ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS — grant history

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Latest income

£1.6m

Grants listed (FY2025)

Listed grants total

£725k

Accounts grants total

£727k

listed grants reconcile with the accounts totalextracted from its FY2025 accounts

Credited as a funder by

Charities that name this funder on their own websites (website claims, separate from the accounts-extracted grants below).

ROYSTON MUSEUM TRUST CIO “They have provided funding to enable our staff to become first aid trained, and their bursary enabled our Museum Directo”
COLDHARBOUR MILL TRUST LIMITED “AIM have funded many projects at Coldharbour Mill including our current collections care projects.”

What this funder supports

Based on the register classifications and operating areas of the grant recipients we could match to the charity register (a subset of all grantees).

Causes funded

Arts/culture/heritage/science (56 grantees)
Education/training (53 grantees)
Environment/conservation/heritage (41 grantees)
General Charitable Purposes (12 grantees)
Recreation (8 grantees)
Economic/community Development/employment (6 grantees)
Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency (4 grantees)
Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity (2 grantees)
Animals (1 grantee)
Accommodation/housing (1 grantee)

Where grantees operate

Throughout England And Wales (9 grantees)
West Sussex (4 grantees)
Hampshire (4 grantees)
Devon (4 grantees)
Essex (3 grantees)
Richmond Upon Thames (3 grantees)
Throughout England (3 grantees)
East Sussex (2 grantees)
Gloucestershire (2 grantees)
Cumbria (2 grantees)

What changed: FY2024 → FY2025

Grantees that appear, disappear or move by 50%+ between the two most recent filings we have read. A grantee “dropped” may simply have received a multi-year grant earlier.

Change	Grantee	FY2024	FY2025
new	THE BOWES MUSEUM	—	£55k
new	Doncaster	—	£53k
new	SUNDERLAND CULTURE LIMITED	—	£48k
new	Wolverhampton Arts and Culture	—	£44k
new	Ushaw Historic House, Chapel, and Gardens	—	£41k
new	Signal Media	—	£40k
new	Peckover House and Gardens NT	—	£40k
new	The Powell-Cotton Trust	—	£38k
not listed	Connected Communities	£330k	—
not listed	New Stories New Audiences Round 3	£190k	—
not listed	Pilgrim Trust Conservation Grants (Collections Care Audit, Collections Care and Remedial Conservation)	£119k	—
not listed	Wales ReCollections	£38k	—
not listed	NSNA Uplift Grants R3.5	£33k	—
not listed	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Grants	£29k	—
not listed	AIM Training Grants	£15k	—

