(the) National Art Collections Fund

(the) National Art Collections Fund
the National Art Collections Fund [the National Art Collections Fund]
a British charity that tries to keep great works of art in museums and galleries in Britain. Since it was started in 1903, it has saved more than 750 000 art objects from being sold abroad or into private collections in Britain.

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