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Call for ‘national treasure’ protections to cover natural history specimens

Concern in museum sector after world-class fossil collection is sold overseas 

North East Museums looks to acquire £450,000 flag

Charitable donation will enable purchase of the rare union jack that survived the Battle of Trafalgar

Export bar placed on rare union jack that survived Battle of Trafalgar

UK buyer sought for £450,000 war-torn flag

Five national treasures to remain in UK following export bars

Drawings of Kew flowers, a walrus ivory carving and a 13th-century bible are all now in public ownership

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£3.6m of 'national treasures' saved and Spectrum collections management standard to be translated into Welsh