Deadline: 11-Sep-22
The Museums & Galleries of NSW has announced the applications for Small Grants to meet the short-term, collection-based requirements of community museums and Aboriginal cultural spaces.
Funding Information
- The maximum amount that can be applied for under the program is: $2,000 (GST, exclusive)
Small Grants will fund
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Various short-term, operational projects, such as (but not limited to) the following areas:
- Conservation of significant objects – assistance for conservation work done. (If applying to the Volunteer Museum Grants program for funds to undertake conservation work please provide a statement of significance for the object as well as a detailed treatment proposal that outlines the conservation work to be undertaken.)
- Collection management – contribution to the purchase of a computer cataloguing system for the collection, purchase of storage materials or creating an object marking kit.
- Exhibition development – funding for the development of new displays or exhibitions, whether real or online, or to assist in the development or hosting of traveling exhibitions
- Marketing and audience development – assistance to develop marketing strategies, produce promotional material, design websites, develop diverse audiences or recruit volunteers
- Community liaison projects – costs involved with the development of community oral history projects, public programs, special events and/or education activities that feed back into museum activities
Eligibility Criteria
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To apply for a Small Grant, an organisation must:
- Be incorporated (or provide the details of an auspicing body that is incorporated, such as a local council) OR provide evidence of appropriate alternative governance structures (eg. S355 Committee, Trust, Company limited by guarantee, Local government authority, etc.)
- Be not-for-profit
- Be an established Aboriginal Keeping Place or museum with a physical collection (not an archive, library or historical society without a museum function)
- Be regularly open to the public at advertised times (i.e. not open by appointment only)
- Have no more than the equivalent of two full-time paid positions
- Have discussed their application with a M&G NSW team member
- Have a volunteer from the applying organisation as the contact person for the application
- Agree to abide by the terms and conditions of the grant
- Not apply for funding for an activity if they have also applied for, or received, Create NSW funding for the same activity
- Have acquitted all previously awarded Volunteer Museum grants (excepting current Leg Up Grants)
- Ensure that the project meets all current NSW Health Covid Safe Guidelines.
Note: A maximum of one Small Grant OR one Project Development Grant can be awarded to each organisation each year.
For more information, visit Small Grants.
For more information, visit https://mgnsw.org.au/sector/funding/grants-we-administer/volunteer-museum-grants/small-grants/