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Category: Acquisitions

Ashmolean continues efforts toward £5m ‘Crucifixion’ acquisition

Ashmolean continues efforts toward £5m ‘Crucifixion’ acquisition

National Museums Scotland acquires significant Victorian photography collection

National Museums Scotland acquires significant Victorian photography collection

UK buyer sought for Iron Age Celtic bracelet

UK buyer sought for Iron Age Celtic bracelet

UK buyer sought for Alan Turing’s Second World War papers

UK buyer sought for Alan Turing’s Second World War papers

Tate jointly acquires Venice Biennale Golden Lion Winner

Tate jointly acquires Venice Biennale Golden Lion Winner

National Gallery acquires £2m Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting

National Gallery acquires £2m Lawrence Alma-Tadema painting

V&A acquires £2m medieval carving of the Deposition from the Cross

V&A acquires £2m medieval carving of the Deposition from the Cross

Double funding award enables Bath Preservation Trust to acquire and reimagine historic site

Double funding award enables Bath Preservation Trust to acquire and reimagine historic site

Going local with Lowry: Berwick Museum and Art Gallery acquisition highlights growing trend

Going local with Lowry: Berwick Museum and Art Gallery acquisition highlights growing trend

13 lockdown Tweets acquired by Museum of London for project collecting pandemic artefacts

13 lockdown Tweets acquired by Museum of London for project collecting pandemic artefacts

Brontë Parsonage Museum turns to crowdfunding to acquire rare artefact

Brontë Parsonage Museum turns to crowdfunding to acquire rare artefact

Museum harnesses power of public funding to acquire rare Jane Austen letter

Museum harnesses power of public funding to acquire rare Jane Austen letter

Smithsonian will exhibit magazine archives acquired to preserve African American heritage

Smithsonian will exhibit magazine archives acquired to preserve African American heritage

V&A museum acquires and displays Pussyhat worn on Women’s March

V&A museum acquires and displays Pussyhat worn on Women’s March

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Purchases the Northumberland Vase at auction

Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Purchases the Northumberland Vase at auction

Art Fund campaign to save Elizabeth I portrait succeeds through public donations and £7.4m HLF grant

Art Fund campaign to save Elizabeth I portrait succeeds through public donations and £7.4m HLF grant

A major public appeal by the Art Fund and Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG) – attracting 8,000 donations totalling £1.5m – to help the museum acquire the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I, has succeeded thanks to a major… Read more

Science Museum acquires Georgian clock used in world’s first urban climate studies

Science Museum acquires Georgian clock used in world’s first urban climate studies

A rare Georgian clock, capable of recording changes in air pressure and used at the dawn of climate science, has been acquired for the nation by the Science Museum. The barograph clock is one of only four… Read more

The Museo del Prado acquires The Virgin of the Pomegranate by Fra Angelico for €18m

The Museo del Prado acquires The Virgin of the Pomegranate by Fra Angelico for €18m

The Virgin of the Pomegranate is a masterpiece in an excellent state of conservation and the painting will now become one of the icons of the Museo del Prado The Royal Board of Trustees of the Museo… Read more