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Mavisbank House saved for the nation
Thanks to NHMF funding, Landmark Trust will acquire and stabilise Mavisbank House in Midlothian – 50 years after a devastating fire left the 300-year-old building and its fascinating story in a critical condition.
Dundee’s RRS Discovery awarded £1.4million for urgent repair work
World’s first polar research ship safeguarded thanks to the National Heritage Memorial Fund.
'Stonehenge of the North' reunited
Thanks to NHMF funding, English Heritage has acquired the final of three Thornborough Henges, ensuring public access to the entirety of one of Britain’s most significant prehistoric monuments.
£4.1million to save remarkable heritage at risk in Wales
Lifesaving support from our COVID-19 Response Fund for buildings impacted by the pandemic.
£4.4million for exceptional Scottish heritage impacted by the pandemic
A pioneering mill village, a museum, ship and locomotive have received a share of our COVID-19 Response Fund, designed to support sites and assets at risk.
Portrait of Mai saved for the UK following historic fundraising campaign
In part thanks to £10million NHMF funding, The National Portrait Gallery and Art Fund’s joint campaign to save Joshua Reynolds’ remarkable portrait has been successful.
Archive belonging to pioneering geologist William Buckland saved
Oxford University Museum of Natural History has acquired a collection of over 1,000 items including letters, notebooks, family papers, prints, and artworks thanks to £224,450 NHMF funding.
Their place in history: remembering three pioneering women of science
On International Women’s Day, we’re sharing the work of three lesser-known yet ground-breaking women scientists whose heritage has been protected thanks to NHMF funding.
Renaissance master Peruzzi’s ‘The Nativity’ saved for the UK
Thanks to NHMF funding, the rare artwork becomes the most significant Renaissance painting in a Northern Ireland collection and the artist’s only painting publicly available in the UK.
The Herefordshire Hoard: how a historic treasure find went wrong
What would you do if you discovered buried treasure dating back over a thousand years? In 2015, two men were faced with this question, and now they’re serving time in prison…