Honresfield Library saved for the nation!
FNL has successfully raised £15 to ensure that the collection will remain permanently in the public domain
FNL has successfully raised £15.3 million, of which the purchase price is £15 million, and the balance a combination of VAT and fees. FNL’s success has ensured that the collection will remain permanently in the public domain and will never be lost to overseas institutions or to private collections that are not accessible to the public.
FNL, and its consortium of libraries and writers’ houses, are profoundly grateful to our lead donor Sir Leonard Blavatnik who has, with exceptional munificence, match-funded the sum raised by FNL and the consortium institutions. He has donated half the purchase price. In recognition of his great generosity the collection will henceforth be known as the Blavatnik Honresfield Library.
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