureen was bought for £237,565 through Christie’s under the tax-concessionary scheme for private sales to museums.
With the public appeal raising over £550,000 in just over five weeks, the NHMF – the ‘fund of last resort’ for heritage at risk
The British Museum is delighted to announce that it has recently acquired a set of rare Anglo-Saxon sword hilt fittings with th
The Torc is an exceptional piece of craftsmanship, even by today’s standards and two thousand years ago it would have been even
An exquisite pair of late 15th-century altar paintings, on oak panels, believed to have furnished a chapel at Westminster Abbey
An exceptional portrait of Elizabeth Gunning, Duchess of Hamilton (1733-1790) by the Scottish painter Gavin Hamilton (