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Image: Records relating to the Manor of Tottenham. FNL grant 2013.
Courtesy of Bruce Castle Museum/Haringey Archives.

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The Ruskin - Library Museum and Research Centre

25 February 2020 12:30pm to 3:30pm

University of Lancaster, Bailrigg, Lancaster, LA1 4YB

In 2018, the Ruskin received unprecedented assistance from FNL towards the acquisition of the pre-eminent Whitehouse Ruskin Collection (see FNL Annual Report 2018). The current exhibition Ruskin: Museum of the Near Future features items from the collection.