DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund

A Public-Private Partnership (2002-2010)

DCMS aims to improve the quality of life for all through cultural and sporting activities, support the pursuit of excellence, and champion the tourism, creative and leisure industries.

The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that awards grants to support excellence in the fields of science and medicine, health, education and the arts & humanities.

Contents

Foreword								
Ed Vaizey MP, Minister for Culture, Communications and
Creative Industries, Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive, the Wolfson Foundation	

The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries		
Improvement Fund

Case Studies
Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum		

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery				

Harris Museum & Art Gallery					

National Maritime Museum					

Museum of London						

Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford				

The Royal Armouries, Leeds						

Norfolk Museums Service						

Appendix A								
Breakdown of awards

Appendix B								
Alphabetical list of institutions which have received awards

Foreword

This publication celebrates eight years of the work of the DCMS/Wolfson Fund and its investment in projects which have made a real difference to displays, interpretation and public access in museums and galleries throughout England.

The projects featured here are only a selection from the many awards which have been made since 2002, but they show the range of collections that the Fund has supported, and the ways in which new displays bring objects and their histories to life for visitors. These projects have also made the experience of visiting museums and galleries more welcoming, enjoyable and accessible for everyone.

We know from the museums and galleries themselves that DCMS/Wolfson awards can help to unlock other sources of funding, and that over a period of years, they can make a significant impact on the public face of an institution. Most importantly, the DCMS/Wolfson  Fund shows that the public sector and a private philanthropic charity can work together to deliver tangible benefits for the public, in this case by helping improve the quality of their visit to a museum.

This publication records the second cycle of the Fund’s work during 2002-10. I am very pleased that funding is now in place to enable a third cycle during 2011-15 and look forward to the continuing partnership between DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation. I should also like to take this opportunity to express my profound gratitude to the Trustees and Staff of the Wolfson Foundation for their enduring support for museums and for public life.

It is with sadness we note that Lord Wolfson, a key figure in the Foundation’s history and Chairman since 1972, passed away at the end of the period covered by this report.

Ed Vaizey MP
Minister for Culture, Communications and
Creative Industries
Foreword

The achievement of the DCMS/Wolfson Fund has been significant. The programme has spanned an eight-year period with a total investment of £28 million. Each project has aimed to improve the experience of the visitor. For some organisations, especially the smaller ones, the overall impact of funding has been transformative.

Perhaps above all the programme’s hallmark has been partnership. It is a rare example of joint decision-making between a philanthropic charity and the public sector: with recommendations of the expert Panel made to the Trustees of the Wolfson Foundation and Government Ministers. That the programme has worked so efficiently is due in no small part to the administrators at DCMS and the expert Panel, to whom we extend our gratitude.

The Wolfson Foundation is a charity that aims to support excellence, particularly in underfunded areas, and the programme has sat neatly within the Foundation’s wider strategy. It emphasised access to this country’s outstanding, designated collections. It focused on a key area – refurbishment work – relatively neglected by funders (and perhaps even viewed as unglamorous). And the funds have helped to act as a catalyst, drawing in other monies from national and local sources. Indeed the requirement to raise at least a third of the project costs from other funders was a condition of the programme across all eight years.

The proof of any investment is, of course, the ‘return’. The assessment provided across the following pages shows the success of the programme in the short-term, and we hope that the benefits will be felt by visitors to these wonderful institutions for many years to come.

We are delighted that, building on this success, we are in a position to announce the continuation of the DCMS/Wolfson Fund.

Paul Ramsbottom
Chief Executive, Wolfson Foundation

The DCMS/Wolfson Museums and
Galleries Improvement Fund

The DCMS/Wolfson Fund was originally set up in 1990 and ran for five years, distributing £19 million to over 200 projects across England. The current incarnation of the Fund began in 2002 and has awarded £28 million to 245 projects over an eight- year period. This publication concentrates on the work of the Fund since 2002, and includes case studies from a variety of museums and galleries across England, which provide further insight into what the Fund has helped to make possible.

The DCMS/Wolfson partnership has become an excellent example of what can be achieved when public funds are matched with private philanthropy. The Fund, financed equally by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Wolfson Foundation, has had a hugely positive impact on the museum community and it has become a much valued source of sustained funding.

The eighth and most recent round of DCMS/Wolfson awards was announced in August 2009 and the Fund was paused in 2010 to provide an opportunity for its work to be assessed. This evaluation showed that the Fund is highly regarded, and has enabled a wide range of museums to make capital improvements to their displays, enhance their educational facilities and provide greater accessibility to visitors. Awards from the Fund have also acted as a catalyst for further support, allowing institutions to approach successfully additional funders. This has been particularly helpful to a number of smaller museums who have noted that without their DCMS/Wolfson award, they would have found it difficult to secure additional support.

On 18 February 2011, Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries announced that DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation would each provide £4 million to enable the DCMS/Wolfson Fund to hold two bidding rounds in the 2011-15 spending period, each awarding £4 million.

Acknowledgements

The Panel of the DCMS/Wolfson Fund would like to thank all those who have assisted with the Fund and who have helped to make it such a success. During  the eight-year lifespan of the current  Fund, the following people were members of the Panel, alongside Government officials:

Hon Mrs Janet Wolfson de Botton CBE (Trustee, Wolfson Foundation)
Lord Quinton FBA (Trustee, Wolfson Foundation)
Lord Quirk CBE FBA (Trustee, Wolfson Foundation)
Dr Victoria Harrison (previous Chief Executive, Wolfson Foundation) Paul Ramsbottom (current Chief Executive, Wolfson Foundation) Stuart Davies (Resource)
Hedley Swain (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) Sue Wilkinson (Museums, Libraries and Archives Council) Giles Waterfield (External Advisor)

Purpose and Procedure

The purpose of the Fund has been to:

•	renovate and improve the display of exhibits in galleries and exhibition  spaces;
•	make improvements to public  spaces and access to the collection;
•	make physical improvements to access and facilities for disabled visitors;
•	make physical improvements to collection interpretation;
•	make improvements to environmental controls in public access spaces and galleries.

Applications from eligible museums and galleries were considered by the Fund’s Panel, comprising representatives of the Wolfson Foundation,  DCMS, the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council and an external advisor. The Panel’s recommendations were then presented to the Trustees of the Wolfson Foundation at one of their full Trustee meetings, and to the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for a final decision.

