Thursday 26 January 2012
Arts Council England Partners Up With City’s Royal Pavilion & Museums For A Slice Of £20 Million A Year Funding
Brighton and Hove’s Royal Pavilion and Museums have been selected to be a partner of Arts Council England, owing to their excellent work, particularly relating to broadening engagement with young people, and resilience.
Museums which will benefit include the Royal Pavilion, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Hove Museum & Art Gallery, The Booth Museum of Natural History, Preston Manor and Brighton History Centre.
The scheme, which will see the Royal Pavilion and Museums as part of a team of sixteen partners, follows the Arts Council’s assumption of responsibilities for museum development from the Museums Libraries and Archives Council.
It is the first time major Renaissance grants have been awarded for a three year period via an open application system against published criteria.
Alan Davey, Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: “The announcement of our 16 major partner museums is a significant step forward in the Arts Council’s closer relationship with the wider cultural sector.
“They have all been chosen for the excellence of their work, their innovative approaches to connecting audiences with their collections, and for their compelling plans for the future.
“We are excited to be working with them and we’re confident that together they have the skills and ambition needed to provide the sort of inspirational leadership and direction that will benefit museums and audiences across the country.
“We received many more strong applications than we were able to fund and we recognise there will be disappointment, but major partner funding is not the only way the Arts Council is supporting regional museums.
“We believe that the opportunities for investment, skills sharing and support available through the other parts of Renaissance will benefit many more museums of all shapes and sizes across the country.”
This new fund will help to enhance the sustainability and resilience of the museums sector by enabling the sharing of expertise and knowledge, to maximize the benefits to audiences and communities.
Applicants will bid to deliver development support for museums through local museum networks.
Details of the Renaissance Strategic support fund – anticipated to be around £15 million a year – will be announced in the autumn.
Strategic support will complement major partner and Museums development investment, and will focus on any gaps or development opportunities not addressed by the other funds.
The final part of the Arts Council’s reworked Renaissance programme is the ongoing development of National programmes, including Accreditation, Designation, the V&A Purchase Grant Fund, the PRISM fund, support for national campaigns such as Kids in Museums and Museums at Night, and subject specialist networks.
Arts Council England is confident that the various funding streams of its Renaissance programme will work together to provide a comprehensive package of support, driving excellence and delivering long term change in museums in England, with the aim of attracting more visitors to museums and enabling people to experience them in new and innovative ways.
by: Mike Cobley
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