Projects

Disputed Toll by Heywood Hardy

Acquisition of painting by the celebrated late-19th century animal painter Heywood Hardy (1843-1933)

24 January 1990

Acquisition of Distillery Meadow which consists of 27ha of unimproved neutral grasslands, designated

25 July 1990

Acquisition of 15.58 ha of ancient wood pasture which form most of the Pipershill Common SSSI.

26 June 1995

Acquisition of the substantial collection of early music instruments collected by Arnold Dolmetsch f

21 July 1982

Acquisition of Doncaster Race Cup of 1845.

22 June 1983

Acquisition and transportation to the museum of a single-room outshot house dating from the early 18

28 June 1994

Acquisition of buildings next to Dorset County Museum.

15 October 1980

Acquisition of a comprehensive collection of British naval medals, orders and decorations for the

24 April 1995

Acquisition of pencil portrait of William Wordsworth by Benjamin Robert Haydon, dated 1819.

23 November 1993

Acquisition of an archive of 94 drawings by Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-1797) consisting of 82 shee

23 October 1995