Key elements of the Tower of London poppy display are to stay on show until the end of the month, before travelling around the country.
Huge demand from the public to keep the installation for the First World War fallen at the London landmark triggered a campaign to extend its lifespan and the Prime Minister has now stepped in.
The Weeping Window and Wave sections of the Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red artwork will remain on view until the end of November.
They will then be sent on a tour of sites across the UK until 2018 before finally going on permanent display at the Imperial War Museum.
David Cameron said the installation, created by ceramic artist Paul Cummins and stage designer Tom Piper to mark the centenary of the start of the First World War, had become a "much loved and respected monument" in a short space of time.
"I think the exhibition of the poppies has really caught the public imagination, people have found that incredibly moving," he said.
"What we've managed to do is find a way of saving part of the exhibition for the nation and making sure it will be seen by many more people.
"Then it will be permanently saved by the Imperial War Museum - I think the right place for it to be - and something that marks the fact that everybody has found it so moving, so poignant, and such a brilliant idea.
"By displaying parts of the installation around the country and then permanently in the Imperial War Museum, we have ensured that this poignant memorial will be saved for the nation."
The tour around the country will be funded using £500,000 of penalty fines paid by banks over the Libor-fixing scandal, as well as donations from the Backstage Trust and the Clore Duffield Foundation.
General the Lord Dannatt, Constable of the Tower of London, said: "We are delighted that key elements of Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red - the poppies installation at the Tower of London - which has so captured the heart of the nation, are to be preserved for many more thousands of people to see and appreciate over the coming four years."
Large crowds have been rushing to see the display in its entirety, with floodlights being used to ensure as many people as possible get to see it before it is dismantled on November 12 - the day after Armistice Day.
A team of 8,000 volunteers has been lined up to start removing and cleaning ceramic poppies, before dispatching them to buyers who have paid £25 each to raise money for armed forces charities.
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The art installation will eventually consist of over 800,000 ceramic poppies, and serves to symbolise British and Colonial military fatalities in WWI
A total of 888,246 poppies will be planted in the moat by volunteers with the last poppy being planted on 11 November - Armistice Day
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