National Heritage Memorial Fund

Joseph Wright of Derby. Two Girls Dressing a Kitten by Candlelight. c. 1768–70. Oil on canvas, Kenwood House, London. Acquired by English Heritage with help from the National Heritage Memorial Fund.^[1]

The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) was set up in 1980 to save the most outstanding parts of the British national heritage, in memory of those who have given their lives for the UK. It will receive £20million Government grant in aid between 2011–15, allowing for an annual budget of £4m-5m.

A diverse list of over 1,200 heritage items have been safeguarded by the National Heritage Memorial Fund to the tune of nearly £300 million, including:

The St Cuthbert Gospel (£4.5M to the British Library, 2012)
The Mappa Mundi
The Mary Rose
Flying Scotsman
The last surviving World War II destroyer, HMS Cavalier,
Orford Ness nature reserve in Suffolk
Beamish Exhibition Colliery
Sir Walter Scott manuscripts
Antonio Canova's "The Three Graces"
Picasso's "Weeping Woman"
The Nativity, a miniature by Jean Bourdichon
Thrust2 world land speed record car
The Amarna Princess, an ancient Egyptian statuette, later proved to be a forgery by Shaun Greenhalgh
Canterbury Astrolabe Quadrant.
The personal archive of Siegfried Sassoon, WWI soldier, author and poet
Skokholm Island, site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Pembrokeshire

The NHMF is funded by grant in aid from the Government through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

In 1993 NHMF was given the responsibility for distributing the share of heritage funding from the National Lottery for the heritage good cause. It does this through the Heritage Lottery Fund.

References

↑ "The dark side of The Kitten: A Wright of Derby for Kenwood." Julius Bryant, Apollo, December 1996, Vol. 144, No. 418 (new series), pp. 18–19.

External links

Department for Culture, Media and Sport of the United Kingdom

Headquarters: 100 Parliament Street, London, SW1A 2BQ

Executive agencies

Non-departmental
public bodies

Advisory	Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest Theatres Trust Treasure Valuation Committee

Executive	Arts Council England British Film Institute British Library British Museum Equality and Human Rights Commission Gambling Commission Geffrye Museum Historic England Horniman Museum Horserace Betting Levy Board Imperial War Museum Information Commissioner's Office National Gallery National Heritage Memorial Fund National Maritime Museum National Museums Liverpool National Portrait Gallery Natural History Museum Royal Armouries Science Museum Group Sir John Soane's Museum Sport England Sports Grounds Safety Authority Tate UK Anti-Doping UK Sport Victoria and Albert Museum VisitBritain VisitEngland Wallace Collection

Tribunal	Horserace Betting Levy Appeal Tribunal

Public corporations

Ministers

Secretary of State	John Whittingdale

Minister of State	Culture and the Digital Economy: Ed Vaizey

Under-Secretaries of State	Sport, Tourism and Heritage: Tracey Crouch Internet Safety and Security: Joanna Shields, Baroness Shields Intellectual Property: Lucy Neville-Rolfe, Baroness Neville-Rolfe

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