Touching Memory created memory boxes for people with dementia that explore the everyday life of people living in Inverclyde from the 1950s to the 1980s.

A group of prisoners attending the Learning Centre at HMP Low Moss explored stories of the First World War, and of those incarcerated as conscientious objectors, by using music, art, drama and creative writing.

Scotland’s National Parks come together to protect the precious natural heritage of their iconic landscapes.

Aberdeen's flagship Duthie Park benefitted from conservation and improvement works, including the restoration of original Victorian features, while taking into account modern community needs and uses.

Voted Scotland ‘s Greatest Scot and known in his home country simply as ‘the Bard’, it is thanks to National Lottery funding that Robert Burns now has a museum worthy of his international status.

Raising awareness of Scotland’s rural heritage by encouraging and enabling people to discover, explore, share and help protect their local heritage through learning and volunteering.

The Heritage Building Preservation Trust bought the B listed Miners Institute from Fife Council in order to restore it and guarantee its long-term future.

This project helped revitalise the Royal Museum, transforming the public use of the building, while remaining sensitive to its original Victorian architecture.

Eden Court Theatre led on this project to repair and conserve the historic fabric of the Bishop’s Palace in Inverness, Scotland.

HLF awarded its largest ever grant in Scotland for the creation of a new Riverside Museum and a second phase of the Glasgow Museums Resource Centre.

Our funding enabled the preservation and promotion of the John Murray Archive, a record of a 200-year-old publishing dynasty, considered one of the most important collections of 19th century thought and achievement.