Two cultural projects in Dundee were given a boost this week with substantial lottery awards.
The V&A at Dundee scheme received £5m of lottery cash from Creative Scotland while the Dundee Heritage Trust secured £1.895m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The £45m V&A at Dundee project has already been awarded £15m from the Scottish government and £9.4m from the HLF. A further £15m is being sought from other sources such as private individuals and corporations, with £6.7m already raised towards this.
Asked why Creative Scotland's grant exceeded the agency's funding limit of £2m for large capital projects, a spokesman said: "The V&A at Dundee application was not submitted as part of the large capital programme and was therefore not subject to the £2m limit.
"This is capital funding that had been ring fenced pending a successful application from the V&A at Dundee and following discussion with them for the past three years.
"We feel that the scale and ambition of the V&A at Dundee project and the positive impact that this development will have on the city, the region and the country as a whole is significant enough to merit this scale of award."
“Scotland's achievement in design is world-class and centuries old,” said Philip Long, the director of the V&A at Dundee. “The development of V&A at Dundee will for the first time provide Scotland with a dedicated centre to celebrate that achievement, as well as a place to see and understand the design creativity of other countries and cultures.”
Work has started on the museum, which is expected to open in 2017. It has been designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and is a partnership between the V&A, the universities of Abertay and Dundee, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise.
With the £1.895m grant from the HLF, Dundee Heritage Trust can now go ahead with the £2.9m restoration of the High Mill at Verdant Works. The scheme will allow the trust to complete the restoration of the remaining derelict buildings on the Verdant Works site and almost double the size of the museum.
“The project gives us the opportunity to create something new and different that will have a dynamic future of its own but which is complementary to the existing jute museum, helping to protect and enhance it,” said Gill Poulter, the heritage director at the Dundee Heritage Trust.
Dundee Heritage Trust is also operates Discovery Point and is responsible for the conservation of the RRS Discovery, the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain.
Gill Poulter will be profiled in the June issue of Museums Journal
Update
02.04.2014
The article was updated to include comment from Creative Scotland.
The V&A at Dundee scheme received £5m of lottery cash from Creative Scotland while the Dundee Heritage Trust secured £1.895m from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF).
The £45m V&A at Dundee project has already been awarded £15m from the Scottish government and £9.4m from the HLF. A further £15m is being sought from other sources such as private individuals and corporations, with £6.7m already raised towards this.
Asked why Creative Scotland's grant exceeded the agency's funding limit of £2m for large capital projects, a spokesman said: "The V&A at Dundee application was not submitted as part of the large capital programme and was therefore not subject to the £2m limit.
"This is capital funding that had been ring fenced pending a successful application from the V&A at Dundee and following discussion with them for the past three years.
"We feel that the scale and ambition of the V&A at Dundee project and the positive impact that this development will have on the city, the region and the country as a whole is significant enough to merit this scale of award."
“Scotland's achievement in design is world-class and centuries old,” said Philip Long, the director of the V&A at Dundee. “The development of V&A at Dundee will for the first time provide Scotland with a dedicated centre to celebrate that achievement, as well as a place to see and understand the design creativity of other countries and cultures.”
Work has started on the museum, which is expected to open in 2017. It has been designed by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and is a partnership between the V&A, the universities of Abertay and Dundee, Dundee City Council and Scottish Enterprise.
With the £1.895m grant from the HLF, Dundee Heritage Trust can now go ahead with the £2.9m restoration of the High Mill at Verdant Works. The scheme will allow the trust to complete the restoration of the remaining derelict buildings on the Verdant Works site and almost double the size of the museum.
“The project gives us the opportunity to create something new and different that will have a dynamic future of its own but which is complementary to the existing jute museum, helping to protect and enhance it,” said Gill Poulter, the heritage director at the Dundee Heritage Trust.
Dundee Heritage Trust is also operates Discovery Point and is responsible for the conservation of the RRS Discovery, the last traditional wooden three-masted ship to be built in Britain.
Gill Poulter will be profiled in the June issue of Museums Journal
Update
02.04.2014
The article was updated to include comment from Creative Scotland.