Beamish, the North of England
Open Air Museum

Projects:
Period Lamp Cabin and Colliery Yard Improvements

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grants:
£40,000 (Yard Works)
£145,000 (Lamp Cabin)

Year of grants:
2006-7 (Yard Works)
2007-8 (Lamp Cabin)

Other funders:
- 	One North East
- 	European Regional Development Fund
- 	Heritage Lottery Fund
- 	Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
- 	Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material Fund (PRISM)
- 	K Hoole Trust
- 	Beamish Development Trust
- 	Friends of Beamish Museum
- 	Banks Foundation
- 	Charles Hayward Trust
 
The Colliery Village at Beamish is built around the recreation of a typical North East England coal mine in the early 1900s. The DCMS/Wolfson Fund has enabled the Museum to improve dramatically the working exhibits in this village, helping Beamish transform the way it brings the social history of the northern pit communities to life for audiences today.

A grant of £145,000 allowed the Museum to move valuable mining lamp collections out of store and into a working Lamp Cabin exhibit in the Open Air Museum. Visitors are now able to understand the important role of safety lamps in pit community life. Within the Cabin, visitors first discover how the lamps were cleaned, maintained and lit before going underground to experience a real drift mine.

A second grant from the Fund, totalling £40,000, also enabled the Museum to refurbish its working Pit Yard, repairing rail track that passes underneath a reconstructed pit head, to increase steam locomotive performances for visitors.

The Museum has stated that these improvements would not have been possible without support from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund. As well as making physical improvements, allowing increased accessibility to the Village site and its collections, the grant has helped the Museum improve its link to former pit communities throughout the North. Through the development of the exhibitions within the Colliery Village, the Museum is now able to demonstrate its relevance to an audience that does not typically visit museums, helping them to understand important events in the history of their community. For example, in February 2009,
5,000 visitors came from the nearby community of Stanley to commemorate the centenary of the Stanley Pit Disaster. The Disaster, which killed 168 men and boys, played a pivotal role in the development of the miners’ safety lamp. The new Cabin played a central role in this ceremony.

The Imperial War
Museum London

The Imperial War Museum London was awarded £80,000 in 2007-8 to create two new temporary exhibition galleries. The illustration shows My Boy Jack, an exhibition about Rudyard Kipling’s only son John, killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915, which ran from 6 November 2007-24 February 2008.

Merseyside Maritime Museum

Visitors reminisce at Spirit of the Blitz in the Merseyside Maritime Museum’s new Special Exhibitions Suite, for which National Museums Liverpool received £200,000 in 2002-3.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

In 2002-3 the Oxford University Museum of Natural History received £165,000 for the refurbishment and redisplay of its Great Court and Arcades. © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

Birmingham Museum &
Art Gallery

Project:
Making Sense – The In Touch Gallery

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant:
£217,000

Year of grant:
2004-5

Other funders:
- 	Birmingham City Council
- 	Renaissance West Midlands
 
Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery is home to one of the world’s finest collections of Pre-Raphaelite art, as well as extensive collections of fine and applied art, social history, archaeology and ethnography.

A DCMS/Wolfson Fund award of £217,000 in 2004-5 enabled the Museum to improve and clarify the presentation of its art galleries and has helped engage visitors with its designated collections in a new and lasting way. Through the development of accessible, high quality displays, supported by the DCMS/Wolfson Fund, the Museum has been able to respond to visitor demands for more hands-on exhibits and learning opportunities within an attractive and fun environment. The In Touch Gallery is particularly aimed at families, first-time visitors with little knowledge of art, and disabled visitors who were all shown to respond more favourably to audio, audio- visual and tactile approaches.

Intended as an introduction to the Museum's art collection, this interactive gallery features a broad range of art forms including paintings, sculpture, costumes, textiles, jewellery, ceramics and also an impressive Japanese Samurai suit of armour. One of the centrepieces of the new gallery is a huge replica mountain inspired by Tobias Verhaecht’s  painting, Orpheus Returning from the Underworld. This installation creates a significant ‘wow’ factor and allows visitors to literally
‘get into’ the picture. Visitors can also take advantage of a rare opportunity to touch original bronze busts by some of Britain’s most famous sculptors, including three works by Jacob Epstein. The busts have been specially conserved and treated so that they will not be damaged when gently handled.

In its first two years, the new gallery attracted over 175,000 visitors and ongoing evaluation of these numbers has indicated that 40-50% of these were visiting for the first time.

“Wonderfully interactive and thought provoking, thank you very much!”
 A visitor comment

Harris Museum & Art Gallery

Project:
The Mrs French Scent Bottle Collection: Improving access, storage  and interpretation

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant:
£30,000

Year of grant:
2005-6

Other funders:
- 	Heritage Lottery Fund
- 	The Harris Trust
- 	Friends of the Harris Museum & Art Gallery
 
The Mrs French Scent Bottle Collection is the largest collection of its kind in Britain and one of the most important in the world. The collection was acquired by the Harris Museum & Art Gallery in 1964. It consists of 2,748 historic bottles, collected by Mrs French over her lifetime (1880-1964) – a passion which accelerated after the death of her only child in 1941. The items, made from ceramic, glass, silver and other materials, date mainly from the 1740s to the 1940s and offer a fascinating and inspirational diversity of colour, size and theme.

For many years, less than 20% of the scent bottle collection was on public display, leaving 80% in the Museum’s basement store. Access was by appointment only and was in an area not suitable for groups or wheelchair users.

The DCMS/Wolfson  Fund award of £30,000 has enabled the Museum to display the collection in its entirety, with the highlights picked out in the tops of the display cases and the rest of the collection available for exploration in secure glazed
drawers underneath. The cases are at a height suitable for both the displayed and stored scent bottles to be seen easily by both wheelchair users and children. Interpretation has been improved and the Museum has reinvigorated its scent bottle tours which are taken by trained volunteers. Children’s tours have also been developed along a treasure hunt theme, enabling children to use torches and magnifying glasses to identify specific bottles and look at detailed designs.

In 2009-10 the Museum received over 245,000 visitors, a substantial increase on the 141,000 in 2005-6 when the original DCMS/Wolfson Fund application was made. Whilst this is due to a variety of factors, the Museum considers the vibrant new scent bottle displays to have contributed to attracting  a considerable number of both new and repeat visitors.

