Thanks to National Lottery players, since 1994 we have awarded over £2.2bn to more than 5,000 museum, library, archive and collection-based projects across the UK.
We have awarded over £500,000 to more than 1,700 projects in UK archives and libraries.
What do we support?
Our funding supports institutions large and small, including:
- national and local authority museums, libraries and archives
- historic libraries
- community archives
- institutions with heritage collections
Project ideas
Our funding could help people:
- revitalise buildings and provide new purpose-built facilities
- create exciting new exhibition and learning spaces
- refurbish specialist libraries, archives and galleries
- attract more diverse audiences
- interpret and open up acquisitions
- develop collections
How to get funding
Our National Lottery Grants for Heritage Programme has resumed with refocused priorities for 2021-22. Find out more and apply.
Responding to coronavirus (COVID-19)
Meet the multiple winners of the 2020 Museum of the Year Award
Museums should be like public squares - for everyone to enjoy
The Arts and Culture Impact Fund calls for more applicants
Contribute your perspective to our new research and development project
National Lottery funding exceeds £1billion to tackle COVID-19 impact
LGBT+ History Month: A space in the archives
Hands on Heritage: youngsters research the LGBT+ past of Wales
The Hands on Heritage project at Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales’ enabled young people from diverse backgrounds to have an impact on the collections.
£13.5million to kickstart 22 heritage projects
Pride in Suffolk’s Past: Sharing LGBTQ+ stories past and present
Suffolk Archives' latest project sets to uncover and share the hidden LGBTQ+ stories from Suffolk's history.
Lady Malcolm's Servants' Ball: reviving London's 1920s & 1930s queer scene
A collective of performance artists re-enacted Lady Malcolm’s Servants’ Ball; a firm fixture of the queer scene in London almost a century ago.
