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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.
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.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2016 |
| Grant size | £92,950 |
| Duration | 2 years |
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.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2016 |
| Grant size | £81,110 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Turner Contemporary
Towards the costs of developing an innovative, audience-led curatorial approach to enable community members to shape the programme.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2016 |
| Grant size | £90,000 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Artichoke
Towards core costs, specifically the salary of the Artistic Director to research and develop new programmes of work.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £60,000 |
| Duration | 2 years |
Bowes Museum
Towards the salary of an early career curator of Fine Art, to work closely with the Auckland Castle curatorial team and Durham University to research the collections, disseminate the learning and raise the profile of Spanish Art in Durham.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £89,250 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Bristol Museums Development Trust
Towards the costs of South West Museums Natural Sciences Project, a dedicated programme of training and professional development to enhance curatorial skills across the region.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £85,425 |
| Duration | 2 years |
Gainsborough's House Society
Towards core costs, specifically the salary of the 'Keeper of Art & Place' to develop the 'Art in Suffolk' initiative with museums across the county, by sharing professional art curatorial skills and training to help the county's museums make the best use of their art collections.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £84,000 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Lakeland Arts
Towards the Cumbria Museums Consortium Curatorial Skills Development Programme, which will provide training, share knowledge to strengthen collection care and improve the management of loans by museums across the region.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £90,000 |
| Duration | 3 years |
Manchester Museums Partnership
Towards a programme of curatorial development, to enhance knowledge, skills and confidence in the use of the four partner museums' collections of Islamic art, fabric and other objects.
| Category | Museums and Galleries |
| Year awarded | 2015 |
| Grant size | £97,882 |
| Duration | 2 years |
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