“The DCMS/Wolfson Fund has enabled us to complete several successful projects which provide public benefits that we would have been unable to find funds for elsewhere.”
Harris Museum & Art Gallery

“It is often the smaller grants (say, £10,000 - £50,000) that are very valuable to us as they enable us to lever in other grants. ”
 Harris Museum & Art Gallery
 
The Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

The Ashmolean Museum received £230,000 in 2008-9 for improvements to its Western Art Galleries.
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
The Victoria and Albert Museum

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s Robert H N Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Asian Buddhist Sculpture was awarded £300,000 in 2007-8. © V&A Images

National Maritime Museum

Project:
The Atlantic  Worlds Gallery

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant:
£135,000

Year of grant:
2006-7

Other funders:
- 	The Museum
- 	Charitable organisations
- 	Other sponsors
 
The National Maritime Museum received £135,000 for its Atlantic Worlds Gallery in 2006-7. © National Maritime Museum

In 2006-7 the National Maritime Museum received a DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant of £135,000 towards the cases and lighting in their new permanent Atlantic Worlds Gallery. This Gallery tells the story of the exploration and navigation of the whole Atlantic Ocean, bringing Europeans into contact with Africa and the Americas, setting in motion a world-changing process of conquest and exploitation, trade and cultural change.
 
The Gallery supports the national initiative Understanding Slavery, of which the National Maritime Museum is the lead partner. This is a five-year national education project to promote and support the effective teaching of the history and legacies of the transatlantic  slave trade in schools and communities  through resources that fully reflect the many historical and contemporary perspectives on this major part of world history. The Understanding Slavery initiative has enabled the National Maritime Museum to work with teachers, educators and young people to develop new learning programmes and resources. The initiative has been characterised by close collaboration  between curators and educators, exploring how the Museum’s slavery-related material can be explored and interpreted to inspire and inform a way of working with collections that is influenced by diverse audience perspectives.

Museum of London

Project:
Medieval London Gallery

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant:
£200,000

Year of grant:
2003-4

Other funders:
- 	City of London Corporation
- 	City Livery Companies
- 	Other charitable trusts
 
Above: Children in front of Viking weapons in the Medieval London Gallery
© Museum of London

Right: Nun 1300 meets curator 2005
© Museum of London

The Museum of London was awarded a grant of £200,000 in 2003-4 towards the redevelopment of its Medieval London Gallery, which had not been refurbished since 1976.

The new Gallery opened in autumn 2005 and has enabled the Museum to display one of its most celebrated collections in an interesting and informative way. It has allowed the Museum to reflect the change in modern historical and archaeological research by taking a much broader view of the medieval period – from the end of the Roman period in around 410 AD to the early Tudors in 1558 AD. Within the Gallery the visitor can explore the Anglo-Saxon settlement of the 7th century, learn about Viking raids and the Black Death before investigating the 16th-century capital and the dramatic results of Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries.

With this project, the Museum realised its aim of displaying excavated material not seen by the public before, such as a reconstructed section of a Thames waterfront revetment found in Billingsgate. Over the last 30 years, major additions have been made to the medieval collections, particularly of small metalwork, from the activities of Thames mud larks (licensed metal-detectorists searching the Thames foreshore), and these are now on display.
 
For the first time the Museum has used captions especially designed for children, featuring cartoon figures. These have been a great success and the Museum has adopted these for its new Galleries of Modern London (also supported by the DCMS/Wolfson Fund and opened in May 2010). An immersive reconstruction of a Saxon house, replica costume for children to dress up in, and interactive  games such as the Medieval Game of Life were also included in the redevelopment and have allowed the Museum to explore new ways of engaging young visitors.

The Tank Museum, Bovington

The Tank Museum, Bovington, was awarded £200,000 in 2008-9 towards the fit-out of their new 50,000 ft2 exhibition, The Tank Story. © The Tank Museum

The Courtauld Institute of Art

In 2004-5 the Courtauld Institute Gallery received £63,000 for their Prints and Drawings Study Room.
MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry)

MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry) was awarded £148,000 in 2004-5 for the redisplay of its Power Hall. © MOSI (Museum of Science and Industry)

Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford

Projects:
- Making Good the Museum: Enhancing Access
- Cases for the most visited gallery in the Pitt Rivers Museum
- Making Good the Museum II: new display  cases, orientation panels and seating
- Beware. You are entering the climate of foreign logic: communication, orientation and way-finding solutions
- Showcasing the Pitt Rivers: the Museum’s new entrance
- Lighting the Way: enhancing the collections’ visibility

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grants:
£100,000 (Making Good the Museum, 2002-3)
£36,800 (Cases for the most visited gallery, 2004-5)
£70,125 (Making Good the Museum II, 2005-6)
£30,000 (Communication, orientation and way finding, 2006-7)
£128,000 (New entrance, 2007-8)
£50,000 (Lighting the Way, 2009-10)

Other funders:
- 	Heritage Lottery Fund
- 	Private trusts and foundations
- 	Private sponsorship and donations
- 	The Museum and its Friends

The Pitt Rivers Museum has been successful in securing several grants from the DCMS/Wolfson Fund. This has enabled the Museum to carry out a comprehensive improvement of its galleries, focusing in particular on improved display cases, lighting and signage.

In the period covered by this report, the Museum has undertaken two major building projects – the construction of a 1,900m2  new extension, and the redevelopment of the
Museum's entrance. A number of the Museum’s applications to the Fund were tied into each of the projects in a different way, and the Museum acknowledges that the support provided by the Fund was crucial in allowing the two projects to be completed. In one instance, a bid to the Fund allowed the Museum to signpost the totality of the galleries and the new extension; in another, to outfit the new entrance platform with cases of the right size and quality. The Museum has stressed how helpful the continued availability of the Fund has been.

“...an outstanding and invaluable Fund...”
Michael O’Hanlon, Director, Pitt Rivers Museum

The Royal Armouries, Leeds

Project:
Hands on History

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grant:
£142,890

Year of grant:
2005-6

Other funders:
- 	HISTORY™

Hands on History at the Royal Armouries, Leeds © Board of Trustees of the Armouries
 
The Hands on History project, for which the Royal Armouries received a DCMS/Wolfson Fund award in 2005-6, was specifically aimed at finding a way to enable the Museum’s visitors to access and engage with its collections in a way that would enable them to appreciate what it must have been like to participate in some of the most important events in our history. The project was designed to allow
visitors to get close to the collection, without putting them in harm’s way.

The Hands on History  areas within the War Gallery in Leeds opened in summer 2006 as part of a year of celebrations to mark the 10th birthday of the Museum. Since then they have been a permanent and popular feature of the Royal Armouries, giving visitors the chance to draw a bow and test their strength and skill compared to a master bowman  as well as the opportunity to experience what a medieval jouster would have seen through his visor in the heat of the tournament. This has helped to promote access to the Museum’s collections, regardless of physical and intellectual barriers presented by disability, lack of English language or poor literacy skills.

