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Heritage Lottery Fund invests £10.5m in four places of historic significance
Sir Walter Scott’s home, ‘Abbotsford’, in the Borders; Newbridge Memorial Hall in Caerphilly; a Tudor dwelling house known as ‘The Walronds’ in Devon; and the 18th-century Wrest Park in Bedfordshire. Initial support** has also been awarded for projects in Staffordshire, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Suffolk
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New Museum of Liverpool opens
Tuesday 19 July sees the opening of the largest newly-built national museum in Britain for more than a century on the city’s waterfront at 10am. Telling the fascinating story of Liverpool and its world-renowned people, the £72million Museum of Liverpool is testament to those who have shaped and
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Grant helps to save Van Dyck's last self-portrait
The National Portrait Gallery and Art Fund’s fundraising campaign to help the gallery acquire Van Dyck’s last self-portrait (1640-1) has been successful thanks to a major grant of £6,343,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). This substantial support follows the success of a public appeal
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Mary Rose Museum open to visitors on 31 May
Located just metres from Nelson’s flagship, HMS Victory and the ships of the modern Royal Navy, the new museum will provide one of the most significant insights into Tudor life in the world and create the new centrepiece to Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. The Mary Rose is the only 16th-century warship
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From Morris to Mills: Heritage Lottery Fund invests £15m in heritage projects across the UK
Initial support* has also been awarded for projects across the UK in Belfast, Glasgow, Pontypridd, London, Portsmouth and Northumberland. Carole Souter, Chief Executive of HLF, said: “It’s fantastic to be able to invest in such a breadth of heritage projects - from the traditional to the more modern