Many industrial heritage sites have seasonal exhibitions, and amongst the offerings for summer 2025 are three new, free, temporary displays from the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, National Coal Mining Museum for England, and the Silk Museum in Macclesfield. At the the Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust the free exhibition for 2025 is called Different Strokes: The Local…
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Grant Funding Streams in 2025
There are many large and small grant schemes available for industrial heritage sites, museums and groups and it can be difficult to identify the right ones otogo for. Here’s a reminder for 2025 of three grant streams that regularly support such sites and groups. Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund The Museums Association (MA) awards…
Historic England Chair Argues that Historic Buildings Can Provide 670,000 Homes
The chairman of Historic England, Lord Neil Mendoza, recently argued that the country’s historic buildings can help to tackle the housing shortage. Writing in The Times on the 2 September 2024, Lord Mendoza drew on research undertaken by Historic England to show that converting some of the country’s historic buildings into housing would foster economic…
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