Grants made, per its accounts filings

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Recipient	Year	Amount	Purpose
Bowes Museum	FY2025	£55k	Connected Communities Round 3
Doncaster	FY2025	£53k	Connected Communities Round 3
Sunderland Culture	FY2025	£48k	Connected Communities Round 3
Wolverhampton Arts and Culture	FY2025	£44k	Connected Communities Round 3
Ushaw Historic House, Chapel, and Gardens	FY2025	£41k	Connected Communities Round 3
Signal Media	FY2025	£40k	Connected Communities Round 3
Peckover House and Gardens NT	FY2025	£40k	Connected Communities Round 3
Powell Cotton Trust	FY2025	£38k	Connected Communities Round 3
Gawthorpe Textiles Collection	FY2025	£30k	Connected Communities Round 3
The Jazz Centre	FY2025	£20k	Museum Fundamentals
Wycombe Museum	FY2025	£19k	Museum Fundamentals
Museum of the Order of St John	FY2025	£19k	Museum Fundamentals
Torquay Museum	FY2025	£18k	Museum Fundamentals
Museum of Cornish Life	FY2025	£15k	Museum Fundamentals
Dacorum Heritage	FY2025	£15k	Museum Fundamentals
The Long Shop Museum	FY2025	£14k	Museum Fundamentals
Edinburgh Printmakers	FY2025	£13k	Museum Fundamentals
Museum of Army Music	FY2025	£11k	Museum Fundamentals
Britten Pears Arts Museum	FY2025	£11k	Museum Fundamentals
Elgin Museum/the Moray Society	FY2025	£11k	Museum Fundamentals
The Green Howards Museum	FY2025	£10k	Museum Fundamentals
Cyfarthfa Castle	FY2025	£10k	Museum Fundamentals
Congleton Museum	FY2025	£10k	Museum Fundamentals
Brora Museum	FY2025	£9k	Museum Fundamentals
Dr Jenners House	FY2025	£9k	Museum Fundamentals
Eskdale Mill	FY2025	£8k	Museum Fundamentals
Stanley Spencer Gallery	FY2025	£8k	Museum Fundamentals
Avoncroft Museum	FY2025	£8k	Museum Fundamentals
Oriel Mon	FY2025	£4k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Greenfield Valley Museum	FY2025	£4k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Firing Line Museum of the Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh	FY2025	£4k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Amgueddfa Torfaen Museum	FY2025	£4k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Museum of Policing in Devon & Cornwall	FY2025	£4k	Museum Fundamentals
Hay Castle Trust	FY2025	£4k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Chawton House	FY2025	£3k	Museum Fundamentals
Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway Preservation Co. Ltd	FY2025	£3k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Glasgow Print Studio	FY2025	£3k	Museum Fundamentals
The Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum	FY2025	£3k	Museum Fundamentals
Corinium Museum	FY2025	£3k	Museum Fundamentals
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery	FY2025	£3k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Pembroke Dock Heritage Centre	FY2025	£3k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Museum of Cardiff	FY2025	£3k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
The Judges’s Lodging	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Menai Bridge Community Heritage Trust	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Museum of Welsh Cricket	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Llandudno Museum	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Nantgarw China Works Museum	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Pontypridd Museum	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Llandovery Heritage CIO	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Mold and Buckley Museum & Library	FY2025	£2k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Internal Fire Museum of Power	FY2025	£1k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Torfaen Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Tewkesbury Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Hertford Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
The Whithorn Trust	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Walthamstow Pumphouse	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Headstone Manor	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Charles Burrell Museum, Thetford	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Crewe Heritage Trust	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Kent Mining Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Hundred Heroines	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Maryport Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Deaf History Archive Scotland	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
RAF Snaith Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Moor Pool Heritage Trust	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Anaesthesia Heritage Centre	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Emery Walker Trust	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
City of Norwich Aviation Museum	FY2025	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit
Museum of Land Speed	FY2025	£1k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Parc Howard	FY2025	£1k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Carmarthenshire Museums	FY2025	£1k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Dylan Thomas Boathouse	FY2025	£1k	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Soldiers of Shropshire	FY2025	£904	Museum Fundamentals
CC4 Museum of Welsh Cricket	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
West Highland Museum	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
Crich National Tramway Museum	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
Carisbrooke Castle Museum	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
Army Flying Museum	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
Cromarty Courthouse Museum	FY2025	£350	AIM Training Grants
Brighton Toy and Model Museum	FY2025	£275	AIM Training Grants
Florence Nightingale Museum	FY2025	£265	AIM Training Grants
The Mixed Museum	FY2025	£220	AIM Training Grants
Royal Anglican Regimental Museum	FY2025	£220	AIM Training Grants
REME	FY2025	£220	AIM Training Grants
Stourbridge Glass Museum (Volunteer Place)	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Wycombe Museum	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Freelancer, Curator at Large	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Royston Museum	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Arnos Vale Cemetery	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Chiltern Open Air Museum	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