The DCMS/Wolfson Fund award significantly  helped the Museum to approach a new corporate partner for this project – HISTORY™ (previously the History  Channel). Cash sponsorship was enhanced by an in-kind commitment to produce and edit AVs for Hands on History and this model has continued in future projects at all the Museum’s sites, with HISTORY™ becoming  both a long-term corporate sponsor and a creative partner in the development of AVs for all major exhibitions and gallery projects.

The success of the redevelopment at Leeds led to the creation of the Hands on History Gallery within the White Tower at the Tower of London.

In new Royal Armouries’ capital projects – most notably the £3.5 million redevelopment of Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson (also supported in part by the DCMS/Wolfson Fund) – key principles behind Hands on History have been developed still further with new gallery interpretation. This focuses on the human stories that bring the collection to life for the visitor and uses visual, tactile and audio  interpretation techniques, with objects placed outside glass cases wherever  possible so that they can be touched.

The National Tramway Museum

The National Tramway Museum was awarded £150,000 in 2008-9 for a major redisplay and renovation of its Great Exhibition Hall. © National Tramway Museum
“The Gallery now is more user-friendly and far more attractive than it was before the refurbishment.”
Visitor, Graves Art Gallery

Graves Art Gallery, Museums Sheffield

Graves Art Gallery, Museums Sheffield, received £65,000 in 2006-7 and £126,000 in 2007-8 for phases I and II of its Rise and Shine project. This focused on improving the display spaces and access to the collections at the Graves Gallery. © Dan Sumption

Blists Hill Victorian Town

Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge, received £126,000 in 2008-9 for the creation of a new Victorian Post Office. © Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust

Norfolk Museums Service

Projects:
- Access to the Archaeology and Social History Collections, Norfolk Rural Life Museum
- Mayors and Magnates: Bringing the 17th century alive at Strangers’ Hall
- Seahenge Gallery, the Lynn Museum
- Collectors and Curators: reinterpreting the Natural History Collections at Norwich Castle
- Law Makers and Law Breakers at Norwich Castle
- Changing Lives in Norfolk, at Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse

DCMS/Wolfson Fund grants:
£100,000 (Archaeology and Social History, 2004-5)
£30,894 (Mayors and Magnates, 2005-6)
£65,000 (Seahenge Gallery, 2006-7)
£60,000 (Collectors and Curators, 2007-8)
£70,000 (Law Makers and Law Breakers, 2008-9)
£50,000 (Changing Lives in Norfolk, 2009-10)
 
The DCMS /Wolfson Fund has had a significant positive impact on the visitor experience at a number of museums in Norfolk, enabling major new displays both as part of larger projects, and in smaller stand-alone single gallery redisplays. While the 2006 project at Strangers’ Hall is one of the smaller schemes supported by the Fund, it is an excellent example of the Fund’s ability to generate and encourage further investment and, in this case, to enable the renaissance of an entire museum.

In the 2005-6 bidding round, Strangers’ Hall received £30,894 for its Mayors and Magnates project, a tightly-focused  display and interpretation project which included superb new room settings; replica costumes, pots, glasses and other  table items which enable children on school visits to create a Tudor banquet in the Great Hall; and new signage and displays on the exterior of the Museum and in the front windows. These elements were prioritised to achieve the greatest possible impact on the visitor experience.

This relatively modest project was the catalyst for significant additional investment in the Museum, both at the time of the project and since its completion. The DCMS/Wolfson  award successfully encouraged further grants while the properties teams at Norfolk County Council and Norwich City Council, jointly responsible for the Strangers’ Hall building, put Strangers’ at the top of their priority lists. Opening hours have recently been extended at the site, and visitor numbers have steadily increased.

Guided tours with costumed interpreters begin in the Great Hall. © Norfolk Museums Service

A glimpse of Lady Paine in the Great Chamber at Strangers' Hall. © Norfolk Museums Service

Other funders:
- Heritage Lottery Fund
- Norfolk County Council
- Norwich City Council
- Friends of Norwich Museums
- Friends of Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse
- Norwich Heritage Economic and Regeneration Trust
- Breckland District Council
- European Regional Development  Fund
- Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material Fund (PRISM)
- Town Close Estates Charity
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Appendix A
Breakdown of Awards

Table 1: Distribution of awards by region and type of institution

Region	DCMS Sponsored	Designated University
Collections	Designated
Collections	Non-Designated Collections in Regional Hubs	
Total	
East England	1	6	6	6	19	
East Midlands	0	0	1	7	8	
London	48	4	7	0	59	
North East	8	1	9	1	19	
North West	13	6	4	9	32	
South East	2	21	12	4	39	
South West	2	0	19	1	22	
West Midlands	0	3	15	5	23	
Yorkshire and
Humberside	
6	
0	
16	
2	

24	
Total	80	41	89	35	245	

Table 2: Percentage of awards by region and type of institution

Region	DCMS Sponsored	Designated University
Collections	Designated
Collections	Non-Designated Collections in Regional Hubs	
East England	1	15	7	17	
East Midlands	0	0	1	20	
London	60	10	8	0	
North East	10	2	10	3	
North West	16	15	5	26	
South East	2.5	51	13	11	
South West	2.5	0	21	3	
West Midlands	0	7	17	14	
Yorkshire and
Humberside	
8	
0	
18	
6	
Total	100	100	100	100	

Table 3: Total amount of grants received by region and type of institution

Region	DCMS Sponsored	Designated University
Collections	Designated
Collections	Non-Designated Collections in Regional Hubs	
Total	
East England	87,000	908,000	358,420	445,894	1,799,314	
East Midlands	0	0	150,000	534,200	684,200	
London	7,742,879	139,000	758,000	0	8,639,879	
North East	1,118,100	50,000	1,385,000	80,000	2,633,100	
North West	1,905,500	637,000	237,000	306,581	3,086,081	
South East	237,000	1,885,425	676,526	480,450	3,279,401	
South West	285,000	0	1,655,350	50,000	1,990,350	
West Midlands	0	90,000	2,104,000	538,100	2,732,100	
Yorkshire and
Humberside	
892,890	
0	
2,018,685	
165,000	

3,076,575	
Total	12,268,369	3,709,425	9,342,981	2,600,225	27,921,000	

Table 4: Percentage of money awarded by region and type of institution

Region	DCMS Sponsored	Designated University
Collections	Designated
Collections	Non-Designated Collections in Regional Hubs	
East England	1	24	4	17	
East Midlands	0	0	2	21	
London	63	4	8	0	
North East	9	1	15	3	
North West	16	17	3	12	
South East	2	51	7	18	
South West	2	0	18	2	
West Midlands	0	3	22	21	
Yorkshire and
Humberside	
7	
0	
21	
6	

