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Museums, libraries and archives

Four people smile and take a selfie.
The project will open up iniva's archive to the public. Credit: Francis Augusto / iniva.

Projects

Living Legacies: collaboration, community and radicality

Institute of International Visual Arts (iniva) is running a four-year project to transform public access to its renowned archive sharing the heritage of ethnically diverse communities.

A group of people holding Roman artefacts stand in front of a mosaic wall in the Calleva Gallery
The renamed Calleva Gallery at Reading Museum. Credit: Reading Museum.

Projects

Sharing the stories of Reading’s Roman past

Reading Museum will relaunch their Silchester Gallery as a more accessible space that showcases Roman life and engages new visitors.

Two Egyptian cartonnage figures on a table
Egyptian cartonnage figures, part of the collection at The Egypt Exploration Society. Credit: The Egypt Exploration Society.

Projects

Building the future of The Egypt Exploration Society

Our support is helping to transform the home of Egyptology in the UK into an accessible, innovative and sustainable heritage centre.

A close up of Cromwell's Watch, shown in a silver case.
It is one of only two watches thought to have belonged to Cromwell, the other being in the British Museum. Credit: Simon Hill, The Cromwell Museum.

Projects

Bringing Oliver Cromwell’s watch home to Huntingdon

The Cromwell Museum secured the small pocket watch for its permanent collection following a public appeal and is now sharing its story with new audiences.

Digitising tape reel recordings on a machine
A digitising machine transfers old recordings to a digital archive. Credit: Sounds of the South West.

Projects

Saving the sounds of the South West

A three-year project by Bristol Archives is protecting more than 8,000 rare and at-risk audio recordings.

An elevated view across the busy market stalls of Alnwick towards Northumberland Hall, which runs along the far side of the market square.
Northumberland Hall, in the heart of Alnwick, on market day. Photo: Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

Projects

Reimagining Alnwick's Northumberland Hall as a community museum

The Heritage, Creativity and Community project will restore a historic Georgian building and create a new home for the town's award-winning Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery.

A view of the museum and the glass Winter Gardens across the lake of Mowbray Park.
Our grant will improve the visitor experience and how the site interconnects with the surrounding park environment. Photo: Sunderland City Council.

Projects

Transforming Sunderland Museum and Winter Gardens

We're supporting Sunderland City Council to rejuvenate a gem at the heart of the city’s cultural scene.

Aerial shot of Assizes Court building in Devizes
Assizes Court, a Grade II* listed building on the Heritage at Risk Register. Credit: Wiltshire Museum.

Projects

Assizes for Devizes: a new home for Wiltshire Museum

The at-risk Devizes Assize Court will be transformed to house some of the UK’s finest Bronze Age archaeology.

A person installing a exhibit at Poole Museum
The museum's collection is reinstalled after the refurbishment project. Credit: BCP Council / Poole Museum.

Projects

Poole Museum reopens as a landmark cultural destination

The transformative £10million redevelopment project marks a new chapter for the museum, with inclusivity at its heart.

A volunteer crouches to attend to the mechanics of enormous overlapping cog wheels, part of a standing engine.
A volunteer technician prepares the Durn Mill Steam Engine to run. Photo: Lee McLean, PA Media Assignments.

Projects

Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum reopens Power Hall

For the first time since 2019, visitors can explore a unique heritage space that captures the sights and sounds of the technologies that drove the Industrial Revolution.

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