Museum Development Fund
Museums Galleries Scotland
About the fund:
This fund is designed to support Accredited museums to make strategic steps towards becoming more resilient organisations in line with the aims of the National Strategy.
We will fund projects that help you to strategically develop core or new work in line with our grant outcomes (see below). We will prioritise applications for projects about;
- Developing digital capacity
- Re-engaging with communities
- Workforce capacity and resilience
- Building resilience
- Responding to the climate emergency
Who can apply for this funding?
Any organisation that runs an Accredited Museum in Scotland can apply.
We will accept applications for partnership work where the majority of the project benefits will be for Accredited museums. These applications can be accepted from:
- Organisations running an Accredited museum in Scotland applying on behalf of a partnership or network; or
- Non-Accredited organisations working in partnership with Accredited museums in Scotland and where the main benefit of the project will be for Accredited Museums
We define partnerships as;
An agreed relationship between two or more organisations with a shared vision who gain mutual benefit from working together to achieve common goals.
Arrangements where one organisation is being paid to deliver a service to another are not regarded as partnerships. We will usually expect to see a formal partnership agreement.
We would normally only expect to make one award to any organisation in a round of this fund. However, depending on demand and the strength of the applications we may be able to accept more than one application to a round, if you are interested in submitting more than one application, please discuss this with our Grants Team.