Museums, libraries and archives

This project, supported by our Collecting Cultures fund, brought together museums across Wales with local treasure-hunters, improving long-term relationships and collections.

A partnership of heritage organisations used a Collecting Cultures grant to collect the work of local people.

A group of young people researched the personal stories of families who worked in the local torpedo factory during the First World War.

The project explored the heritage of Reading's LGBT community and created an archive of historic and recent stories to preserve them for future generations.

The University of Sussex’s Mass Education project inspired a range of people from local schools and communities to engage with a unique social history resource.

A group of local young Muslims explored how their heritage is archived in two major city museums, in a project run by Young Muslim Aberdeen.

Volunteers from the Friends of Gloucestershire Archives captured, shared and celebrated the long history of Gloucester Rugby Football Club.

This project focused on increasing access to First World War archival material held in The British Postal Museum and Archive.

A local museum and archive worked together to reach wider audiences by developing an exhibition exploring the transatlantic slave trade through the papers of a Victorian cotton spinner.

This project, led by Bournemouth Natural Science Society, created a temporary exhibition as part of Local History month to commemorate Bournemouth's role in the Second World War.

Falmouth Art Gallery has purchased John Opie’s 18th century painting The Cornish Beggar with the help of a £44,300 HLF grant.