Projects

Acquisition of the archive and library of Sir Roland Penrose (1900-84), artist, writer, collector, a

Acquisition of portrait of Wadham Pigott (1750-1823) by Thomas Gaimsborough.

Acquisition of portrait of 4th Duke of Gordon by Pompeo Batoni, painted in 1764 while the Duke was o

Conservation of a group of ten monumental effigies in alabaster and wood dating from 1246 to 1610.

Acquisition of the Three Graces, a marble sculptural group carved between 1814 and 1817 by Italian a

Dry-docking and repair of stern and stem posts.

Endowment for and repairs to Holmwood House, in Cathcart on the southern fringe of Glasgow, built in

Acquisition of one of the largest Roman treasurs ever to have been discovered in Britain.

Acquisition of three extremely rare 8th century pennies found at Aiskew, near Bedale in North Yorksh