Carole Souter talks to the Museums Association about research the Heritage Lottery Fund has conducted into the impact of its major grants.
Carole Souter, the chief executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), announced details of research into the impact of its major grants (£5m-plus) at the recent Association of Independent Museums (AIM) annual conference at ss Great Britain in Bristol. Since it started work in 1994 the HLF has awarded 173 major grants and 100 of these are now finished and have been assessed.
The total value of these 100 grants was £1bn, which attracted a further £2bn in partnership funding. Many museums and galleries are among the projects assessed, including Glasgow’s Riverside Museum; the Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre, London; Big Pit: National Mining Museum of Wales; the Whitworth in Manchester; and ss Great Britain, Bristol.
How does the HLF measure the success of the major capital projects it has funded?
Nowadays we measure the success of all our projects, including major grants (not all of which are capital projects, some are acquisitions) against our outcomes framework... Keep reading on The Museums Association
Carole Souter, the chief executive of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF), announced details of research into the impact of its major grants (£5m-plus) at the recent Association of Independent Museums (AIM) annual conference at ss Great Britain in Bristol. Since it started work in 1994 the HLF has awarded 173 major grants and 100 of these are now finished and have been assessed.
The total value of these 100 grants was £1bn, which attracted a further £2bn in partnership funding. Many museums and galleries are among the projects assessed, including Glasgow’s Riverside Museum; the Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre, London; Big Pit: National Mining Museum of Wales; the Whitworth in Manchester; and ss Great Britain, Bristol.
How does the HLF measure the success of the major capital projects it has funded?
Nowadays we measure the success of all our projects, including major grants (not all of which are capital projects, some are acquisitions) against our outcomes framework... Keep reading on The Museums Association