David Parr House	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Holst Victorian House	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Bow Street Museum of Crime & Justice	FY2025	£175	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Trowbridge Museum	FY2025	£165	AIM National Conference Bursaries
The Weald & Downland Living Museum	FY2025	£160	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Cowdray Heritage Trust	FY2025	£10	AIM National Conference Bursaries
Knighton Museum & Gallery Trust	FY2025	£0	Wales Contactless Donation Box Grant
Connected Communities	FY2024	£330k	Grants to projects seeking to improve community connections through volunteering and reducing loneliness.
New Stories New Audiences Round 3	FY2024	£190k	Grants to member museums to increase and widen audiences and widen participation.
Pilgrim Trust Conservation Grants (Collections Care Audit, Collections Care and Remedial Conservation)	FY2024	£119k	Grants to member museums for collections care audits, care improvements, and remedial conservation.
Wales ReCollections	FY2024	£38k	Grants to support museums in Wales with inclusivity projects funded by the Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan.
NSNA Uplift Grants R3.5	FY2024	£33k	Legacy uplift grants for previously funded New Stories New Audiences projects.
AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Grants	FY2024	£29k	Grants to museums with decorative and fine art collections to recover from pandemic effects.
AIM Training Grants	FY2024	£15k	Grants to support member organisations' training needs, including conference bursaries.
Wolverhampton Arts & Culture	FY2023	£94k	Connected Communities
Conwy Culture Centre	FY2023	£94k	Grants awarded in Wales (Re:Collections)
Peckover House & Gardens	FY2023	£81k	Connected Communities
Y Gaer Museum, Art Gallery & Library, Powys	FY2023	£57k	Grants awarded in Wales (Re:Collections)
Powell Cotton Trust	FY2023	£57k	Connected Communities
Ceredigion Museum	FY2023	£54k	Grants awarded in Wales (Re:Collections)
Bowes Museum	FY2023	£54k	Connected Communities
Barnsley Museums & Heritage Doncaster	FY2023	£50k	Connected Communities
Museum of Royal Worcester	FY2023	£15k	New Stories New Audiences
Royal Engineers Museum	FY2023	£15k	New Stories New Audiences
St George’s Hospital Medical School	FY2023	£15k	New Stories New Audiences
The Mixed Museum	FY2023	£15k	New Stories New Audiences
Wiltshire Museum	FY2023	£14k	New Stories New Audiences
Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum of Primitive Methodism	FY2023	£14k	New Stories New Audiences
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation	FY2023	£12k	New Stories New Audiences
Ledbury Places – The Heritage Centre	FY2023	£12k	New Stories New Audiences
Hundred Heroines	FY2023	£11k	New Stories New Audiences
Turner’s House Trust	FY2023	£10k	New Stories New Audiences
The Scottish Crannog Centre	FY2023	£10k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Stromness Museum (Orkney Natural History Society Museum)	FY2023	£10k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
The Whithorn Trust, Scotland	FY2023	£10k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Foxfield Light Railway Society	FY2023	£10k	New Stories New Audiences
Groundwork South and North Tyneside	FY2023	£9k	New Stories New Audiences
Teign Heritage	FY2023	£9k	New Stories New Audiences
Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Southwest	FY2023	£8k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Spring 2023
The Keep Military Museum, Dorchester	FY2023	£8k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Malton Museum	FY2023	£8k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Museum in the Park, Gloucestershire	FY2023	£8k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Ushaw Historic House and Gardens	FY2023	£8k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Bawdsey Radar Trust	FY2023	£7k	New Stories New Audiences
Totnes Museum	FY2023	£6k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Wales	FY2023	£6k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Spring 2023
The StainedGlass Museum, Cambridgeshire	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Spring 2023
The Apsley Paper Trail/ Frogmore Paper Mill	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Cowper & Newton Museum	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Radstock Museum	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Scotland	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Braintree District Museum Trust	FY2023	£5k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Comunn Eachdraidh Nis	FY2023	£5k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Letchworth	FY2023	£5k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Groam House Museum, London	FY2023	£4k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Dulwich Picture Gallery	FY2023	£4k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
The Armitt Library and Museum Centre	FY2023	£4k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
The Old Operating Theatre, London	FY2023	£4k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Elizabeth Gaskells House	FY2023	£4k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Epping Forest District Museum, London	FY2023	£3k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Nantgarw China Works Museum	FY2023	£3k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Museum of East Asian Art, Bath	FY2023	£3k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Frogmore Paper Mill	FY2023	£3k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery	FY2023	£3k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Thames Valley Omnibus Trust	FY2023	£2k	AIM Arts Scholars Brighter Day Round 2 Grants
Salcombe Maritime Museum, Devon	FY2023	£2k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Spring 2023
St Ives Museum, Cornwall, Southwest	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust, Berkshire, Southeast and Devon, Southwest	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Sidney Sime Gallery, Surrey, Southeast	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
The Royal Irish Regiment Museum, Northern Ireland	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Hospital of William Browne, Lincolnshire	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
West Highland Museum, Scotland	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Three Rivers Museum, Hertfordshire	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
