London’s Natural History Museum (NHM) has announced a programme to support museums and other cultural organisations to engage communities with the climate crisis.
The initiative will help 12 organisations across the UK to run activities focused on biodiversity decline, climate change and pollution. NHM is providing grants ranging from £2,500 to £10,000 and will also provide other resources such as content from Fixing Our Broken Planet, a new gallery that will open at its South Kensington home in April.
The organisations taking part in the programme members of the Fixing Our Broken Planet: Community of Practice, museum sector network created in September 2023 and is part of NHM’s mission to create advocates for the planet. More than 200 organisations are part of the network.
NMH head of national programmes Tom Bevan said: “We’re proud to support the fantastic work our partners are doing to empower communities to connect with issues facing the natural world. Across the country, we interact with nature in different ways.
“This programme is perfectly placed to amplify stories from different communities and drive meaningful action for a future where people and planet thrive.”
Four of the 12 organisations will be delivering activity as part of the NHM’s youth climate programme, Fixing Our Broken Planet: Generation Hope.
Those supporting the Fixing Our Broken Planet gallery and programme include the Natural Environment Research Council, Wellcome, GSK, John Ellerman Foundation and Ørsted.
Fixing Our Broken Planet programme partners
- Climate Museum UK / Great North Museum: Hancock, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- World Museum, Liverpool
- Cromarty Courthouse Museum
- Hereford Museum & Art Gallery
- National Coal Mining Museum for England, Wakefield
- Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
- Creswell Crags, Worksop
- Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
- Manchester Museum
- Shetland Amenity Trust
- Global Diversity Foundation, Llandysul
- Metronomes Steel Orchestra, London
