Thanks to your support the Art Fund and the National Maritime Museum has helped to raise the £362,500 needed to buy Yinka Shonibare, MBE's great work of art and ensure it has a permanent new home in Greenwich where it can be enjoyed by everyone.
Trafalgar
Square
Nelson's Ship in a Bottle was temporarily displayed on Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth from May 2010 to January 2012
Greenwich
Our campaign has ensured this much-loved work has found a permanent home at the National Maritime Museum
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Ship in a Bottle unveiled in Greenwich
Browse our photos of Yinka Shonibare, MBE's sculpture in its new home
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The pithy historian tells the Art Fund why Nelson's Ship in a Bottle works for him
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Ship Ahoy! Campaign a success...
Thanks to the generosity of many individuals, Yinka Shonibare, MBE's sculpture has been bought for Greenwich