Recharge
This programme provides in-depth support and funding to help museums respond to increasing challenges without any budget increase, like post-pandemic visitor behaviour, rising costs and climate change.
Art Fund, working in partnership with Museum Development, is making funding available for projects that are developing collections, audiences and workforces in new ways.
How to apply
Applications for 2024–2025 are now closed
Through this programme, four museums will be supported to carry out a self-assessment using our organisational health check tool. A total grant fund of £10,000 is available for this programme.
Each museum will receive an advisory report, geared around the key three priorities identified and will be eligible for a grant of up to £2,500 funded by Art Fund, towards projects around three key themes:
- developing the use of collections in new ways
- audience development
- volunteer and workforce development
Applications are invited from museums that are interested in strategic approaches to develop strong and flexible organisations, that can adapt and respond to challenge and to needs of the communities they serve. Applicants are required to ensure that their projects address equality and accessibility.
Previous grants
2023–2024
A total fund of £16,000 was available to provide four grants of £4,000 to four museums in London, to support projects identified by museums through the organisational health check process. The following museums were selected:
- Brent Museum and Archives
- Museum of Croydon
- Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Royal Academy of Music Museum
2022–2023
The successful museums taking part in this programme were:
- Brunel Museum
- Gunnersbury Park Museum
- Havering Museum
- Markfield Beam Engine and Museum
- Valence House, LB Barking & Dagenham
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