Demand for capital funding saw the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) receive twice the amount of applications compared to the money available in the competition round of major grant funding.
The V&A at Dundee and the National Army Museum in London are among eight projects confirmed as having achieved a first round pass for HLF support worth a total of £76m.
“This latest portfolio of projects is probably one of the most wide-reaching we have ever seen,” said Jenny Abramsky, chair of HLF.
The V&A at Dundee has been given initial support for a £9.2m HLF bid including £200,000 development funding.
The National Army Museum in London has also achieved endorsement for a £11.3m bid (including £350,000 development funding) to carry out a complete makeover of the building and an extensive outreach programme.
Janice Murray, director of the National Army Museum, said: “The museum has seen a huge increase in visitors over the last six years and this project enables us build on that success, creating exciting projects reaching communities up and down the country.”
The largest bid to have received a first-round pass is by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. It has proposed using its £12.7m bid (including £458,700 development funding) to create a new public entrance at 6 Burlington Gardens, the former site of the Museum of Mankind, as well as developing new learning spaces and establishing conservation apprenticeships.
In Northern Ireland, a £6.4m bid from Maze Long Kesh in Lisburn would see the former paramilitary prison repaired and conserved. There are also plans to create a new exhibition and interpretative facilities for an EU-funded Peace-building and Conflict Resolution Centre on the site.
Two historic properties, Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Knole, a Tudor Palace in Kent, received initial support for bids of £12.1m and £7.5m respectively.
A partnership between Shropshire Council, English Heritage and the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings (who also represent the local community) plans to restore and redevelop the mill, the oldest iron-framed building in the world, transforming it into a centre for learning, leisure, culture and enterprise.
Other projects to receive HLF endorsement are Northumberland National Park (£6.3m) and Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire (£10.5m).
The V&A at Dundee and the National Army Museum in London are among eight projects confirmed as having achieved a first round pass for HLF support worth a total of £76m.
“This latest portfolio of projects is probably one of the most wide-reaching we have ever seen,” said Jenny Abramsky, chair of HLF.
The V&A at Dundee has been given initial support for a £9.2m HLF bid including £200,000 development funding.
The National Army Museum in London has also achieved endorsement for a £11.3m bid (including £350,000 development funding) to carry out a complete makeover of the building and an extensive outreach programme.
Janice Murray, director of the National Army Museum, said: “The museum has seen a huge increase in visitors over the last six years and this project enables us build on that success, creating exciting projects reaching communities up and down the country.”
The largest bid to have received a first-round pass is by the Royal Academy of Arts in London. It has proposed using its £12.7m bid (including £458,700 development funding) to create a new public entrance at 6 Burlington Gardens, the former site of the Museum of Mankind, as well as developing new learning spaces and establishing conservation apprenticeships.
In Northern Ireland, a £6.4m bid from Maze Long Kesh in Lisburn would see the former paramilitary prison repaired and conserved. There are also plans to create a new exhibition and interpretative facilities for an EU-funded Peace-building and Conflict Resolution Centre on the site.
Two historic properties, Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, and Knole, a Tudor Palace in Kent, received initial support for bids of £12.1m and £7.5m respectively.
A partnership between Shropshire Council, English Heritage and the Friends of the Flaxmill Maltings (who also represent the local community) plans to restore and redevelop the mill, the oldest iron-framed building in the world, transforming it into a centre for learning, leisure, culture and enterprise.
Other projects to receive HLF endorsement are Northumberland National Park (£6.3m) and Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire (£10.5m).