Total	
100	
100	
100	
100	

Table 5: Breakdown of bids and awards by year

Year	
Eligible institutions	
Bids	
Number of Awards	
Total Awards	
2002/03	34	24	10	£2,000,000	
2003/04	34	22	12	£1,936,000	
2004/05	96	55	32	£4,000,000	
2005/06	97	48	40	£4,000,000	
2006/07	95	58	43	£3,999,000	
2007/08	95	55	43	£4,000,000	
2008/09	95	52	31	£4,000,000	
2009/10	100	54	34	£3,986,000	
Total			245	£27,921,000	

Appendix B
Alphabetical list of institutions which have received awards

Organisation Name
Project	Award	Year	Region

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
Special Exhibitions Gallery	150,000	2002-03	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
Tapestry and Fine Art Galleries	43,300	2004-05	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
Collections Management System	65,200	2005-06	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
Making an Entrance	100,000	2006-07	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
The Cast Gallery	165,000	2007-08	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
Western Art Galleries	230,000	2008-09	SE

Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology (University of Oxford)
New Textiles Gallery	122,000	2009-10	SE

Aston Hall and Park (Birmingham  Museums & Art Gallery)
Aston Hall and Park Development  Project 	200,000	2006-07	WM

Barber Institute of Fine Arts (University of Birmingham)
Temporary Exhibition Space	20,000	2004-05	WM

Barber Institute of Fine Arts (University of Birmingham)
Improvement to lighting in the Primary and Education Galleries	50,000	2005-06	WM

Barber Institute of Fine Arts (University of Birmingham)
Creation of Prints and Drawings Study Room	20,000	2006-07	WM

Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Installation of period paths and refurbishment of period features	127,000	2004-05	NE

Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Audio-visual access to historic buildings	73,000	2005-06	NE

Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Colliery Yard improvements	40,000	2006-07	NE

Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Colliery Period Lamp Cabin	145,000	2007-08	NE

Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Beamish Begins Here	150,000	2009-10	NE

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery)
Making  Sense – the In Touch Gallery	217,000	2004-05	WM

Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery)
Gallery of Birmingham History 1700-1830	300,000	2008-09	WM

Key to regions:
E = East; EM = East Midlands; L = London; NE = North East; NW = North West; SE = South East; SW = South West; WM = West Midlands; YH = Yorkshire and Humberside

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	
Bolton Museum, Art Gallery & Aquarium
Development and redisplay of World Gallery	
10,000	
2004-05	
NW	
Bolton Museum, Art Gallery & Aquarium
Art Galleries refurbishment	
114,281	
2005-06	
NW	
Bolton Museum, Art Gallery & Aquarium
New Histories: Local History Gallery refurbishment	
20,000	
2006-07	
NW	
Bowes Museum
The Silver Swan Experience	
100,000	
2005-06	
NE	
Bowes Museum
Textile and Fashion Galleries	
300,000	
2006-07	
NE	
Bowes Museum
British Decorative Arts Gallery	
150,000	
2008-09	
NE	
Bowes Museum
Staging the Spectacular: redefining the Picture Galleries at the Bowes Museum	
300,000	
2009-10	
NE	
Brighton Museum & Art Gallery (Royal Pavilion, Museums & Libraries, Brighton & Hove)
Community Gallery	
40,000	
2006-07	
SE	
Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery (Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives)
Creative Spaces	
85,000	
2007-08	
SW	
British Museum
Improvements to Gallery 5, including environmental controls	
400,000	
2003-04	
LON	
British Museum
Improvement of access provision	
150,000	
2004-05	
LON	
British Museum
Physical improvements  to Galleries 90-94	
150,000	
2005-06	
LON	
British Museum
Galleries 49-53: Prehistory and Europe and the Ancient Near East	
100,000	
2006-07	
LON	
British Museum
Orientation and way-finding	
100,000	
2007-08	
LON	
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery (Bradford Museums) Connect: people, place and imagination	
140,000	
2006-07	
YH	
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Access to No.3 covered slip and reserve large objects collection	
155,450	
2005-06	
SE	
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Dockyard Railway	
175,000	
2008-09	
SE	
Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Redisplay of galleries in 1989 extension	
50,000	
2006-07	
SW	
Cliffe Castle Museum (Bradford Museums)
Keighley Stories	
25,000	
2007-08	
YH	
Colchester Castle (Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service)
New Saxon/Norman Gallery and Temporary Exhibition Space	
79,200	
2004-05	
E	
Colchester Castle (Colchester & Ipswich Museum
Service) Improvements to collection care and
interpretation	
44,220	
2005-06	
E	
Colchester Natural History Museum (Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service)
New Geology and Climate Gallery	
55,000	
2007-08	
E	

