Through preservation, exhibition and community engagement, they can bring collections, places and ideas to life. They help us to understand culture, science and history, and give us a sense of place, identity and community.

Thanks to National Lottery players, since 1994 we have awarded £2.5billion to 6,000 museum, library, archive and collection-based projects across the UK. See stories from projects we've funded below.

What do we support?

We provide grants for heritage projects from £10,000–£10million for projects led by or featuring museums, libraries and archives.

Our funding supports institutions large and small, including:

• national, local authority and independent museums, libraries and archives
• historic libraries
• community archives and oral history collections
• institutions with heritage collections

Project ideas

Our funding could help people:

• create exciting new exhibition and learning spaces
• attract new and more diverse audiences
• acquire new items and develop collections
• improve organisational resilience

For more inspiration, see the stories below or browse projects we've funded.

How to get funding

Our National Lottery Heritage Grants programme is open for applications.