Museums Galleries Scotland - Museum Development Fund
Summary
The Museum Development Fund is designed to support accredited museums to make strategic steps towards becoming more resilient organisations. They will fund support museums to deliver medium sized, strategic sustainable development projects in line with your own business plans and Scotland’s museums and galleries Strategy.
This fund can support a wide range of project activity. You must demonstrate how you will meet the grant outcomes:
- Funded organisations will be more resilient
- Funded organisations will be more environmentally sustainable
- Collections will be better cared for and managed and more accessible
- The museum workforce will be more skilled, confident, and diverse
- A wider range of people will be engaging with and represented in museums
- Museums will enhance quality of life for people by improving wellbeing, supporting learning, or contributing to place-making
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Geographical areas funded: Scotland
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Revenue
Fund award sizes
- Minimum:
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- Maximum:
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Who can apply
Any organisation that runs an Accredited Museum in Scotland can apply. They will accept applications for partnership work where the majority of the project benefits will be for Accredited museums.
When to apply
Upcoming deadlines for Expressions of Interest are 5pm on:
- Round 1: 30 April 2024 (full applications by 15 may and announcement 28 June)
- Round 2: 2 October 2024 (full applications by 16 October and announcement 6 December)
Next deadline: 30 Apr 2024
How to apply
You must first submit an expression of interest by the EOI deadline for the round you wish to apply for.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Advocacy Arts & culture Education & training
Beneficiaries funded: General public
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Museums Galleries Scotland
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Charity registered in Scotland SC015593
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33 Castle Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DN
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