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Courtauld Institute Gallery (University of London) Prints and Drawings Study Room	
63,000	
2004-05	
LON	
Courtauld Institute Gallery (University of London)
Collections Viewing Room and Store	
33,000	
2006-07	
LON	
Courtauld Institute Gallery (University of London)
Gallery Entrance Project	
40,000	
2007-08	
LON	
Coventry Transport Museum
Landmarques/Blitz Gallery	
150,000	
2005-06	
WM	
Coventry Transport Museum
Commercial Vehicle Galleries	
150,000	
2006-07	
WM	
Coventry Transport Museum
1980s to Now Gallery	
150,000	
2008-09	
WM	
Derby Museum & Art Gallery
Lighting exhibitions	
18,000	
2009-10	
EM	
Design Museum
Introducing physical access throughout the Museum	
52,800	
2005-06	
LON	
Discovery Museum & Laing Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Improving  access	
100,000	
2003-04	
NE	
Donington le Heath Manor House (Leicestershire County Council)
Improving  access	
86,200	
2004-05	
EM	
Dulwich Picture Gallery
Improving the visitor experience	
44,000	
2009-10	
LON	
Falmouth Art Gallery (Royal Cornwall Museum) Phase 1 – redisplay and disabled access	
50,000	
2006-07	
SW	
Fareham Community  Museum (Hampshire County Council Museums & Archives Service)
Renovation of Fareham Community  Museum	
100,000	
2005-06	
SE	
Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge) Refurbishment of Egyptian Galleries	
250,000	
2003-04	
E	
Fitzwilliam Museum (University of Cambridge) Greek and Roman Project	
300,000	
2007-08	
E	
Geffrye Museum
Almshouse display	
60,000	
2002-03	
LON	
Geffrye Museum
New 17th- and 18th-Century Rooms	
258,000	
2004-05	
LON	
Gladstone Pottery Museum (Stoke-on-Trent Museum Service)
Learning for Life	
39,000	
2007-08	
WM	
Graves Art Gallery (Museums Sheffield)
Rise and Shine I	
65,000	
2006-07	
YH	
Graves Art Gallery (Museums Sheffield)
Rise and Shine II	
126,000	
2007-08	
YH	
Great North Museum: Hancock (Tyne & Wear Museums)
The Fossil Zone	
65,000	
2002-03	
NE	
Great North Museum: Hancock (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Diversity of Life	
200,000	
2007-08	
NE	
Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse (Norfolk Museums Service) Changing Lives in Norfolk	
50,000	
2009-10	
E	
Harborough Museum (Leicestershire County Council)
Display and interpretation  of the South East Leicestershire Hoard	
35,000	
2006-07	
EM	
Harewood House
Rehanging of Chinese wallpaper in East Bedroom	
83,300	
2007-08	
YH	
Harris Museum & Art Gallery
The Mrs French Scent Bottle Collection: improving access, storage  and interpretation	
30,000	
2005-06	
NW	
Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Three Hundred Years of Art and Design	
20,000	
2006-07	
NW	
Harris Museum & Art Gallery
Mezzanine Gallery displays	
19,000	
2008-09	
NW	
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Histories Galleries Project	
192,100	
2004-05	
WM	
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Peace and Reconciliation Gallery	
150,000	
2005-06	
WM	
Horniman Museum
Refurbishment of North Hall Gallery	
100,000	
2003-04	
LON	
Horniman Museum
Improving access and display	
48,395	
2005-06	
LON	
Horniman Museum
Natural History Gallery Infrastructure Project	
100,000	
2009-10	
LON	
Imperial War Museum (Lambeth Road)
Improved  access	
75,000	
2003-04	
LON	
Imperial War Museum (Lambeth Road)
Improvements to gallery lighting	
186,000	
2004-05	
LON	
Imperial War Museum (Lambeth Road) Temporary Exhibition Galleries	
80,000	
2007-08	
LON	
Imperial War Museum (Lambeth Road) Your History: Discovery Gallery	
190,000	
2008-09	
LON	
Imperial War Museum (HMS Belfast)
Operation Admiral: renovation of the Bridge Command and Control Centre	
150,000	
2009-10	
LON	
Ipswich Museum (Colchester & Ipswich Museum Service)
From the Mummy's Tomb	
50,000	
2008-09	
E	
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Post Office at Blists Hill Victorian Town	
126,000	
2008-09	
WM	
Jewish Museum
The Jewish Museum Development Project	
95,000	
2007-08	
LON	
Lady Lever Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) New entrance, reception and learning suite	
225,000	
2005-06	
NW	
Lady Lever Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool) Learning base	
50,000	
2008-09	
NW	
Laing Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Creative City Gallery	
225,000	
2008-09	
NE	

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Leeds City Art Gallery (Leeds Museum & Galleries)
Conversion of the former Art Library into a new display space	
100,000	
2006-07	
YH	
Leicester City Museums Service
Audio guides	
20,000	
2005-06	
EM	
London Transport Museum
First Metropolis Gallery	
200,000	
2004-05	
LON	
London Transport Museum
Refurbishment and improvement in access to the education suite	
150,000	
2005-06	
LON	
London Transport Museum
Improvements to access and facilities for disabled visitors	
100,000	
2006-07	
LON	
London Transport Museum
Creation of a new Design Gallery	
125,000	
2007-08	
LON	
London Transport Museum
Improving access to Acton Depot and Library at Covent Garden	
44,000	
2008-09	
LON	
Lynn Museum (Norfolk Museums Service)
Seahenge Gallery	
65,000	
2006-07	
E	
M Shed (Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives)
In the Loop	
150,000	
2008-09	
SW	
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester City Galleries)
Improvements to public areas	
115,000	
2004-05	
NW	
Manchester Art Gallery (Manchester City Galleries)
Balcony Project: collection redisplay and interpretation	
37,000	
2009-10	
NW	
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
Enabling access	
150,000	
2005-06	
NW	
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
Manchester Identity Gallery	
120,000	
2007-08	
NW	
Manchester Museum (University of Manchester)
Natural Selection	
97,000	
2008-09	
NW	
Maritime Park (National Museums Liverpool)
Maritime Park	
220,000	
2007-08	
NW	
Mary  Rose Trust
Access improvements	
70,000	
2004-05	
SE	
Merseyside Maritime Museum (National Museums Liverpool)
Special Exhibitions Suite	
200,000	
2002-03	
NW	
Millennium Gallery (Museums Sheffield)
Seeing Beauty: the Ruskin Collection revisited	
100,000	
2009-10	
YH	
Monkwearmouth Station Museum (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Gallery refurbishment	
203,100	
2004-05	
NE	
Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (University of Cambridge)
Museum entrance and gallery renovations	
250,000	
2009-10	
E	
Museum of Costume (Bath & NE Somerset Heritage Services)
Structural and capital refit work	
100,000	
2005-06	
SW	
Museum of English Rural Life (University  of Reading)
Making of the Countryside Exhibition	
136,000	
2004-05	
SE	

Organisation Name
Project	Award	Year	Region

Museum of Hartlepool (Hartlepool Museums)
Redisplay of Museum of Hartlepool	80,000	2007-08	NE

Museum of the History of Science (University of Oxford)
Audio guides	8,000	2003-04	SE

Museum of the History of Science (University of Oxford)
Microgallery	6,000	2006-07	SE

Museum of the Jewellery Quarter (Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery)
Gallery and visitor improvements	70,000	2007-08	WM

Museum of London
Medieval London Gallery	200,000	2003-04	LON

Museum of London
Capital City Project 1660-1850	85,000	2006-07	LON

Museum of London
One London, Many Londoners	70,000	2007-08	LON

Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Manchester
Redisplaying the Power Hall	148,000	2004-05	NW

Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Manchester
Redisplaying the Textile Gallery	115,500	2005-06	NW

Museum of Science & Industry (MOSI), Manchester
Redisplaying the Introduction to the Museum Exhibition	40,000	2006-07	NW

Museum of Zoology (University of Cambridge)
Curating Darwin's legacy	20,000	2006-07	E

National Coal Mining Museum for England
Underground Galleries: widening access and engaging audiences	30,000	2009-10	YH

