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The Wedgwood Museum collection has been "saved for the nation" after reaching its £15.75m target in a month. | The Wedgwood Museum collection has been "saved for the nation" after reaching its £15.75m target in a month. |
The collection features 80,000 works of art, ceramics, manuscripts, letters and photographs. | The collection features 80,000 works of art, ceramics, manuscripts, letters and photographs. |
It faced being sold to help pay off the pottery firm's pension bill, inherited by Wedgwood Museum after Waterford Wedgwood plc collapsed in 2009. | |
The collection is expected to remain on display at the museum in Barlaston, Staffordshire. | The collection is expected to remain on display at the museum in Barlaston, Staffordshire. |
The Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a number of smaller trusts have contributed £13m, while a public appeal, including donations from businesses, has raised a further £2.74m since it launched at the start of last month. | The Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a number of smaller trusts have contributed £13m, while a public appeal, including donations from businesses, has raised a further £2.74m since it launched at the start of last month. |
Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund, said the Save Wedgwood appeal had been the fastest fundraising campaign in the charity's 111-year history, reaching its target almost two months before its deadline. | Stephen Deuchar, director of the Art Fund, said the Save Wedgwood appeal had been the fastest fundraising campaign in the charity's 111-year history, reaching its target almost two months before its deadline. |
He said it demonstrated "nothing less than a national passion for Wedgwood". | He said it demonstrated "nothing less than a national passion for Wedgwood". |
"Together we've ensured that one of the most important collections in the world can continue to be enjoyed by all," he said. | "Together we've ensured that one of the most important collections in the world can continue to be enjoyed by all," he said. |
Tristram Hunt, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, described the collection as "perhaps the most compelling account of British industrial, social and design history anywhere in the world". | Tristram Hunt, Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent Central, described the collection as "perhaps the most compelling account of British industrial, social and design history anywhere in the world". |
"I'm extremely pleased that this treasure trove will now remain intact, in Staffordshire and on display to the public as Wedgwood himself would have wanted," he said. | "I'm extremely pleased that this treasure trove will now remain intact, in Staffordshire and on display to the public as Wedgwood himself would have wanted," he said. |
The collection will be gifted to the Victoria and Albert Museum, with plans to loan it to the Wedgwood Museum. | The collection will be gifted to the Victoria and Albert Museum, with plans to loan it to the Wedgwood Museum. |
It is expected to go on display in a new visitor centre, part of a £34m redevelopment of the Barlaston site, set to open in spring 2015. | It is expected to go on display in a new visitor centre, part of a £34m redevelopment of the Barlaston site, set to open in spring 2015. |
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