Grants available to enable small to medium sized museums to care for their collections more effectively and efficiently and to meet the standards required for Accreditation.

AIM (the Association for Independent Museums) has renewed funding for the Audit, Collections Care and Remedial Conservation grant schemes for a further three years.

The grants support small to medium sized museums to care for their collections more effectively and efficiently and to meet the standards required for Accreditation. 

Applications are encouraged from museums to bring in conservation expertise to ensure that collections care and conservation meets professional standards and will have the most impact on the organisation, its collections, and their visitors.

Eligible applicants must:

• Be an AIM member.
• Be a UK registered charity or,
• An organisation with exempt charitable status or,
• A recognised public body i.e. Local Authority Museum
• Be a small or medium sized museum.
• Have fewer than 50,000 visitors p.a.

Grants of up to £1,200 are available for an audit, and up to £10,00 for a collections care or remedial conservation grant.

For all three schemes, the application deadline will be:

• Spring Round – Friday 31 March 2023 (5pm)
• Autumn Round – Friday 29 September 2023 (5pm).

How To Apply

The deadlines for applications are 31 March and 30 September.

Application forms can be downloaded from AIM's website.