Projects

Torre Abbey to undergo crucial repair and conservation works thanks to NHMF emergency funding

Torbay Council has received a £363,748 grant from NHMF’s Covid-19 Response Fund for urgently needed works to Torre Abbey’s Southeast Wing.

11 May 2022

National Motor Museum acquires 28 René Lalique glass car mascots

Thanks to £83,500 NHMF funding, the National Motor Museum in Beaulieu, Hampshire has acquired a r

28 March 2022

NHMF funding supports Strawberry Hill Trust's acquisition of Hogarth portrait

Strawberry Hill Trust received a £115,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) to purchase the painting, which provides a rare snapshot into the lives of two significant figures in Britain’s cultural history.

22 March 2022

Repairs to the historic Steamship Shieldhall

Thanks to NHMF funding, one of the UK’s best surviving steamships will be repaired following dama

25 March 2021

Unique Ted Hughes works acquired by the University of Huddersfield

Thanks to £35,000 NHMF funding, five unique items from a private collection of Ted Hughes works have been acquired by the university’s Ted Hughes Network Archive.

14 December 2021

Walter Sickert’s Tipperary (1914) acquired by Imperial War Museums

Sickert’s painting Tipperary (1914) was acquired in May 2021 thanks to a National Heritage Memori

01 May 2021

Artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman’s cottage saved for the nation

The £3.5million campaign to save Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage was supported by a £750,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund

29 March 2020

One-of-a-kind Triumph sports car acquired and displayed at British Motor Museum

The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust acquired the Triumph TR2 for display at the British Motor Museum at Gaydon with a £250,000 grant from the National Heritage Memorial Fund

10 March 2020

Rare ceramic crab by Robert Wallace Martin acquired by The Box, Plymouth

The Box, Plymouth has acquired a ceramic crab made by of salt-glazed stoneware by Robert Wallace Martin, June 1860

14 September 2019

Acquisition of a pair of Champagne Standard Lamps designed by Salvador Dalí and Edward James

The V&A purchased a pair of Champagne Standard Lamps with funding from the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund and the V&A Members

01 December 2018