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Latest conservation grants awarded
02/12/2024 in Collections
The collections care and conservation grants, funded by the Pilgrim Trust, continue to be popular amongst our smaller AIM members with 33 applications received for funding in the Autumn round. …
Launch of Museums Data Service
17/09/2024 in Collections
Museum Data Service launches, revolutionising access to the UK’s cultural heritage. This ambitious initiative, funded by Bloomberg Philanthropies and the UKRI Arts a…
Two AIM members collaborate on new exhibition
05/04/2024 in Collections
The Kent Archaeological Society (KAS), in collaboration with the Faversham Fleur De Lis Museum and the Lees Court Estate, has launched a new archaeological exhibition called “Lees Court Estat…
Round 3 AIM Brighter Day grants awarded
21/02/2024 in Collections
The third round of the Brighter Day grants, gratefully funded by the Arts Scholars Charitable Trust, have been awarded by AIM. In the final round, we received twenty-two a…
Latest AIM Pilgrim Trust grants awarded
12/12/2023 in Collections
We’re pleased to announce the 18 AIM members awarded the latest AIM Pilgrim Trust conservation grants. AIM is grateful to the Pilgrim Trust for funding the grant sche…
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust completes catalogue of the papers of LTC Rolt and announces May 2024 conference in partnership with Keele University to mark the 50th anniversary …
Three museums have been awarded Re:Collections Grants totalling over £54,000. Funded from the Welsh Government Anti-Racist Wales Culture, Heritage, and Sport Fund, Re:Colle…
Get funding to borrow from national collections
12/10/2023 in Collections
Applications to the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund open on 23 October. The funding…
Sotera is an Insurtech start-up that uses AI and a proprietary risk algorithm to evaluate the risk of collections to improve how they are insured. The company was founded by two former archaeologis…
Making a difference with conservation grants
10/08/2023 in Collections
The Pilgrim Trust was delighted to announce its renewed partnership with AIM earlier this year, when we awarded £414,000 towards its popular grant scheme for Collections Care Audits and Re…
It’s been ten years since Welsh Government published its last collections significance assessment toolkit, ‘Why do we have it? A Significance Process and Template’, and the world is n…
Latest AIM Pilgrim Trust grant awards
01/08/2023 in Collections
We were thrilled to receive 45 applications in the AIM Pilgrim Trust spring grant round. The panel had some tough decisions to make, with 17 applications to the audit scheme, 15 for collections ca…