Diversity Matters

The eighth year of the Diversity Matters grant programme has allocated £6,000 (three grants of £2,000) to London’s non-national, non-NPO museums in 2025–2026.

The grants enable museums to work with artists and groups from under-represented and under-served communities to co-curate an exhibition by March 2026.

Applications for our 2025–2026 funding round has now closed.

This grant will reopen from April 2026 for a new round of applications.

In 2025–2026 the grant is funding the following museums:

• Brent Museum and Archives
• Islington Museum
• Queer Britain Museum

Projects will be completed by March 2026 and detailed case studies will be available from June 2026 onwards.

The grants funded the following museums:

• Bromley Historic Collections
• The Charterhouse
• Dorich House Museum

The grants funded the following museums:

• Bethlem Museum of the Mind
• Bruce Castle
• The Charterhouse

The grants funded the following museums:

• Headstone Manor and Museum
• Gunnersbury Park Museum
• Museum of Croydon