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A rare Tudor map of the Devon town Kingsbridge has been acquired by South West Heritage Trust.

Treasure House Fair has partnered with Southampton City Art Gallery to host a special exhibition on British surrealism running during the fair's fourth staging this summer.

The continuing surge in precious metals prices has led to a temporary cessation in the trade of scrap silver.

The Royal Air Force Museum has purchased two preparatory drawings for major wartime paintings by Walter Thomas Monnington (1902-76).

The number of archaeological objects unearthed by the British public in 2024 (the most recent available figures) has soared to close to 80,000 items.

A 'lost' portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns, rediscovered at auction last year, has been loaned to the National Galleries Scotland for exhibition by its new owner.

An autobiographical manuscript by a Georgian pharmacist in Dorset will return to the county after the local museum purchased it at auction.

The collection of art and books amassed by one of Britain’s most influential critics of the post-war era, the late John Russell Taylor (1935-2025), has been consigned to west London saleroom Olympia Auctions.

A small drawing by Hans Baldung (c.1484-1545) which has been in the same family for over 500 years will be offered at auction in March.

The nation’s museums have benefitted from more than 30 art and objects via tax saving schemes.

A portrait miniature of Robert Burns’ (1759-96) best friend is part of a pop up exhibition in Mayfair ahead of Burns Night.

A sketch believed to be the work of Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640), and which contains a distinctive second face, is to be offered at BRAFA this month.

A man who claimed to have found a significant Roman brooch while metal detecting in Lincolnshire has been sentenced after admitting he had actually bought the item on eBay.