Museums, libraries and archives

Outside view of Ditchling Museum

Projects

Ditchling Museum Development Project

The Ditchling Museum of Art and Craft used the Heritage Grants programme to fund a project to revamp its collections and premises.

A woman in period costume

Projects

Dickens Community Archive

The Portsmouth Museums and Records Service encouraged local community groups to explore their family, community and local history.

Visitors exploring Bethlem Museum
Visitors exploring Bethlem Museum

Projects

Bethlem's Museum of the Mind

This three-year project was designed to re-house the museum and archive, increasing public access to the history of mental illness.

An image icon showing a simple outline of a vase museum object

Projects

Peterborough Museum Re-Development

The aim of this project was to refurbish and enhance the Grade II listed building of Peterborough Museum and redisplay a number of galleries.

Visitors enjoying an exhibit at Narberth Museum

Projects

Restoration Bonded Stores

After closing its doors to the public and putting its collection into storage, funding from Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and the Welsh Government enabled the trust to restore this historic building.

Visitors at the Heaton Avenues exhibition
The Heaton Avenues in Wartime exhibition

Projects

Heaton Avenues in Wartime

Heaton Avenues in Wartime uncovered 10 hidden stories of local residents during the First World War.

Participant as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse in front of a green screen with an image of a First World War hospital
Participant as a VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) nurse in front of a green screen with an image of a First World War hospital

Projects

Yours Sincerely

Young people reinterpreted the changing roles of women during the First World War, through letters, films and an exhibition.

A line of people smiling
The collecting panel for Fashioning Africa

Projects

Fashioning Africa

Meaningful relationships were built with local communities and diverse experts in this Collecting Cultures project, which saw new ways of working trialled and access widened.

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