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Curators need a proper profile in the Trust

THE National Trust has undertaken an extraordinary journey over the past 125 years. It’s impossible now to quantify accurately the sheer scale of its collections. Among the 200 major houses in its care, there are estimated to be about a million objects, including 55,000 pieces).

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