AIM members receive additional funding to build on successful project outcomes.
Since its launch in 2021, the AIM New Stories New Audiences grant funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, has supported 43 small museum members to develop new interpretation and work with new partners. This summer we held a bonus grant round, where the opportunity to apply for an enrichment grant, to expand on the outcomes of their original project, opened to eligible grantees.
We’re pleased to announce the eight projects selected to receive further funding:
Ledbury Places – To create a new panoramic display of Ledbury High Street. £3,850
Judges Lodgings Museum – To run a series of creative workshops for schools, families and local community based around Afamefuna portrait. £4,200. Click here to watch Museum Manager Lynda Jackson and the commissioned artist Lela Harris about their experience and what they’ve learnt>>
Hundred Heroines – To support a cohort of young artists to create a zine focusing on the achievements of early women pioneers in photography. £4,349.
Sturminster Newton Heritage Trust – To develop a keepsake exhibition and oral history archive around the theme of migration with supporting training. £3,000. Click here to watch the two trustees who led the project talk about how much they’ve achieved and the lessons learnt>>
The Mixed Museum – To undertake a full audio recording of SussedBlackWoman for older and visually impaired users of the archive. £4,800.
Turners House – To run Tales and Travel programme for another year. £4,050.
Englesea Brook Chapel and Museum of Primitive Methodism – To co-create short films and interpretation boards with local school. Will update current exhibits. £4,450.
The Finlaggan Trust – To extend digital resources beyond Islay to other parts of the Western Isles, Skye etc, extending representation into Iron Age. £5,000.
The eight new projects and the fifteen funded in round three will all complete before the end of March 2025. Look out for news on the outcomes and further learning next year.
New Stories New Audiences is made possible by National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we have been able to support AIM small museum members to identify new stories and by working with a new partner, to work differently and to try something new.
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