Museums, libraries and archives

Disability charity Destined Ltd are improving access to the Foyle Valley Railway Museum.

The stories behind exhibits at four of Scotland’s leading heritage attractions are being brought to life for people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

256 sound tapes that record the memories of people who have lived, worked and volunteered at Leonard Cheshire Disability since the 1950s will be preserved and made available to the public.

Social, cultural and industrial heritage of people in the North East was the subject of a three-year project run by Beamish Museum.

Young people investigated the medical developments from the First World War and the impact they have on their lives today.

A project devised by a group of 25 young people after the old Horse Chestnut tree in the grounds of their community centre was felled.

Young people worked in teams to create new interpretation, helping shape the way visitors engage with the Richmond Borough Art Collection in the future.

Supplies of Horlicks to the troops and the evocative paintings of war artist Paul Nash were just two of the discoveries in this First World War centenary project.

From Russia with Love was a learning programme about the Walpole Collection of masterpiece paintings at Houghton Hall, based on the highly successful exhibition, Houghton Revisited.

The Scottish Council on Deafness (SCOD) created a series of workshops on the educational experiences of older D/deaf people.

Daventry Town Council oversaw the development of a Grade II listed Georgian town house into a cultural and historical hub for the local community.

Brighton’s Royal Pavilion and Museums used HLF funding to save a rare treasure hoard, building a valuable network for local museums in the process.