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The strand is now open for applications and will operate until at least the end of 2015.
We are delighted to be working with the Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear Northumberland
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has launched a fund to support organisations in the early stages
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In 2011 the Foundation turned fifty and to mark our anniversary we commissioned a short film with some stories about what we do.
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Towards the development and administration of the Esmee Fairbairn Collections fund.
http://www.museumsassociation.org/home
Keywords: Arts, Museums & Galleries
Region: UK Wide
£140,000 over 24 months
Main Fund
Towards the Universe of Sound digital orchestral learning project.
http://www.philharmonia.co.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Education and Learning, Museums & Galleries, Music
Region: England
£100,000 over 12 months
Towards a new funding scheme to support museums across the UK for work involving collections care and research.
Keywords: Arts, Heritage, Museums & Galleries
£2,400,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the marketing manager and associated costs.
http://www.watts
Keywords: Arts, Heritage, Museums & Galleries, Visual Arts
Region: South East
£100,000 over 24 months
Towards the research, development and administration of a new fund to support collections care, documentation and research.
£70,000 over 12 months
Towards a project to create a website for identifying decorative stone, based on the Corsi Collection.
http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk
£31,704 over 12 months
Museum & Heritage Collections Strand This strand is closed now - please refer to the Main Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund for more information.
Towards the conservation and digital photography of key pieces from the Donald Brothers Collection of furnishing fabrics.
http://www.hw.ac.uk
Region: Scotland
£48,552 over 24 months
Towards a project to review, document, conserve and re-pack the Paleontological Collection.
http://www.doncaster.gov.uk/museums
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
£82,785 over 18 months
Towards work to develop a national strategy for sharing expertise in the museum sector.
http://www.britishmuseum.org/
Keywords: Arts, Museums & Galleries, Skills Development
£15,000 over 6 months
Towards an outreach programme to increase the depth of engagement of visitors aged 14-24 and to increase the proportion from disadvantaged backgrounds.
http://www.nms.ac.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, BME, Children, Education and Learning, Museums & Galleries, Participatory Arts, Raising Academic Attainment, Skills Development, Young Adults
£150,430 over 24 months
Towards a project to catalogue and digitise the print collection.
http://www.courtauld.ac.uk
Region: London
£90,772 over 18 months
Towards the salary of a documentation assistant to create a digital database of the collection.
http://www.peakmines.co.uk
Region: East Midlands
£20,115 over 36 months
Towards the salaries of project staff to undertake documentation of the object and building collections.
http://www.auchindrain.org.uk
£15,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of a specialist drawings conservator to work on the museum's collection of Van De Velde master drawings.
http://www.nmm.ac.uk
£64,540 over 24 months
Towards the salary of the activities and events officer to provide enhanced learning opportunities for adults and to encourage more people from disadvantaged and BME backgrounds to visit the gallery.
http://www.thefriendsofwmg.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, BME, Education and Learning, Museums & Galleries, Older People
£97,545 over 36 months
Towards the costs of the Preservation Advisory Centre, which supports libraries and archives in the UK to preserve their collections effectively.
http://www.bl.uk
Keywords: Arts, Literature, Museums & Galleries
£53,433 over 24 months
Towards a feasibility study for the stabilisation and provision of public access to the collection.
http://www.lux.org.uk
Towards core and exhibition costs.
http://www.pierartscentre.com
Keywords: Arts, Museums & Galleries, Visual Arts
Towards the salary of the curator of library and archive and two documentation assistants to work on the collections for the Brunel Institute.
http://www.ssgreatbritain.org
Keywords: Arts, Heritage, Museums & Galleries, Skills Development
Region: South West
£87,000 over 24 months
Towards the development of Encounter, a public programme.
http://www.turnercontemporary.org/
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Combined Arts, Museums & Galleries, Visual Arts
Featured grant: Turner Contemporary
£150,000 over 48 months
Towards the salary of a part-time access officer.
http://www.celm.org.uk
£20,000 over 24 months
Towards a project to digitise the Museum's collections.
http://www.unstheritage.com
£12,500 over 12 months
Towards core staffing costs.
http://www.icon.org.uk
£30,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of a collection cataloguing librarian.
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk
Region: Wales
£90,000 over 36 months
Towards the Helping Hands project, to benefit users of the museum that have a disability and their families.
http://www.eureka.org.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Disabilities, Museums & Galleries, Social Change
Featured grant: Eureka!
