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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.  

NHMF team members take a look back at the hundreds of items they've seen added to the memorial collection over the past few decades.

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

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.

Recently discovered manuscript constitutes one of the largest and earliest surviving groups of Donne’s verse which has yet to be studied

The collection, acquired by Pembroke College Cambridge, is a treasure trove of previously unseen poems, personal letters, photographs and literary papers

The National Heritage Memorial Fund was founded in 1980 as a memorial to those who have given their lives for the UK