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A volunteer crouches to attend to the mechanics of enormous overlapping cog wheels, part of a standing engine.
A volunteer technician prepares the Durn Mill Steam Engine to run. Photo: Lee McLean, PA Media Assignments.

Projects

Manchester’s Science and Industry Museum reopens Power Hall

For the first time since 2019, visitors can explore a unique heritage space that captures the sights and sounds of the technologies that drove the Industrial Revolution.

A space in the open store, containing a vintage motorcycle and pram.
The rationalised collection will be housed in a new Open Store. Photo: Preston Park Museum / Stockton Borough Council.

Projects

Creating space: rationalising Preston Park Museum

Our support has helped Stockton’s local museum declutter its collection and involve the community in decision making about its future.

A group of young boys sneak a view through gaps in a Belfast peace wall.
Peacelines I. Photo: Frankie Quinn. Shared with permission of Belfast Archive Project.

Projects

How collaboration helped Belfast Archive Project reach new audiences

Through working with national partners, a team of dedicated volunteers has unearthed remarkable photographic treasures documenting the history of Northern Ireland.

A telephone cable cabinet decorated in blue and yellow, with the slogan 'We All Love Leeds'.
The most ordinary street furniture can be an opportunity to celebrate your city's sporting triumphs. Credit: Reece Leung / Leeds Museums and Galleries

Projects

How oral histories can capture sporting heritage and bring communities together

Talking to the people of Leeds about their shared love of everything from football to table tennis has made a vital contribution to the city’s collections.

The inside of the PItt Rivers Museum, a large open indoor space with exhibition cases
The Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford

Blogs

Final weeks to apply for Dynamic Collections grants

Our lead on museums, libraries and archives reflects on our Dynamic Collections campaign as it comes to an end, and our long-term commitment to supporting heritage collections.
An exhibition case at the Museum of Enfield with objects on display
Objects telling the history of Enfield. Credit: Museum of Enfield.

Projects

Your Museum of Enfield

Looking to the future, the Museum of Enfield is investing in a digital collections database and recruiting volunteers to understand and open up access to local heritage.

Museum of Youth image showing a person looking at a record player in a display
Looking at record player display at Museum of Youth Culture. Credit: Museum of Youth Culture.

Projects

Object Lessons: Youth Culture Takes Shape

This project will create a digital archive of some fascinating cultural objects that ‘celebrate a century of teenage life in Britain’.

Obby Oss folk culture costume from Minehead festival. Includes multicolour brightly coloured ribbon and materials.
Obby Oss folk culture costume from Minehead festival. Credit: Centre for Fashion Curation

Projects

Making Mischief: the living heritage of folk costume in Britain

This collaborative project aims to document the colourful, community-based celebrations of Britain's folk heritage and bring it to life at two exhibitions.

Person looking at a brightly coloured globe sculpture
Echoes in the Present, Larry Amponsah in Leeds

Projects

The World Reimagined: Journey of Discovery

A vibrant art education project aiming to transform understanding of the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its significant global impact.

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