Industrial heritage has been given a boost following the Association of Independent Museums’ (AIM) announcement that it has joined forces with Biffa Award, which is funded by landfill tax credits from a waste management company, to launch a £1.5m scheme to fund community and environmental projects across the UK.
Over the next three years, the National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme is inviting independent museums and industrial sites to bid for grants from a fund of £500,000 a year to create interpretation and education projects detailing the history of industrial development.
An AIM statement said the scheme aimed to “transform derelict buildings and sites into inspirational resources... by creating a network of key projects that tell the stories of people, processes, industrial development and change”.
Up to four projects will be selected in each annual funding round, with a maximum £120,000 available to each. The first funding round is open to AIM members only until 29 June.
In other funding news, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology has won £1.1m from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to fund a university engagement programme.
Director Christopher Brown said the grant would allow the Ashmolean to “substantially increase the range and number of teaching programmes using the museum’s collections”.
The US-based Andrew W Mellon Foundation supports a range of higher-education programmes as well as museum and conservation initiatives.
www.aim-museums.co.uk
www.mellon.org
Over the next three years, the National Heritage Landmarks Partnership Scheme is inviting independent museums and industrial sites to bid for grants from a fund of £500,000 a year to create interpretation and education projects detailing the history of industrial development.
An AIM statement said the scheme aimed to “transform derelict buildings and sites into inspirational resources... by creating a network of key projects that tell the stories of people, processes, industrial development and change”.
Up to four projects will be selected in each annual funding round, with a maximum £120,000 available to each. The first funding round is open to AIM members only until 29 June.
In other funding news, the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology has won £1.1m from the Andrew W Mellon Foundation to fund a university engagement programme.
Director Christopher Brown said the grant would allow the Ashmolean to “substantially increase the range and number of teaching programmes using the museum’s collections”.
The US-based Andrew W Mellon Foundation supports a range of higher-education programmes as well as museum and conservation initiatives.
www.aim-museums.co.uk
www.mellon.org
