Grants we have made

Grants list

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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.

Please note that the Visit Website button under each grant listed is a link to the listed grant-holder's website.

Birmingham Museums Trust

Towards core costs including the salary and support costs of a Senior Curator of Global Majority collections

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£97,040
Duration
2 years
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Migration Museum Project

Towards core and delivery costs to support the development of the Migration Network, providing curatorial support to other institutions

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£89,511
Duration
3 years
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National Museums Scotland

Towards a review of natural science collections from the Caribbean in Scottish museums and project costs

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£95,956 
Duration
1.4
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Pitt Rivers Museum

Towards bringing indigenous communities into the planning and delivery of redisplay initiatives

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£90,135
Duration
2.5 years
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The Vindolanda Trust

Towards core costs including salaries, training and development for new curatorial programme ‘The Land We Walk On’

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£89,000
Duration
3 years
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Turner Contemporary

Towards a dedicated Art and Environment programme, bringing together artists, scientists and the community to create and showcase artwork that addresses the climate emergency

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2024
Grant size
£90,000
Duration
3 years
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Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum

Towards curatorial staff salaries on their Perthryn project

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2023
Grant size
£91,572
Duration
2 years
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Bristol Museums

Towards the salary of a Working Exhibits Manager on their Working Exhibits collection

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2023
Grant size
£78,126
Duration
3 years
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Jurassic Coast Trust

Towards the salary of the Jurassic Coast Collection Lead Officer and contributions to fossil preparation

Category
Museums and Galleries
Year awarded
2023
Grant size
£95,500
Duration
2 years
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