Projects we’ve funded

Young people from British African and Caribbean backgrounds looked at the role of black people who served on behalf of both the Allied and Central powers during the First World War.

Eastbourne Ancestors focused on providing greater intellectual and physical access to the Eastbourne Museum Service’s human skeletal collection.

The Hadhari project recorded memories from a local African-Caribbean care group in Derby, which were at risk of being lost forever.

This oral history project celebrates the tradition and culture of the Guinea-Conakry community living in Greater Manchester.

Refugees and asylum seekers in Glasgow explored the experiences of Belgian refugees during the First World War.

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

Communities explored the impact and legacy of the First World War, the Battle of the Somme and the Easter Rising by creating two exhibitions.

Communities from Peckham came together to recreate a photograph of war horses destined for the Western Front.

Our funding supported the creation of an education and information centre within the Great Court of the Museum, allowing access to this space for the first time since the 1850s.

Our grant helped secure John Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows for the nation.

A new extension was added to the museum’s Grade I-listed Cockerell building, providing conservation and teaching facilities, and expanding education and outreach services.

Our funding enabled the preservation and promotion of the John Murray Archive, a record of a 200-year-old publishing dynasty, considered one of the most important collections of 19th century thought and achievement.