The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust, aka NMCT

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We give grants for manuscript conservation projects and are the the only UK charity focusing solely on supporting manuscript conservation in non-national GLAMs

Image from the event held to launch the online catalogue of the collectioin of Thomas Hine.
Two images showing aspects of book and paper conservation. The first shows a white leather binding being stitched and the second showing a page with writing on it, with areas of loss. Fingers are holding tweezers which are in turn holding a fragment of the manuscript by the page, in the location from which it has become detached.
image showing conservator Kiera Knightly, Glasgow University, being mentored by experienced conservator in project to conserve the 16th C MS Hunter 242 Historia de Tlaxcala.
Image showing the cover of NMCT's latest annual report. The image featured is a detail of one of William Burges's designs for Cardiff Castle, which is being conserved with NMCT's help.