Case Studies

The target audience, A-Level students, were engaged and appreciative of the learning opportunities given them; their work has been productive and their resulting portfolios more than met the brief as a future tool for careers and further education opportunities.

The equipment purchased through the grant has enabled Malton Museum to address the recommendations of a previous Collections Care Audit, with consequent long-term benefits to the monitoring and control of conditions in the museum.

Organising essential training for the small team of staff at Brunel Museum, who work disparate shift patterns, is often challenging. The financial support from this grant facilitated two online training courses.

The audit has given the Society better data about where to concentrate future care efforts. They also have guidance on the collection care facilities needed within a future museum renovation, planned for 2025.

This grant funded essential conservation equipment and helped The Peace Museum equip their new collection stores.

The audit report has already had a big impact on the museum, as they have been able to use these observations to feed into the collections care and forward plan,

The grant has supported the conservation of eight of the most historically significant objects in the museum; including cannon and musket shot and an anchor from three 18th century wrecks, a 19th century portable forge and a 20th century rocket line throwing gun.

The conservation blinds have successfully reduced LUX levels by around 70%, which has allowed the Museum to display more original artefacts instead of facsimiles of more vulnerable paper artefacts, including pilot logbooks.

This grant was critically important in supporting the condition audit, an activity that is important but not easily funded, creating a report which then acts as a benchmark for monitoring going forward.