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DCMS/Wolfson Fund announces funding for 36 museums

Culture Minister Ed Vaizey has announced that the DCMS/Wolfson Improvement Fund will provide £4 million to help improve more than 30 museums and galleries.

Hampton Court Palace. Photo: © Historic Royal Palaces. The fund, financed equally by government and the Wolfson Foundation, is available for museums and galleries to improve existing displays, increase access and enhance public spaces.

This is the first of two rounds - each one awarding £4 million - with the second bidding round to be held in 2013-14.

The grants include £200,000 awarded to Nottingham City Museums and Galleries for the installation of environmental improvements to the Fine Art permanent and temporary exhibition galleries.  A new state-of-the-art system will control and measure temperature and humidity throughout the first floor galleries of Nottingham Castle.

Added on: 30 January 2012

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