Effective Collections announces second round of funding
Geraldine Kendall, 06.05.2010
Costumes, coins and natural science among the collections set to benefit from MA grant scheme
The Museums Association (MA) has awarded grants to ten candidates in the second round of Effective Collections funding.
Yorkshire Museum and Northumberland’s Berwick Museum and Art Gallery are among nine applicants in line for main fund grants of up to £10,000.
Supported by the Esmée Fairbairne Foundation, the grants will enable successful candidates to develop and utilise their stored collections.
Yorkshire Museum is to receive funding for a pioneering scheme offering local employees greater insight into the objects they work with. The Pocket Money project will offer people such as charity collectors a chance to learn more about the museum’s coin collection.
Effective Collections coordinator Sally Cross said she hoped the scheme would become a model for future collections use.
Berwick Museum and Art Gallery has proposed a review of its entire collection. According to curator Anne Moore, the grant will enable the museum to “do a certain amount of disentangling” on a collection that has been building up for over 25 years.
Moore said: “There must be lots of things that we could be making use of that are locked away.”
The museum’s diverse collection includes 19th century French paintings donated by William Burrell and an extensive store of social history objects, some of which Moore hopes to dispose of.
A further special project grant of £25,000 has been awarded to Oxfordshire Museums Service for The History Cube, a scheme offering local community groups access, training and support so that they can curate collections relevant to their interests.
Head of conservation Christiane Jeuckens said: “We are delighted to be awarded the Effective Collections special project award. It will enable us to make our collections really relevant to local communities.”
Other successful applicants include Orleans House Gallery, which is to undertake a review of its art collection, and a project by Renaissance North West coordinating the natural science resources of five museums in the region.
The third deadline for Effective Collections falls on 3 September. According to Cross, the selection panel is particularly seeking applications to the special project fund, which rewards innovative proposals that have the potential to achieve significant public benefit.
For more information on Effective Collections, click here
Main fund
Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry: costume
Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland: entire collection
Orleans House Gallery, Richmond: art
Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth: costume
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: archaeology
Slough Museum: photography and film
Yorkshire Museum: numismatics
Wakefield Council - Culture Service: social history
Renaissance North West: natural science
- The Beacon, Whitehaven
- Keswick Museum
- Penrith and Eden Museum
- Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service
- Stockport Museums
Special project fund
Oxfordshire Museums Service: The History Cube
Yorkshire Museum and Northumberland’s Berwick Museum and Art Gallery are among nine applicants in line for main fund grants of up to £10,000.
Supported by the Esmée Fairbairne Foundation, the grants will enable successful candidates to develop and utilise their stored collections.
Yorkshire Museum is to receive funding for a pioneering scheme offering local employees greater insight into the objects they work with. The Pocket Money project will offer people such as charity collectors a chance to learn more about the museum’s coin collection.
Effective Collections coordinator Sally Cross said she hoped the scheme would become a model for future collections use.
Berwick Museum and Art Gallery has proposed a review of its entire collection. According to curator Anne Moore, the grant will enable the museum to “do a certain amount of disentangling” on a collection that has been building up for over 25 years.
Moore said: “There must be lots of things that we could be making use of that are locked away.”
The museum’s diverse collection includes 19th century French paintings donated by William Burrell and an extensive store of social history objects, some of which Moore hopes to dispose of.
A further special project grant of £25,000 has been awarded to Oxfordshire Museums Service for The History Cube, a scheme offering local community groups access, training and support so that they can curate collections relevant to their interests.
Head of conservation Christiane Jeuckens said: “We are delighted to be awarded the Effective Collections special project award. It will enable us to make our collections really relevant to local communities.”
Other successful applicants include Orleans House Gallery, which is to undertake a review of its art collection, and a project by Renaissance North West coordinating the natural science resources of five museums in the region.
The third deadline for Effective Collections falls on 3 September. According to Cross, the selection panel is particularly seeking applications to the special project fund, which rewards innovative proposals that have the potential to achieve significant public benefit.
For more information on Effective Collections, click here
Second round beneficiaries
Main fund
Herbert Museum and Art Gallery, Coventry: costume
Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland: entire collection
Orleans House Gallery, Richmond: art
Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth: costume
Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery: archaeology
Slough Museum: photography and film
Yorkshire Museum: numismatics
Wakefield Council - Culture Service: social history
Renaissance North West: natural science
- The Beacon, Whitehaven
- Keswick Museum
- Penrith and Eden Museum
- Rochdale Arts and Heritage Service
- Stockport Museums
Special project fund
Oxfordshire Museums Service: The History Cube
