Museums, libraries and archives

Meaningful relationships were built with local communities and diverse experts in this Collecting Cultures project, which saw new ways of working trialled and access widened.

This three-year project aimed to strategically develop the collection of material related to the Troubles in National Museums of Northern Ireland (NMNI).

The Comic Creators project helped the London-based charity to diversify its audience by expanding its collections and events programme.

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

This project allowed the museum to be more adventurous, deepen relationships with community partners and seek out new audiences for more contemporary collections.

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

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.

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.