The deadline for applications is Thursday 22 May 2025, 12 noon
The Museum Renewal Fund offers grants ranging from £10,000 to £1 million to help museums maintain public access and protect the valuable community engagement and impact that museums provide.
To apply for the Museum Renewal Fund, your organisation must meet one of the following criteria:
- Wholly owned by or operated by a Local Authority
- Manage the majority (75% or more) of collections and buildings on behalf of a Local Authority
- Have been previously owned or operated by a Local Authority and now operating as an independent trust
- Have a governance link to a local authority defined in your current governing document
The outcome of the programme will be measured by the following outputs:
- Increasing financial resilience of civic museums by March 2026
- Maintain levels of audiences/visitors, and protect public access to museum collections, to March 2026
- Maintain levels of employment across grant holders to March 2026
Applicants will be expected to report on footfall, staffing numbers, programme and days open to the public through the monitoring and evaluation of the programme.
Click here for more information and to apply