Later this month, the Museums Association (MA) will release details on how museums, galleries and heritage organisations can apply for a new funding stream for collections work.
The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the MA, will focus on time-limited collections work outside the scope of an organisation’s core resources. It has been developed from the MA’s Effective Collections programme and Esmée Fairbairn’s Museum and Heritage Collections Strand.
The MA will award about £800,000 a year to museums, galleries and heritage organisations through the fund. There will be two rounds each year, with application deadlines this year on 31 May and 31 October. Organisations can apply for between £20,000 and £100,000.
The MA is keen to fund projects at an early stage of development, when it may be difficult to guarantee tangible outcomes. It wants organisations that are supported to become part of a network to develop ideas, share knowledge and build legacy into projects.
Projects that are eligible to apply to the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund include research into collections, conservation, collections reviews and initiatives to develop use of collections.
The deadline for the final round of grants for the £1m Effective Collections programme is 4 March.
Among the museums to have benefited from Effective Collections are the Orleans House Gallery, Richmond; Keswick Museum, Cumbria; Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland; and Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth.
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The Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund, run by the MA, will focus on time-limited collections work outside the scope of an organisation’s core resources. It has been developed from the MA’s Effective Collections programme and Esmée Fairbairn’s Museum and Heritage Collections Strand.
The MA will award about £800,000 a year to museums, galleries and heritage organisations through the fund. There will be two rounds each year, with application deadlines this year on 31 May and 31 October. Organisations can apply for between £20,000 and £100,000.
The MA is keen to fund projects at an early stage of development, when it may be difficult to guarantee tangible outcomes. It wants organisations that are supported to become part of a network to develop ideas, share knowledge and build legacy into projects.
Projects that are eligible to apply to the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund include research into collections, conservation, collections reviews and initiatives to develop use of collections.
The deadline for the final round of grants for the £1m Effective Collections programme is 4 March.
Among the museums to have benefited from Effective Collections are the Orleans House Gallery, Richmond; Keswick Museum, Cumbria; Berwick Museum and Art Gallery, Northumberland; and Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth.
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