Museums, libraries and archives

The Green Howards Regimental museum received almost £1million to redevelop its galleries and put on a series of family activities.

Families are now able to step back into the world of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert’s children at Osborne on the Isle of Wight.

Our grant helped secure John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows for the nation.

Providing a rare insight into the history of British aviation at Filton, the Bristol Aerospace Centre project tells the story of one of the birthplaces of aviation in Britain.

The Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD) created a series of workshops on the educational experiences of older D/deaf people.

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.

‘April Ashley: Portrait of a Lady’ shared the hidden history of the trans community – those whose gender identity and/or expression differs from the sex they were assigned at birth – with 1.2million visitors.

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.

The International Anthony Burgess Foundation (IABF) celebrated the life and work of Anthony Burgess, the novelist, poet, playwright, critic and composer born in Manchester in 1917.

Northern Cultural Projects CIC spent a year investigating and documenting the Iranian Heritage of the North East.

A rich social archive was preserved for future generations thanks to a community history project across the Borough of Sandwell, West Midlands.