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The selection includes gifts, bequests and purchases of national importance, along with others of more local interest.  Da

Formerly  preserved in family ownership at The Chanter’s House, Ottery St Mary, Devon,it has now been purchased for the na

Samuel Richardson, the Novelist (1684-1761), Seated, Surrounded by his Second Family, 1740-41, will go on display at T

This collection, at the Windermere Steamboat Museum, is the most significant of its kind anywhere in the world and includes the

At £985,000 it is the biggest collection purchase made in the Museum’s 125-year history, and was made possible through a grant

The manuscript was accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax via the Acceptance in Lieu scheme managed by MLA and al

Painted in about 1595, the John Donne work has been the subject of a major National Portrait Gallery appeal since Janu

The acquisition was partly made possible by a grant of £42,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), together with d

The Museum is extremely grateful for the generous support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) and the National Art Co

Worth almost £1million, the collection of Hengrave Hall Manuscripts, including fascinating papers from the Tudor period, was in