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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 are Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There is also a separate category for grants to Museums and Galleries in each year.
The Hepworth Wakefield
Towards the salaries and professional development of the curatorial team who will contribute to the installation and curation of outdoor sculpture in the new THW Garden
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2019 |
| Grant size | £84,667 |
| Duration | 2 years |
The History of Science Museum
Towards the salary of a new Islamic Collections Curator to develop and strengthen the skills and expertise in the curation of Islamic objects within the museum, whilst working with local volunteers and communities to integrate the curatorial role with community engagement
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2019 |
| Grant size | £100,000 |
| Duration | 2 years |
Colchester and Ipswich Museums
Towards the costs of the Evolving our Natural Science project, to transform organisational understanding of four natural science collections and develop their in-house curatorial expertise
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £87,255 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Dorset County Museum
Towards the salary of a new Curatorial Director, to lead on the curation of four new permanent galleries, boosting organisational curatorial capacity
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £90,172 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Gainsborough's House Society
Towards the salary of the Keeper of Art and Place to maintain curatorial skills and collections-based work and continue the 'Art in Suffolk' initiative with museums across the county
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £30,000 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Holburne Museum of Art - Bath
Towards the salary of a Contemporary Curator, a new post shared between the Holburne and The Edge at the University of Bath, to develop innovative approaches to curating contemporary art
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £89,431 |
| Duration | 3 years |
National Museums Scotland
Towards the costs of the Natural Science across Scotland project, providing a curatorial training and support programme to over 40 local partner museums
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £107,000 |
| Duration | 2 years |
Woodhorn Charitable Trust
Towards the salary of a Project Curator, to provide a programme of collection care training to staff and volunteers across the Trust's four Northumberland sites
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2018 |
| Grant size | £92,961 |
| Duration | 2 years |
Museums Sheffield
Towards the costs of the next phase of the Going Public project which aims to research and develop relationships between private and civic collections and philanthropists, especially in fine art
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2017 |
| Grant size | £99,000 |
| Duration | 3 years |
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