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This section lists all grants we have made since 2013. The categories from 2013 to 2018 were Arts, Environment and Welfare. This changed in 2018 when Welfare was replaced with Social Action. There are also separate categories for grants to the Museums and Galleries Fund and to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Fund.
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Orkney Natural History Society Museum
Towards the salaries of a new Collections Development Team to strengthen the curatorial capacity of Stromness Museum
Silk Heritage Trust
Towards the salary of the Director and costs associated with improving the care, access and documentation of the collections held by Paradise Mill and the Silk Museum
Tate Foundation
Towards the costs of a touring and registrarial skills training programme with four regional partner organisations, centred around Le Passeur 1881 by William Stott of Oldham
Watts Gallery
Towards the salary of a new Curator of Landscape to develop and implement a coherent vision for the different sites comprising the Artists' Village
Beamish Museum
Towards the costs of curatorial activity in the "Remaking Beamish" project, which aims to create authentic and immersive settings that are representative of the North East.
National Army Museum
Towards the costs of supporting a national network of regional army museums to broaden audiences, share good practice and support curatorial development.
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
Towards the costs of curating the nation's small boats collection and address under-provision in the care, conservation and interpretation of historic small boats and crafts.
National Museum Wales
In partnership with the Natural History Museum, towards the costs of training and assisting curatorial staff at six museums across the UK to research, categorise and interpret the molluscs in their natural history collections.
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery
Towards the salary of a full-time assistant curator to develop the Local History collections, increase access to those collections and ensure the transfer of curatorial knowledge.
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