The Department for Culture, Media & Sport/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund will allow institutions across England to increase access, improve displays and enhance public spaces.
Grants totalling £4 million have been awarded to improve displays and facilities at museums and galleries across England and will be used for renovation and improvement projects in 39 museums and galleries.
Successful grants include:
- Weald and Downland Museum in Chichester
£224,500 towards a project to reconstruct two significant but currently dismantled historic buildings dedicated to the production of food. The project will develop the museum’s educational programme and the accessibility of its collections - Bolton Library and Museum Service
£200,000 towards its First Impressions project that will transform the visitor experience in the 1939 Grade II Listed building by creating a new welcoming and engaging space in which their collections can be viewed - Leicester Arts and Museum Service
£145,000 to refurbish its Ancient Egyptian Gallery. The refurbished space in the upstairs gallery will house its Ancient Egyptian collection, one of the most significant in the country, and help increase family and school visitors - National Football Museum in Manchester
£102,156 to extend its main galleries and create two new exhibition spaces. The fund will allow the museum to put the Chris Unger History of Women’s Football Collection and its expanded football toys and games collection on public display for the first time.
The partnership between DCMS and Wolfson has now committed £44 million and funded 382 projects throughout England since the Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund was created in 2001.