£155,749 over 36 months
Towards the salary of the documentation officer.
http://www.obanmuseum.org.uk
£9,000 over 12 months
Towards costs of seconding a senior conservator to research the conservation and preservation of 35mm slide art.
http://www.tate.org.uk
£80,000 over 12 months
Towards the conservation and improved interpretation of the Sheldon Tapestry Map of Warwickshire.
http://www.warwickshire.gov.uk/museum
Region: West Midlands
£30,000 over 24 months
Towards research, conservation and digitisation of the engraved ornament prints collection.
http://www.vam.ac.uk
Towards the costs to conserve and digitise the Boswell Collection of Victorian Lantern Slides and develop an online picture library.
http://www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk
£50,000 over 12 months
Towards the technical analysis costs of a project investigating portraiture in the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods.
http://www.npg.org.uk/
£97,629 over 24 months
Towards the conservation of objects from Sir William Holburne's collection.
http://www.holburne.org
£86,826 over 12 months
Towards the costs of a project to re-store, document and research the collections of work on paper.
http://www.museums-sheffield.org.uk
£88,650 over 24 months
Towards the continuation of the Sustainability Grants Scheme, and a contribution to core costs.
http://www.aim-museums.co.uk
£266,000 over 36 months
Towards the costs of the conservation of the Bernard Leach archive.
http://www.csc.ucreative.ac.uk
£35,000 over 24 months
Towards the costs to develop a methodology and management system for adding images in a variety of formats to a digital database.
http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/
£91,410 over 24 months
Towards Out in the Open project costs which will explore perceptions of homelessness in Colchester.
http://www.colchestermuseums.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Disabilities, Homelessness, Museums & Galleries, Participatory Arts, Skills Development, Social Change, Social Mobility
Region: Eastern
£40,880 over 12 months
Towards digital interpretation at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
http://www.nationalgalleries.org
£61,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of a documentation assistant.
http://www.spri.cam.ac.uk
£28,000 over 12 months
Towards the research and development costs of the archive collection.
http://www.gpsart.co.uk
Towards the costs of stabilising and investigating four 16th century wooden panel paintings.
http://www.chichestercathedraltrust.org.uk
Towards the salary of an archaeology curator and to catalogue the archaeology collections.
http://www.cravendc.gov.uk
£67,444 over 24 months
Towards the salaries of two documentation assistants and a contribution to project management to document the geology and palaeontology collections.
http://www.torquaymuseum.org
£55,225 over 18 months
Towards the salary of the community outreach officer to maintain the public profile of Rochdale Museum and target new audiences during a period of closure for refurbishment.
http://www.co-operativeheritage.coop/
Region: North West
£57,683 over 36 months
Towards a programme of exhibitions, education and outreach work and events.
http://www.trianglenetwork.org
Towards the costs of the film transfer of a film collection.
http://www.barking-dagenham.gov.uk
£1,725 over 12 months
Towards the costs for the curation, preparation and research of the Charles Moore collection of Jurassic fossils from Strawberry Bank.
http://www.brlsi.org
£62,250 over 36 months
Towards the cost to research and produce a detailed catalogue of the costume collection.
http://www.worthingmuseum.co.uk
£67,500 over 24 months
Towards the salary of the exhibitions and audience development officer.
http://www.farfieldmill.org
£40,000 over 24 months
Towards the salary of a community development officer.
http://www.shipwreck-heritage.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Fostering Communities, Heritage, Museums & Galleries, Social Change
£30,000 over 36 months
Towards the cost to conserve and make publicly accessible archive material about four British toy manufacturers.
http://www.museumofchildhood.org.uk
£23,857 over 12 months
Towards the costs of cataloguing and conserving an archive of photographic negatives relating to the collection of Eastern art.
http://www.ashmolean.org
£47,178 over 12 months
Towards the costs of a photographer and a contribution to the evaluation and overheads of a project working with Black Country Collections.
http://www.wolverhamptonart.org.uk
Towards a project which investigates how modern technology can contribute to improved access to collections.
http://www.llangollenmuseum.org.uk
£34,000 over 12 months
Towards revenue costs for the programme of activities focused in Liverpool.
http://www.afoundation.org.uk
£50,000 over 24 months
Towards the salary of an assistant collections officer to strengthen good practice in geological and natural history collection stewardship in museums throughout the West Midlands.
