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40 years of NHMF: In 2002, the largest ever NHMF grant saved historic house in Somerset for the nation.

40 years of NHMF: when Skokholm Island was offered to the Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales for £500,000 in 2005, all efforts went into raising enough money to buy this unique habitat – but a rival bid created an unexpected emergency.

NHMF’s COVID-19 Response Fund will address long term impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on heritage assets

Thanks to support of over £370,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Kettle’s Yard, University of Cambridge and Tate have jointly acquired three important and rare sketchbooks by the self-taught artist and mariner Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).

Thanks to the support of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, this important piece of furniture has been saved from significant risk of private ownership and removal from public view.  

To mark International Women’s Day, Ann Dinsdale, Principal Curator of the Brontë Parsonage Museum, Haworth tells us about its precious collection dedicated to three remarkable sisters.

The Prime Minister has appointed Dr Simon Thurley CBE as Chair of the National Heritage Memorial Fund and The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Ten incredibly rare maps that plot the defeat of the Spanish Armada, a defining moment in England’s history, have been saved from export thanks to support from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.  

The sledge and sledging flag from Ernest Shackleton’s British Antarctic Expedition are the latest items to be saved for the nation by the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

NHMF has helped to save for the nation the sledge and sledging flag from Shackleton's Nimrod expedition.