Museums, libraries and archives

Coram has received a £1.26million National Lottery grant to digitise part of its archive, which dates back for nearly three centuries.

The National Portrait Gallery has been awarded £9.4million by The National Lottery Heritage Fund for a major redevelopment.

The Skills for Success programme, led by Museums Galleries Scotland (MGS) and supported by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, has been turning the traditional recruitment processes on its head to build a workforce that better represents communities. The programme offered work-based experience at

2019 has been an exciting year for The National Lottery Heritage Fund. In January we changed our name and branding, and with it the way we work and distribute our grants. We now have open programmes of funding for all kinds of heritage, from £3,000 up to £5million. In June we launched the Heritage

Stuart Hobley, our Director of England, London & South, met with: Joseph Galliano, co-founder of charity Queer Britain, which is working to establish the UK's first national LGBT+ museum Dan Vo, LGBT+ tour co-ordinator at the V&A In the film below, Joseph explains how understanding our past helps us

Nominations have been drawn from the past quarter of a century to celebrate The National Lottery’s 25th Birthday.

A million bugs Oxford University Museum of Natural History’s British Insect Collection has over a million specimens from the 18th century to today, including some that are now extinct. Spanning nearly the entire history of British entomology, the collection is vital in understating the extent and

Three new projects in Scotland, with volunteering at their heart, have secured significant support from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

A new museum for Blackpool has been awarded a £4million National Lottery Heritage Fund grant as part of a £10m package of grants, giving heritage-led regeneration and tourism a boost across the North.

We will invest £100million over the next three years in ambitious, innovative and transformational projects that will revolutionise UK heritage.

It’s London History Day. Here are six of our favourite heritage stories from the city, all supported by the National Lottery.

Thanks to £9.4million from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, the Black Country Living Museum will undergo a huge transformation to share stories of life in the 1940-60s.