King Edward Mine Museum, Cornwall, Southwest	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Caerphilly Winding House Museum Trust, Wales	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Brixham, Devon	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Museum of Human Diseases, London	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Brunel Museum, London	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
David Parr House, Cambridgeshire	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
REME, Wiltshire	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Send & Ripley Historical Society, Surrey	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Clyne Heritage Society, Scotland	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Dunkeld Archives, Chapter House Museum	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Remedial Conservation Grants Awarded Autumn 2023
Woodhall	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Stamford Town Council, Lincolnshire	FY2023	£1k	Pilgrim Trust Collection Care Audit Grants Awarded Spring 2023
Welshpool & Llanfail Railway	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
City of Norwich Aviation Museum Limited	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Stourbridge Glass Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Trimontium Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Keswick Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
West Highland Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
The Keep Military Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Yorkshire Museum of Farming	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Petersfield Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Elizabeth Gaskells House	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Pilsudski Institute of London	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Court Barn – A Museum of Craft & Design	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Maid of the Loch	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
We are the Minories	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
David Parr House	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Holst Victorian House	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Tring Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Biggin Hill Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Grampian Transport Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
The Peace Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Insurance Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Peoples History Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Coldharbour Mill Trust	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Creswell Crags Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Beth Shalom Ltd	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Brunel Museum	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
The Sussex Yeomanry Museum Trust	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
MV Balmoral	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Transport Museum Wythall	FY2023	£300	AIM Training Grants
Foundling Museum	FY2023	£288	AIM Training Grants
Jacobite Heritage Museum	FY2023	£250	AIM Training Grants
Crich Tramway Village	FY2023	£190	AIM Training Grants
Glenesk Folk Museum	FY2023	£150	AIM Training Grants
Army Flying Museum	FY2023	£118	AIM Training Grants
Eskdale Mill	FY2023	£108	AIM Training Grants
The Centre for Computing History	FY2023	£91	AIM Training Grants
Frogmore Paper Mill	FY2023	£60	AIM Training Grants
Museum of Royal Worcester	FY2022	£15k	‘Taste, touch and smell’: exploring Worcester porcelain’s food and drink stories through sensory experiences including workshops, performances, field trips and the website.
Royal Engineers Museum	FY2022	£15k	Celebrating 75th Anniversary of the Queen’s Gurkha Engineers’ by increasing content, material, and the relationship with the local Nepali community through workshops with the QGR.
St George’s Hospital Medical School	FY2022	£15k	‘Deadly Diseases’: themed workshops, co-run with local artists Meet & Make, for local community groups in Tooting, to encourage its rich and diverse communities to engage with our collections and shared heritage.
The Mixed Museum	FY2022	£15k	‘Sussed Black Woman’ Targeting 13-18 years by co-establishing a digital resource for TMM – a digital museum archiving the history of racial mixing in Britain – that shares Manchester’s history of racial mixing through a focus on SuAndi’s (poet / artist) life and creative work.
Wiltshire Museum	FY2022	£14k	‘Lest we Forget: Black People’s Contribution to the World Wars in Wiltshire.’ Working with local race equality council and the army to tell stories of the black community’s experiences in WW1, WW2 and after through oral testimony, creative projects and an exhibition.
Englesea Brook Chapel & Museum of Primitive Methodism	FY2022	£14k	‘Root & Branch’ A travelling exhibition beginning at Englesea and covering the other three Methodist Heritage sites (London, Bristol, and Epworth, Lincs), as well as universities, faith settings such as mosques, gurdwaras and other places of worship, and the NAPO annual conference.
Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation	FY2022	£12k	Forging a Family’ Caribbean Harmony in Letchworth. Addressing a collection gap which overlooks the representation of global majority communities within Letchworth - particularly Caribbean - with permanent online resources, including for local schools.
Ledbury Places – The Heritage Centre	FY2022	£12k	‘Ledbury Education Through Time’ Linking existing displays and artifacts covering education from the 17th to 19th centuries with experiences of local older residents and current school children through filmed interviews.
Hundred Heroines, Gloucestershire	FY2022	£11k	‘Dorothy Wilding: Gloucester Pioneer’ Exhibition of Dorothy Wilding’s work and legacy, including a series of podcasts and creative workshops, marking 130 years since her birth in Gloucester
Turner’s House Trust	FY2022	£10k	‘Tales and Travels’ Capturing and sharing memories and experiences of the travels of JMW Turner. Working with local refugee centres and residents to share stories, improve wellbeing and bring them closer together.
The American Museum in Bath	FY2022	£10k	Increasing the diversity of stories and histories we tell to create a more comprehensive history of America. Creating a more inclusive experience in our American Heritage galleries to include a diverse range of voices and provide a more comprehensive offer.
