The London museum launched an appeal in October to save the Tudor Heart.
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The British Museum has successfully raised £3.5 million to save a gold pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage to his first wife, Katherine of Aragon, following a four-month fundraising campaign.
The London museum launched an appeal in October as it was keen to save the Tudor Heart, which was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2019, as it says there are very few artefacts relating to the pair’s marriage.
British Museum raises £3.5m to save gold heart pendant linked to Henry VIII
British Museum raises £3.5m to save pendant linked to Henry VIII’s marriage
British Museum successfully raises millions to save Henry VIII marriage artefact
British Museum kauft Tudor-Herz
The 24-carat artefact was found by a metal detectorist in a Midlands field
The artefact was discovered by a metal detectorist in a field in the Midlands
‘The success of the campaign shows the power of history to spark the imagination’, says museum director Nicholas Cullinan
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