Australia: Cultural Heritage Organisations Program (Multi-Year)

Deadline: 11-Oct-21

The Tasmanian Government is pleased to announce the Cultural Heritage Organisations (multi-year) program.

This program offers multi-year operational support to museums, galleries and collections delivering a range of high quality cultural heritage activities that strengthen Tasmania’s robust, diverse and vibrant cultural heritage sector, engage and inspire audiences and the wider community, and preserve Tasmania’s movable cultural heritage.

What can I apply for?

You can apply for up to four years of funding towards the operational costs of a public program which relates to your collection or an exhibition program.

Activities may include:
- permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
- education and public programs,
- the employment of professional museum or gallery staff,
- marketing and administration costs.
You can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections. This might include:
- improving access to collections,
- the development of museums’ management policies,
- the care of collections,
- product development.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for multi-year support, organisations must:

- be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
- manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
- have (or are working towards) regular opening hours.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Arts Tasmania accepts applications from individuals, groups and organisations.
- Individuals and groups
  - If you are applying as an individual, you must be a practicing artist or arts worker who has been resident in Tasmania for six of the past twelve months.
  - Groups must have at least one Tasmanian member.
  - Students are eligible to apply for grants. However, any activity that is part of a course or contributes to course assessment is not eligible for funding.
  - If you have received a grant from Arts Tasmania in the past and that grant has not been acquitted, you will not be eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania until your acquittal is accepted.
- Organisations
  - Organisations must be registered under law (an incorporated association, or a company limited by guarantee) or created by law (a government statutory authority).
  - Organisations that are not based in Tasmania may apply to certain programs for activities that benefit Tasmanian artists or audiences.
  - Organisations in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the agreement.
  - Tasmanian or Federal Government departments and government business enterprises are not eligible to apply to Arts Tasmania.