Ditchling Museum	FY2022	£10k	We are Here. Making visible hidden narratives in our collection and content and building knowledge and skills in the whole museum community, improving visitor welcome and audience diversity.
Aerospace Bristol	FY2022	£10k	From grounded to take-off! Launching Aerospace Bristol’s Equality Action Plan. Working with consultants over 7 days, Aerospace Bristol will identify key EDI improvements and create and launch an Equality Action Plan. The project includes 7 half day training sessions (5 in person and 2 virtual) for workforce training for staff, trustees, and volunteers. The project’s goal is to support the museum to diversify its Board, workforce, and future programming through the creation of a People Plan that will embed EDI throughout the organisation.
Barnsley (Cannon Hall Museum)	FY2022	£10k	Restoration of the 17th Century Mortlake Tapestry, The Judgement of Paris. The tapestry has hung in the ballroom at Cannon Hall, a Georgian mansion since it arrived as part of a bequest in the 1950s. It was the first object that was catalogued as part of the collection. The cost to restore the tapestry, which is 300cm x 459cm, is just shy of £25,000 pounds. £15,000 pounds of the overall cost of the conservation has been raised and the museum are seeking £10,000 to match the funds secured and enable the tapestry to be conserved. Once conserved the museum would like to rehang it in the ballroom where is can be viewed once again.
Foxfield Light Railway Society	FY2022	£10k	‘Going Underground: Hidden Lives at the Pit’. To create displays and handling collection exploring the roles of women, children and animals in the colliery. Will create AV tech content for use on site and resource pack.
Jewish Museum, London	FY2022	£9k	Collecting Inclusive Stories Tour. A joint year-long programme between the learning and collections team to tour 20 sites across the UK to collect missing narratives from our collection. The 400 images collected will be accessioned and an online exhibition created.
Jarrold Hall (Groundwork South and North Tyneside)	FY2022	£9k	‘Climate Emergency Project’ Sessions (incl. carbon literacy) for young people focussed around the climate emergency to develop blogs, social media content and a digital exhibition hosted on the Jarrow Hall website, also making use of a temporary exhibition space to project images and content.
National Paralympic Heritage Centre	FY2022	£9k	In Our, the first Voice. The history of the Paralympics through the stories and voices of those who made it happen and fought for their equal rights as people with disabilities. The oral testimony collected will be used to augment the displays and provide first person interpretation at the centre.
Teign Heritage	FY2022	£9k	‘Tackling the Heritage Gap’ Looking to appeal to 18-30 year olds by partnering with Teignmouth Rugby Football Club to trace the origins of their sport from earliest times to the present day using artefacts and memorabilia on loan from the club, original research and a digitised record of the final result.
The Scottish Crannog Centre	FY2022	£8k	A Collections Management Plan for Early/Iron Age wet finds: AOC Archaeology Group has been asked to provide costs for the assessment of the wet find’s assemblage from the excavations at Oakbank Crannog, Loch Tay. Over 600 plastic bags and assorted containers with varying quantities and types of material were recovered. After so long in storage, up to 40 years, an assessment of the assemblage is required to establish their importance, usability and following a set methodology to process the finds accordingly.
The Gordon Russell Design Museum	FY2022	£8k	Design Stories
Berkhamsted Local History & Museum Society	FY2022	£7k	Refreshing Royston Museum’s Archaeology Displays
Bawdsey Radar Trust	FY2022	£7k	‘Bawdsey Radar Connections’ Creating a unique national collection of stories and details of some of the many thousands who worked, trained or served at RAF Bawdsey 1936 to 1991, including online and f-2-f community events.
Museum of Water and Steam	FY2022	£7k	Steam Clean: Addressing the Pandemic Backlog. A project that seeks to put in place the structure, equipment and training required for the volunteers and staff to ensure that the collections are cared for to recognised standards. The museum has established links with an ACR Conservator who would work with the museum over 6 days to train the team in all aspects of collections care.
Dean Heritage Centre	FY2022	£7k	Care Improvements. The museum is seeking funding for a targeted collections audit with a conservator, the purchase of collection care equipment and training costs.
Claymills Pumping Engine Trust	FY2022	£7k	Restoration and Conservation of the Pipe Drug. Claymills is a Victorian (1885) pumping station that was restored by a volunteer team who took over the derelict site in 1993. They recently received funding from the Pilgrim Trust to build a new display area and workshop, so now have the space to display the unique pipe drug inside. The project to restore it would be supervised by the conservator George Monger.
Spalding Gentleman’s Society	FY2022	£6k	Fairfax House, an early home to SGS, Spalding’s lost gem. The society was founded in 1710 and have in their collection a painting of the house where they were once based. The painting was produced by a local artist T Albin in 1872 and is painted in enamel and oil paint on a substrate of paper over rough canvas. The paint layer is coming away due to the newspaper layer beneath the paint, and they have sought advice from a conservator as to the costs of stabilising the picture, so that it can continue to be displayed at the museum.
Bassetlaw Museum	FY2022	£6k	Textile Care and Conservation Restart
Bentley Priory Museum	FY2022	£6k	Protecting ‘The Few’: This project addresses the need to reduce light levels in two key exhibition spaces. Sun-x have supplied a quote for bespoke blinds that will suit the historic interior and help reduce the lux and UV levels. The extra benefit of the project will be the reduction in solar gain, meaning the museum can reduce the need for costly air conditioning to cool exhibition spaces during warmer months.
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum	FY2022	£6k	Conservation improvements to the exhibition cases and storerooms. Funding is sought for basic preventive conservation monitoring equipment and packaging supplies so they can act upon the recommendations of their recent audit.
