Acquisition of the medal group of Arthur Scarf VC
The RAF Museum has successfully reached its fundraising target to save the Arthur Scarf Victoria Cross medal for the UK, in part thanks to £390,000 from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
Projects
'Panoramic Landscape with Cornfields and Dunes Beside the Sea' by Jacob van Ruisdael (1628/9-1682)
Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery has acquired Jacob van Ruisdael’s Panoramic Landscape with Cornfields and Dunes Beside the Sea, thanks to a £122,628 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
HMS Victory Model - contemporaneous full hull model circa 1800
To mark the Royal Navy's most famous day on Saturday 21 October, the scale model of HMS Victory is set to go on display in Portsmouth.
Two Ladies, 1650s
At risk of leaving the UK in 2021, Allegorical Painting of Two Ladies is now on permanent display at Compton Verney thanks to our funding of £154,600.
Urgent conservation work to RRS Discovery
The Dundee Industrial Heritage Trust received a grant of £1,409,000 to allow them to begin vital conservation work on RRS Discovery.