National Football Museum
Sounds, vision and light: improving access and display	40,000	2005-06	NW

National Gallery
Staircase Hall Restoration	296,300	2004-05	LON

National Gallery
Renovation of the 19th-century Galleries	120,000	2006-07	LON

National Gallery
Improvements to environmental controls in the 16th-century Flemish
and Netherlandish Galleries	100,000	2007-08	LON

National Gallery
Phase 2 of the Lower Galleries	200,000	2009-10	LON

National Maritime Museum
Nelson Gallery	250,000	2003-04	LON

National Maritime Museum
Provision of environmental controls	25,384	2005-06	LON

National Maritime Museum
The Atlantic  Worlds Gallery	135,000	2006-07	LON

National Maritime Museum
Special Exhibitions Gallery	75,000	2007-08	LON

National Maritime Museum
Asian Seas Gallery	134,000	2008-09	LON

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

National Media Museum (NMSI) Photography Gallery	
260,000	
2002-03	
YH	
National Media Museum (NMSI) Gallery redevelopment	
200,000	
2005-06	
YH	
National Media Museum (NMSI) Interactive Foyer	
150,000	
2008-09	
YH	
National Motor Museum
Revitalising Britain's first major exhibition of motoring history	
60,000	
2007-08	
SE	
National Museum of Science and Industry  (NMSI South Kensington)
James Watt's Workshop	
190,000	
2009-10	
LON	
National Portrait Gallery
The Landing Project: transforming display and access	
122,000	
2007-08	
LON	
National Railway Museum (NMSI)
Hands on History: access to the hidden collections	
110,000	
2006-07	
YH	
National Tramway Museum
Moving the Masses: Great Exhibition Hall	
150,000	
2008-09	
EM	
National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port
Boats on Show	
40,000	
2006-07	
NW	
National Waterways Museum, Gloucester
New Temporary Exhibition Gallery	
20,000	
2008-09	
SW	
Natural History Museum (London)
Renovation and improvement of the permanent Mineral Gallery	
150,000	
2006-07	
LON	
Natural History Museum (London) Art and Illustration Gallery	
300,000	
2009-10	
LON	
Natural History Museum (Tring)
Redevelopment of amphibian, reptile, marsupial and domestic dogs displays	
87,000	
2007-08	
E	
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery (Leicester City Museum Service)
Prehistorica	
145,000	
2007-08	
EM	
Norfolk Rural Life Museum (Norfolk Museums Service)
Access to archaeology and social history collections	
100,000	
2004-05	
E	
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norfolk Museums Service)
Collectors and Curators: reinterpreting  the natural history collections	
60,000	
2007-08	
E	
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery (Norfolk Museums Service)
Law Makers and Law Breakers	
70,000	
2008-09	
E	
Oriental Museum (University of Durham)
Golden Jubilee Refurbishment	
50,000	
2009-10	
NE	
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Refurbishment and redisplay of the Great Court and Arcades	
165,000	
2002-03	
SE	
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Gallery refurbishment and installation of new thematic insect and plant displays	
50,000	
2005-06	
SE	
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
New bird, mammal and gemstone display	
75,000	
2006-07	
SE	
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Geology of the Oxford region	
55,000	
2007-08	
SE	

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Oxford University Museum of Natural History
New displays on evolution, natural history and British birds	
100,000	
2009-10	
SE	
People’s History  Museum
New Temporary Exhibition and Community Galleries	
60,000	
2007-08	
NW	
People’s History  Museum
Enhanced display system	
120,000	
2009-10	
NW	
Percival David Foundation of Chinese Art (University of London)
Improvements to visitor reception	
3,000	
2003-04	
LON	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Making Good the Museum: enhancing access	
100,000	
2002-03	
SE	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Gallery cases	
36,800	
2004-05	
SE	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Making Good the Museum II: new display cases, orientation  panels and seating	
70,125	
2005-06	
SE	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Beware, you are entering the climate of foreign logic:
communications, orientation and way-finding solutions	

30,000	

2006-07	

SE	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Showcasing the Pitt Rivers: new Museum  entrance	
128,000	
2007-08	
SE	
Pitt Rivers Museum (University of Oxford)
Lighting the Way: enhancing the collections’ visibility	
50,000	
2009-10	
SE	
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
Environmental and display improvements	
120,000	
2006-07	
SW	
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent Museum Service)
Gateways to China Project – broadening access	
112,000	
2005-06	
WM	
Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Stoke-on-Trent Museum Service)
Access and ambience: improvements  to access, environmental control and public spaces	
100,000	
2006-07	
WM	
Roman Baths Museum (Bath & NE Somerset Heritage Services)
Temple Precinct Project	
100,000	
2004-05	
SW	
Roman Baths Museum (Bath & NE Somerset Heritage Services)
Inner Terrace display	
90,000	
2008-09	
SW	
Roman Baths Museum (Bath & NE Somerset Heritage Services)
Interpretation  and access	
80,000	
2009-10	
SW	
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery)
Development Project 1	
100,000	
2006-07	
SW	
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery)
Development Project 2	
50,000	
2007-08	
SW	
Royal Albert Memorial Museum (Exeter City Museums & Art Gallery)
Development Project 3	
200,000	
2009-10	
SW	
Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
Orienteur at Fort Nelson	
150,000	
2008-09	
SE	
Royal Armouries, Fort Nelson
Social History Galleries	
87,000	
2009-10	
SE	

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Royal Armouries, Leeds
Hands on History Project	
142,890	
2005-06	
YH	
Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham
Access and orientation	
20,000	
2005-06	
SE	
Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham
Model Bridging Gallery Project	
33,400	
2007-08	
SE	
Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham
Museum, library and archive transformation  Project	
75,000	
2008-09	
SE	
Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham
Early Engineering Gallery Project	
20,000	
2009-10	
SE	
Salisbury & South Wiltshire Museum
Improving access to the Costume Galleries	
14,100	
2004-05	
SW	
Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences (University of Cambridge) Sedgwick Museum gallery redevelopment (Darwin Project)	
28,000	
2007-08	
E	
Segedunum Roman Forts and Baths (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Redevelopment of third floor galleries	
100,000	
2009-10	
NE	
Shipley Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Designs for Life	
145,000	
2005-06	
NE	
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Lighting improvements	
350,000	
2002-03	
LON	
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Study Centre	
50,000	
2005-06	
LON	
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Re-opening the Tivoli Recess	
100,000	
2006-07	
LON	
Sir John Soane’s Museum
Soane's Ante-Room restoration	
100,000	
2009-10	
LON	
South Shields Museum & Art Gallery (Tyne & Wear Museums)
Changing faces: a new visitor experience	
80,000	
2006-07	
NE	
Southampton City Art Gallery (Southampton Council)
Improvements to environmental controls	
81,800	
2004-05	
SE	
Stockwood Museum (Luton Museum Service)
Redisplay of Stockwood Museum Stable Block	
100,000	
2005-06	
E	
Stockwood Museum (Luton Museum Service)
Mossman Gallery redisplay	
100,000	
2006-07	
E	
Strangers’ Hall (Norfolk  Museums Service)
Mayors and Magnates: bringing the 17th century alive	
30,894	
2005-06	
E	
Sudley House (National Museums Liverpool)
Sudley House	
187,000	
2004-05	
NW	
Tank Museum, Bovington
At Close Quarters: the Discovery Centre	
100,000	
2007-08	
SW	
Tank Museum, Bovington
At Close Quarters: the Tank Story	
200,000	
2008-09	
SW	
Tate Britain
Sculpture Gallery update	
350,000	
2002-03	
LON	