The Novium Museum Chichester	FY2022	£6k	Condition Assessments and Conservation of Archaeological Metalwork
Macclesfield Museum	FY2022	£5k	Silk and Sight Loss - Revealing Past, Present and Future Perspectives. The project, working with East Cheshire Eye Society, will provide accessible trails and activities. Integral to the project’s success is training for everyone which will embed the new way of working with staff, trustees, and volunteers.
Anaesthetists Heritage Centre	FY2022	£5k	Beyond the can: Bringing film back to life. Professional conservation advice is required to audit the 16 and 18mm film collection. The storage recommendations will then be acted upon and the films at risk, digitised.
Armagh Robinson Gallery	FY2022	£5k	Print Conservation and Framing Conserving 33 treasures from the Rokeby collection of prints. The print collection includes rare examples and once conserved they can be used in a scheduled temporary exhibition.
Glencoe Folk Museum	FY2022	£5k	Conservation of the coffin boat, a popular exhibit and one of 3 survivors. The boat dates to the late 19th/ early 20th century and helps tell the story of the Highland tradition of clan burials. The conservation of the boat is a high priority in the museum’s conservation plan.
Gunnersbury Park Museum	FY2022	£5k	Textile Conservation The museum is seeking funding to conserve and mount a silk wedding dress. Once conserved it would then be displayed for up to 4 years as part of the museums ‘Arrivals’ exhibition.
Castle Bromwich Hall and Gardens Trust	FY2022	£5k	Out of the Cupboard
The Saltaire Collection at Shipley College	FY2022	£5k	Saltaire Collection: Refreshed and Reopening
The Peace Museum	FY2022	£4k	Protecting the Peace Museum’s Collection for the Future: The buildings that currently house the collection are no longer fit for purpose and the collection is moving to Salt’s Mill in Saltaire. To make sure that the move runs smoothly the museum commissioned an audit by an ACR conservator to outline recommendations required to house the collections properly in the new facilities. The application contains the costs for upgrading the storage and packaging and purchasing suitable equipment to facilitate the move.
Museum of Leathercraft	FY2022	£4k	Consolidation of 16 gilt leather panels. The leather panels are rare and the treatment of them will help inform leather conservation in the future.
Coldharbour Mill	FY2022	£4k	Sample Book Conservation: Following an AIM Pilgrim Trust funded audit in 2017, a rare collection of 100 textile sample books were prioritised for treatment and display. The museum has sought expert conservation advice and are seeking funds to enable the most important/damaged books to be professionally conserved, and to clean and pack the remaining part of the collection using volunteer support under the guidance of the conservators.
Museum of East Dorset	FY2022	£4k	Improved Environmental Monitoring System: The Museum of East Dorset are seeking funding to update their environmental monitoring system and introduce air purifiers to the stores. The Wi-Fi system selected, consisting of 32 loggers, will provide live data which can be used to manage environmental fluctuations and heating in the grade II listed building. The new system has been recommended by their conservation development officer.
Chiddingstone Castle	FY2022	£3k	Conservation of Charles I Leather Bottle. The bottle is a rare and potentially unique survival modelled as Charles I. The bottle is in desperate need of conservation treatment. The leather is actively deteriorating and requires cleaning, stabilisation, repair, and consolidation. Once conservered the bottle would be available for research and display.
Crofton Beams (KACT)	FY2022	£3k	Conservation training and equipment for Crofton Beam Engines. Following a recent PT funded audit, the organisation has devised a project that will enable them to act upon the recommendations.
Royston & District Museum and Art Gallery	FY2022	£3k	Public Learning from Berkhamsted Treasures
Ravenglass Railway Museum	FY2022	£3k	Increasing capacity and raising collections care standards at Ravenglass Railway Museum: This project involves purchasing materials, equipment and racking and impacts 35% of the collections.
Bakewell Old House Museum	FY2022	£3k	Understanding our Environment. Purchase of environmental monitoring equipment to enable the museum to improve collections management.
Suffolk Regimental Museum	FY2022	£3k	Environmental Monitoring and Object Storage Improvement: This revised application focuses on the recommendations of George Monger who conducted an audit at the museum, reference PTCCA_075. They have combined the need for improved environmental monitoring with the need to upgrade the storage of the collections in the project they are seeking funding for. The museum has been working with their local MDO network and textile advisory group who will continue to support the staff and volunteers through their project.
Louth Museum	FY2022	£3k	Security and Sustainability (Doors) Project
RAF Air Defence Radar Museum	FY2022	£2k	Library and Display Storage
Quaker Tapestry Museum	FY2022	£2k	The museum has completed an inventory of their collection and identified deterioration amongst the textiles. They have identified silk shattering and are other issues and are seeking an audit with a conservator to support the next steps of their conservation journey. They are due to update their conservation plan and renew their accreditation status. The recommendations of a conservator will help support these activities and guide them in their decision making when choosing objects for display and conservation.
Biggar Museum Trust	FY2022	£2k	Hanwell Monitoring Equipment Upgrade: Biggar Museum have applied for funding to upgrade their monitoring equipment. They require just over £2 thousand pounds to purchase the hardware. The new equipment will enable them to continue to look after the collections appropriately, meet loan standards and Government Indemnity standards.
The StainedGlass Museum	FY2022	£2k	Collection Care Audit for a Medium Sized Museum. The museum is based at Ely Cathedral and the staff are working towards getting the collection designated. They are seeking funding to cover the costs of a 4-day audit, 3 days onsite, with their chosen conservator. The report findings will inform their conservation planning and loan agreements with national museums.
