The fund for the Preservation of Industrial and Scientific Material (PRISM Fund) 2011-12 is now available for the acquisition and conservation of important objects within the fields of scientific and industrial heritage across England and Wales.
Museums, libraries, archives and preservation trusts entrusted with the care of our industrial and scientific heritage can apply for grants of between £500 and £12,000 from the £150,000 fund total.
The following new criteria has been included:
- · Organisations that have secured a grant via PRISM in the previous two financial years will not be give priority
- · Up to 50 per cent of in-kind contribution to a project can be provided in the form of volunteer labour.
Further information about the Fund and the application process can be found at (LINK) or email prism@mla.gov.uk.
Management of the PRISM Fund will transfer to Arts Council England during autumn 2011. Further details on this will be published in due course.
Notes:
1. The PRISM Fund covers England and Wales. A parallel fund for the purchase of objects relating to the arts, literature and history is administered by the Victoria and Albert Museum on behalf of MLA. Corresponding schemes are administered in Scotland and Northern Ireland by the National Museums of Scotland and the Northern Ireland Museums Council respectively.
2. The fund was established in 1973 in response to the growing public concern that technological change was resulting in the loss of much of Britain’s industrial heritage. Since 1973 PRISM has helped hundreds of non-national museums and preservation groups in England and Wales acquire or conserve thousands of objects of industrial or scientific importance.
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