Seventy-five civic museums across England will share £20m through the UK Government’s Museum Renewal Fund. The monies will be distributed Arts Council England. The funding forms part of the £270 million ‘Arts Everywhere Fund’ launched in February 2025. The funding will be used by museums to support work towards stabilising their financial situation and building towards sustainable and thriving futures. It must be spent by the end of January 2026.
Local authority and other civic musuems services with industrial sites receiving more than £5 million in funding include:
- Barnsley Museums (£266,273)
- Birmingham Museums Trust (£994,742)
- Bradford Museums and Galleries (£125,000)
- Bridport Museum Trust (£29,218)
- Bristol Museums (£495,320)
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust (£533,084)
- Dean Heritage Centre (Forest of Dean) (£58,285)
- Derby Museums (£799,700)
- Leeds Museums and Galleries (£952,000)
- Museum of Royal Worcester CIO (£228,343)
- Norfolk Museums Service (£360,000)
- People’s History Museum (Manchester) (£652,157)
- The Food Museum (£351,112)
- The World of Glass (St Helens) (£286,000)
The full list of museums supported, and further details, can be found here: https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/creative-matters/news/museum-renewal-fund-stabilising-now-building-future
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