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A record number of National Treasures accepted for the public this Christmas
A Church Interior by Hendrik van Steenwijck the Younger. Photo Courtesy of Sothebys.
LONDON
.-The Arts Council has today, 21 December 2020, published the 2019/20 Cultural Gifts Scheme and Acceptance in Lieu Annual Report, revealing that objects worth nearly £65 million, settling tax of £40 million, were accepted for the nation. In a record-breaking year for the Government schemes, the number of cases reported was also the highest ever.
Acceptance in Lieu plays a significant role in developing collections and has proved highly effective in securing important new acquisitions for national and regional collections. Its sister scheme, the Cultural Gifts Scheme, is also attracting donors and enriching the UKs cultural heritage. This years report shows the valuable role they both play in enabling public collections to acquire important cultural property, particularly at a time when organisations ar
National Endowment for Humanities Funds ANS-Oxford University OXUS-INDUS Project
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has awarded the Society a $150,000 USD grant for the two-year joint
ANS-Oxford University
OXUS-INDUS project. The award comes through the New Directions in Digital Scholarship in Cultural Institutions program that partners the NEH with the
United Kingdom’s
At the ANS, Dr.
Andrew Meadows and Dr.
Gunnar Dumke at
Graeco-Bactrian and
Indo-Greek coinage.
For many of the rulers of the Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek kingdoms, which existed between c. 250 BCE and the beginning of the first century CE and covered areas of modern
Afghanistan,
Pakistan, and