http://www.stokemuseums.org.uk/
£60,000 over 36 months
Towards staffing costs for a programme to develop visitor engagement at the museum.
http://www.tankmuseum.org
Keywords: Arts, Fostering Communities, Museums & Galleries, Social Change
£79,000 over 35 months
Towards the salaries of two documentation assistants to implement a programme of collections management activity.
http://www.twmuseums.org.uk
Region: North East
£80,000 over 24 months
Towards restoration costs of a number of post-war British documentary films.
http://www.bfi.org.uk
£69,500 over 12 months
Towards the salary of an assistant curator and a conservator, plus consultancy fees associated with cataloguing and conserving the Blackborne Lace Collection.
http://www.thebowesmuseum.org.uk
£71,600 over 24 months
Towards salary costs of staff working to preserve, digitise and catalogue the recorded media collections.
http://www.museumoflondon.org.uk
£72,000 over 12 months
Towards the costs to catalogue and research the Buchanan White Hemiptera (insect) collection.
http://www.pkc.gov.uk/museums
£58,357 over 18 months
Towards the documentation of the Wenlock Olympian Society Collection.
http://www.shropshire.gov.uk/museums.nsf
£4,500 over 12 months
Towards the salary of an administration assistant and office rental costs.
http://www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Museums & Galleries
£13,000 over 12 months
Towards the costs of specialist care to preserve and digitise the Samuel Williams and Son film collection
£16,623 over 12 months
Towards the conservation, interpretation and exhibition of the historic plaster cast collections.
http://www.eca.ac.uk
£76,634 over 24 months
Towards the salary of a workshop manager to train young people in heritage engineering and conservation skills as part of the Back on Track project.
http://www.nrm.org.uk/
Keywords: Arts, Children, Education and Learning, Heritage, Museums & Galleries, Young Adults
£60,000 over 24 months
Towards the conservation and digitisation of the Gott Collection.
http://www.hepworthwakefield.org
£64,972 over 12 months
Towards the documentation and care of the Trust's collections.
http://www.bradingromanvilla.org.uk
£55,000 over 12 months
Towards the salary of a technology curator to work in the Sewing Machine Collection.
http://www.wdcweb.info/arts-culture-and-libraries/clydebank-museum/
£55,578 over 24 months
Towards the salary of a collection development officer to work on the shale oil collection.
http://www.almondvalley.co.uk
£12,000 over 12 months
Towards the cost of a conservation survey and preventative conservation work to increase public access to the collections.
http://www.hackney.gov.uk/hackneymuseum
£32,675 over 36 months
Towards the cost of the restoration and display within the Yellow Bedchamber.
http://strawberryhillhouse.org.uk
£60,000 over 12 months
Towards 'Fifth Floor' a seven week long exhibition whose content and organisation will be shaped by local communities and visitors working in partnership with artists.
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool
Towards digitising the Museum's collection of photographs.
http://www.scottishminingmuseum.com
£19,592 over 12 months
Towards collection care and documentation as part of the 'Inspiring Change' project.
http://www.florence-nightingale.co.uk
£48,000 over 12 months
Towards documentation of the spirit store.
http://www.grant.museum.ucl.ac.uk
£8,615 over 12 months
Towards researching and cataloguing the Burrell
http://www.csglasgow.org
£91,500 over 12 months
Towards conserving and cataloguing ornamental frames in the collection.
http://www.falmouthartgallery.com
£56,820 over 12 months
Towards fees for the preparation of the business plan.
http://www.bath-preservation-trust.org.uk
£12,000 over 21 months
Towards the salaries of a conservation co-ordinator and conservation officer, plus a contribution towards specialist materials.
http://www.dartington.org
Towards the cost of creating digital content for the 'Your Paintings' website.
http://www.thepcf.org.uk
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Museums & Galleries, Visual Arts
£240,000 over 36 months
Towards the salary of a volunteering and training manager at Ordsall Hall.
http://www.salford.gov.uk
£81,168 over 36 months
Towards the costs of completing the digitisation programme for the Your Paintings website.
Keywords: Arts, Audience Development, Heritage, Museums & Galleries, Visual Arts
£100,000 over 9 months
Towards a programme to discuss and disseminate best practice in heritage organisations working with older people.
Keywords: Arts, Museums & Galleries, Older People, Social Change