Museums and Institutions

Jane Austen’s House in Chawton, Hampshire has acquired a rare early example of a handwritten letter by the novelist after its sale was negotiated by Cambridge auction house Cheffins.

An anti-slavery poem written in ancient Greek by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) has been temporarily barred from being exported from the UK.

The National Museum of the Royal Navy is launching a fundraising plan to buy a flag from polar explorer Captain Henry Kellett (1806-75).

The government is updating the Treasure Act so that important finds that are not part of the current legal definition can be more easily bought by museums.

The Getty Museum has agreed to acquire an ancient Roman marble bust which was sold at auction in London.

Enthusiastic metal detectorists discovered 96% of archaeological and Treasure finds, according to the latest report.

Strawberry Hill House has recreated the look of Horace Walpole’s art collection with loans of fifty Old Masters pictures.

An Italian Nativity scene has been saved for the nation after it was blocked from export by the government.

A portrait of art dealer Algernon Moses Marsden (1847–1920) by Jacques Joseph Tissot (1836–1902) has been purchased for the National Portrait Gallery and the National Gallery with funding from descendants of Marsden.

Police are appealing for help to track down a stolen Lalique glass vase.

A Wedgwood Art Deco tea and coffee set and the original design drawings by Paul Follot (1877-1941) have been bought by the Victoria and Albert Museum and put on display at the World of Wedgwood museum in Stoke-on-Trent.