Heugh Battery Museum	FY2022	£2k	Heugh Battery are seeking a collections audit to help them prioritise how their collections are used and guidance on reviewing/using their collection and disposals policy. Their coastal location means that the artefacts are actively deteriorating and so they have already commissioned the conservator George Monger to review the external vehicle collections. They are now seeking assistance to review the remaining 80% of the collection on display and in store.
Spode Museum Trust	FY2022	£2k	Creating a long-term strategy for the conservation, storage, cataloguing and display of the Spode copper plate archive - AUDIT
Cumbria’s Museum of Military Life	FY2022	£1k	The museum is seeking funding to pay for an audit that looks at the entire collection. The team have clear goals to use the audit outcomes to inform a revision of their collections care plan which is being reviewed as part of the accreditation process.
Devil’s Porridge Museum	FY2022	£1k	Devil’s Porridge Museum is seeking a general audit of 100% of the collection that will be used to inform their conservation plan and help them programme collection care improvements and remedial conservation priorities.
The Gordon Russell Design Museum	FY2022	£1k	The museum was founded in 2008 and is housed in a Grade II listed building. They are working towards accreditation and are seeking an audit from a furniture specialist so that the recommendations can help shape their collections care and conservation policies. They are aware that due to climate change and the fluctuations in their building that they need to address how best to care for the archive and collections in the future.
Museum of Richmond	FY2022	£1k	The museum is seeking an audit of the full collection, 5,000 objects, to help them with their strategic conservation planning. The last conservator led audit funded by MLA London, took place in 2007, and many of the recommendations in the report were implemented. The opportunity to work with a conservator to review how the collections have fared since the last audit and the impact of the measures that were put in place, will help inform their planning and accreditation review in 2023.
Woodhall	FY2022	£1k	Woodhall is a small organisation run by enthusiastic volunteers who are dedicated to caring for the collections in the best possible way. They have been working on transferring collections from inappropriate storage and discovered an exciting photographic archive with connections to the Wield Family. They are seeking funding to support working with a conservator, who can help them review their collection policy as part of a pending accreditation review. The audit requested has a focus on 3% of the collections.
The Keep, Dorchester	FY2022	£1k	The military museum is seeking professional conservation support to conduct an audit that focuses on the objects on display and in store, primarily made from, textiles, metal and wood. They have already worked on their archives and are seeking to complete the audit of the 76K items they hold through an audit of the remaining 75% of the collections. They haven’t received a professional audit before due to the costs involved.
Foxton Canal Museum	FY2022	£1k	The museum is applying for an independent audit of 60% of the collections in their care (50% objects and 10% documents/ photographs.) The Collections Keeper retired 7 years ago and remains a trustee at the museum. Without their full-time input, they have continued to volunteer one day a week, there has been limited preventive conservation cleaning or treating of objects. Help has been received from Leicestershire Museum service in the past with collections care. The staff acknowledge this weakness and seek support from a specialist conservator so they can direct their limited time and resources effectively.
British Schools Museum	FY2022	£1k	The two new curatorial staff members are seeking funding to audit 100% of the collection, so they can better understand its condition and focus conservation and display priorities at the museum. The museum is also working its way through the re-accreditation process and so the staff would like some external conservation expertise to help guide their forward plan and collections policies.
The Living Memory Association	FY2022	£1k	Updating the Collection Store in line with Accreditation Standards: The Wee Museum of Memory began as a reminiscence project in 1986. The museum has started on their accreditation journey, and having recently joined AIM (29/09/22), have applied for funding to improve collections care. A decision to fund an audit was made by the grant panel.
Cleveland Ironstone Museum	FY2022	£1k	The museum is nearing the end of a £1.7 million extension project. An audit will provide the opportunity to assess 70% of the collection as objects are returned from temporary storage and placed into the new purpose-built store. The audit will help identify and prioritise objects needing care, which will help the limited staff of four work efficiently alongside the new volunteers. The staff team are aware that problems have arisen while collections have been in temporary storage, and this has prompted them to seek expert help to identify objects at risk.
British Deaf History Society Museum	FY2022	£1k	Collections Care Upgrades: The museum closed and relocated from Warrington to Manchester in 2021. The volunteer team received support from a lottery funded curator and archivist during their move. Their local MD and Accreditation advisor have supported them and established links with the conservation department at Manchester Museum. The volunteers are now seeking funding to make collections care improvements and train their volunteer staff. A decision to fund an audit was made by the grant panel.
Saffron Walden Museum	FY2022	£1k	Saffron Walden Museum was founded in 1835 and houses a mixed natural history and local history collection. The collections are stored in crowded unsuitable conditions. The collections that are on display look tired and are due to be changed. The museum is requesting an audit to help inform them of the best steps to take to improve collections care at the museum. The recommendations can then be used to help shape any future applications for conservation and collections support.