Organisation Name
Project	Award	Year	Region

Tate St Ives
Sun screening and lighting controls	185,000	2004-05	SW

Tate St Ives
Welcome to Tate St Ives	100,000	2008-09	SW

Temple Newsam (Leeds Museums & Galleries)
Building on success: Sir John Ramsden’s Dressing Room	72,000	2007-08	YH

Thwaite  Mills (Leeds Museums & Galleries)
Warehouse and Drying Shed Renovation and Development Project 	80,000	2009-10	YH

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Carlisle Lives Gallery	50,000	2006-07	NW

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Amati violin display and interpretation  project	8,300	2007-08	NW

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
Presenting the Pre-Raphaelites 	35,000	2009-10	NW

Victoria and Albert Museum (Museum of Childhood)
Creativity Gallery

Victoria and Albert Museum	155,000	2005-06	LON
Paintings Galleries	300,000	2002-03	LON
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sculpture Gallery	270,000	2003-04	LON
Victoria and Albert Museum
Robert H N Ho Family Foundation Gallery of Asian
Buddhist Scultpure	300,000	2007-08	LON
Victoria and Albert Museum
Factory Ceramics	250,000	2008-09	LON
Victoria and Albert Museum
Sculpture in Europe 1300-1600	240,000	2009-10	LON
Walker Art Gallery (National Museums Liverpool)
Disabled access and dedicated Children’s Gallery	200,000	2003-04	NW

Wallace Collection
Environmental controls	80,000	2003-04	LON

Wallace Collection
Grand Redesigns: restoring the first floor State 
Rooms – Phase 1	150,000	2006-07	LON

Wallace Collection
Grand Redesigns: restoring the first floor State 
Rooms – Phase 2	75,000	2007-08	LON

Wallace Collection
A Fitting Arrival	200,000	2008-09	LON

Wallace Collection
Venetian Vision	120,000	2009-10	LON

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester
Renewal of interpretative signs	9,326	2005-06	SE

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester
Vehicle and Implement Gallery	27,000	2007-08	SE

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester
New gallery for display on traditional building 
crafts and materials	65,000	2008-09	SE

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Chichester
Access Project	
175,000	
2009-10	
SE	
Wedgwood Museum
The new Wedgwood Museum	
100,000	
2004-05	
WM	
Wedgwood Museum
Improvements to environmental controls	
250,000	
2005-06	
WM	
Wedgwood Museum
New Wedgwood Museum: improvements to access, interpretation  and facilities	
40,000	
2006-07	
WM	
Wedgwood Museum
Enhancement and implementation of the Wedgwood Museum interpretation plan	
100,000	
2007-08	
WM	
Weston Park Museum (Museums Sheffield)
Access to Weston Park Museum	
150,000	
2004-05	
YH	
Weston Park Museum (Museums Sheffield)
What on Earth Gallery	
147,985	
2005-06	
YH	
Whipple Museum of the History of Science (University of Cambridge)
Whipple Gallery Improvement Project	
60,000	
2009-10	
E	
Whitworth Art Gallery (University of Manchester)
Textile Gallery redisplay and improvement of visitor welcome	
30,000	
2005-06	
NW	
Whitworth Art Gallery (University of Manchester)
Lasting Impressions	
90,000	
2006-07	
NW	
Whitworth Art Gallery (University of Manchester)
South Gallery refurbishment	
150,000	
2008-09	
NW	
Wilberforce House (Kingston-upon-Hull Museums)
Access and Development Project	
202,400	
2004-05	
YH	
Wilberforce House (Kingston-upon-Hull  Museums)
Public access to Hull's hidden treasures	
130,000	
2006-07	
YH	
Willis Museum (Hampshire County Council Museums & Archives Service)
Fit for the 21st Century	
50,000	
2007-08	
SE	
Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Museum  access improvements	
10,700	
2004-05	
SW	
Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Upgrade of Art Gallery and Lecture Hall	
24,550	
2005-06	
SW	
Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Visitor access improvements	
11,000	
2007-08	
SW	
Wiltshire Heritage Museum
Bronze Age Wiltshire at the time of Stonehenge	
150,000	
2009-10	
SW	
Wollaton Hall (Nottingham City Museums & Galleries)
Refurbishment and display	
220,000	
2005-06	
EM	
Wollaton Hall (Nottingham City Museums & Galleries)
Costume Collection Centre	
10,000	
2008-09	
EM	
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Collections  Resource Centre	
133,000	
2005-06	
WM	
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Access to works on paper in the Collections  Resource Centre	
30,000	
2008-09	
WM	

Organisation Name
Project	
Award	
Year	
Region	

Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Made in the Black Country	
33,000	
2009-10	
WM	
Wordsworth Trust
Upgrade of Museum and Library	
45,000	
2004-05	
NW	
World Museum Liverpool (National Museums Liverpool)
Refurbishment of the Egyptian Gallery	
300,000	
2006-07	
NW	
York Art Gallery (York Museums Trust)
The Burton Gallery	
145,000	
2009-10	
YH	
York Castle Museum (York Museums Trust)
Kirkgate improvements	
187,000	
2004-05	
YH	
York Castle Museum (York Museums Trust)
The 60s experience	
200,000	
2006-07	
YH	
York Castle Museum (York Museums Trust)
Accessing York's Museums	
30,000	
2007-08	
YH	
Yorkshire Museum (York Museums Trust) Marvel of Medieval York Gallery	
200,000	
2008-09	
YH	

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