MoDA Middlesex	FY2022	£1k	Designing a Resource Efficient Environment for the Museum Store (DREEMS): This is an exciting project that will have a wide impact across the sector. MoDA are seeking funding for environmental monitoring equipment to test the control measures in place for 100% of the collections. The collections involved are predominantly paper and textile based. They would like to test the efficacy of the buffering methods provided by the building, packing methods and roller racking when the heating is reduced. They believe that the impact of lowering energy usage will make the storage of collections more sustainable while maintaining optimal conditions for the collections. The project will be run by a conservator and has been devised with the support of leaders in the field from Cardiff University. The findings will be circulated widely and help others effectively understand and manage their own museum environment.
Army Flying Museum Ltd	FY2022	£1k	The Army Flying Museum is a medium sized museum and commissioned their own audit in 2017 as part of a larger project. The staff have been following the advice received and following a break due to covid, the archivist has discovered vinegar syndrome. They are seeking funding to pay for a specialist audit, so that they can understand the extent of the problem and deal with the issue safely.
Ushaw	FY2022	£1k	Ushaw have a small, dedicated team of part time staff. They have applied for an audit that will focus on their decorative art collections; church plate, ivory, wood, sculpture, ceramics, furniture and their Pugin archive. They have previously worked with Durham University to assess their textile and art collections and now seek professional conservation support to help inform their conservation policies and plans. Their application is timely, as they look to complete the process of accreditation this summer.
Deal Museum	FY2022	£980	Drying out the Museum - Deal are seeking funding to cover building maintenance (not eligible) and £980 for dehumidifiers.
Keswick Museum	FY2022	£965	Preparing for the Future: Stepping up Keswick Museum’s Collections Care. Purchase of an emergency response kit and tiny tag monitors.
Fairlynch Museum	FY2022	£906	Replacing boxes, allowing the organisation to pack safely a rare costume collection. Funds are sought to pay for Ryder boxes and acid free tissue to replace 60 boxes currently housing textiles.
Dalkeith Museum	FY2022	£900	Restoration of two Longcase Clocks. The small museum opened in 2016 and is staffed by active volunteers. The two clocks were made by local Dalkeith based makers in the 18th and 19th century and help demonstrate past industry in the town. The clocks are both stable but are not in working order and the museum have applied for funding to restore the mechanisms. Once restored the ticking of the clocks would provide atmosphere to the museum.
Penmaenmawr Museum	FY2022	£874	Book Conservation Penmaenmawr Museum are seeking funding to conserve two books that are very important to Penmaenmawr’ s history. Both books are in an unstable condition and the museum is not able to put them on display.
York Army Museum	FY2022	£540	The preservation of artefacts exhumed with the remains of two WW1 soldiers of the West Yorkshire Regiment killed in action in France in April 1918. The project’s aim is to preserve three objects currently on display in the York Army Museum permanent exhibition: a WW1 Brodie helmet, a water bottle and part of a WW1 rifle (part of muzzle and firing mechanism).
Nairn Museum	FY2022	£524	Object Conservation Nairn Museum are requesting funding to conserve three pieces of ephemera; a sign, a picture, and a calendar.
Brunel Museum	FY2022	£300	Funding to cover day 2 ticket, travel and accommodation to attend the MA conference.
Gurkha Museum Trust	FY2022	£300	Funding to cover the costs of 3 people attending the AMOT conference
Kings Own Scottish Borderers	FY2022	£300	Funding to attend the AMOT conference
Tullie House	FY2022	£300	Hazard Training for staff/volunteers
Museum of Timekeeping	FY2022	£300	Modes Training Support Costs
Grampian Transport Museum	FY2022	£300	Funding to attend the MA Conference
Arnos Valley Cemetery Trust	FY2022	£300	Funding to allow the Curator to attend a conference
Quaker Tapestry Museum	FY2022	£300	Funding for 2 Trustees to attend the AIM Trustee Induction Training
Royal Hampshire Regiment Museum	FY2022	£300	AIM conference expenses
Lustleigh Society Committee	FY2022	£300	Modes Training Support Costs
Tetbury Police Museum & Courtroom	FY2022	£300	Attendance of an MA training day (3 volunteers)
David Livingstone Birthplace Trust	FY2022	£300	AIM conference expenses
Knaresborough Town Museum	FY2022	£300	Attendance of AIM setting up a new museum workshop x2
The Highlander’s Museum	FY2022	£300	NAM Conference – Funding towards travel and accommodation costs
Cumbria’s’ Museum of Military Life	FY2022	£300	AIM conference expenses
The Devonshire and Dorset Military Museums (The Keep)	FY2022	£300	IOSH training course
Keswick Museum	FY2022	£300	Museum Association Conference 2022 (02/11 - 05/11)
Whitchurch Silk Mill	FY2022	£269	AIM conference expenses
Biggar Museum	FY2022	£269	AIM conference expenses
Victor Batte-Lay Foundation	FY2022	£269	AIM conference expenses
West Highland Museum	FY2022	£250	Security and First Aid Training
Chawton House	FY2022	£246	Travel expenses and 3 nights of accommodation - ‘Lincoln Unlocked’ 21-24 March 2022
Freelance Curator	FY2022	£235	AIM conference expenses
Armagh Robinson Library	FY2022	£222	SSN Conference course expenses
Stow Marie’s Great War Aerodrome Trust	FY2022	£216	Volunteer Staff Training
Kohima Museum	FY2022	£191	Funding for radiation training
Museum of the Royal Regiment of Scotland	FY2022	£189	Funding fortwo staff to attend the AMOT conference
Army Flying Museum	FY2022	£182	Travel expenses NAM Curators Course
Ilfracombe Museum	FY2022	£150	Attendance of the AIM fundraising course
Clyne Heritage Society	FY2022	£150	Funding to attend the AIM ‘Starting up a new museum’ course.
Foxfield Light Railway Society	FY2022	£150	Funding to attend the AIM ‘Starting up a new museum’ course.
Becconsall Lancashire Heritage (2108) CIC	FY2022	£150	Funding to attend the AIM ‘Starting up a new museum’ course.
Bellingham Heritage Centre	FY2022	£150	Funding to attend the AIM ‘Starting up a new museum’ course.
Museum of Bath Stone	FY2022	£150	Funding for 1 Trustee to attend the AIM Trustee Induction Training
SS Great Britain	FY2022	£150	Attendance of the AIM fundraising course
Army Flying Museum	FY2022	£76	Funding for travel and subsistence to attend a day course in London
Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum	FY2022	£50	Hallmarks Together Event in Oxford
West Highland Museum	FY2022	£48	SSN Conference course expenses

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