Cultural Heritage Organisations

This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations to deliver high quality activities that:

strengthen Tasmania's robust, diverse, and vibrant cultural heritage sector,
engage and inspire audiences and the wider community,
and preserve Tasmania's movable cultural heritage.

To apply for support from our museum professionals see Roving Curators.

Key dates

Opens: 1 July 2024
Closes: 2 September 2024

For activities commencing after 1 July 2025.

We will contact you about your organisation’s application within ten weeks of the closing date.

Applications are closed.

The information below may be updated once applications open. Please check back in July 2024.

Eligibility

Eligibility

As the applicant, your organisation must:

be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collection of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
have (or be working towards) regular opening hours.

Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.

Your organisation must also meet our general eligibility requirements.

What can my organisation apply for?

Your organisation can apply for funding towards activities like:

permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
marketing,
education,
public programs.

It can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections, including:

improving access to collections,
the care of collections,
product development.

If your organisation is applying for funds towards a program of public activities, it can apply for operational costs including:

staffing costs for museums professionals
graphic design and printing costs
software licenses
promotional materials.

Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment.

Archival materials

Your organisation can apply for funds to purchase archival materials.

Please contact the Roving Curators before applying to get information around suitable materials.

Assessment

Assessment

Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using the criteria of:

CRITERION	THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER
Quality	Is the activity conceptually strong? Why is the activity important? Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?
Planning	Is the activity financially feasible? Is the timeline reasonable and achievable? What partnerships are in place to help the activity?
Benefit	How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community? What is the audience experience?

For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

Application

Application

Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

Help with your application

We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

Other information

For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

To view the results of previous rounds, see:

Eligibility

As the applicant, your organisation must:

be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collection of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
have (or be working towards) regular opening hours.

Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.

Your organisation must also meet our general eligibility requirements.

What can my organisation apply for?

Your organisation can apply for funding towards activities like:

permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
marketing,
education,
public programs.

It can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections, including:

improving access to collections,
the care of collections,
product development.

If your organisation is applying for funds towards a program of public activities, it can apply for operational costs including:

staffing costs for museums professionals
graphic design and printing costs
software licenses
promotional materials.

Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment.

Archival materials

Your organisation can apply for funds to purchase archival materials.

Please contact the Roving Curators before applying to get information around suitable materials.

Assessment

Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using the criteria of:

CRITERION	THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER
Quality	Is the activity conceptually strong? Why is the activity important? Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?
Planning	Is the activity financially feasible? Is the timeline reasonable and achievable? What partnerships are in place to help the activity?
Benefit	How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community? What is the audience experience?

For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

Application

Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

Help with your application

We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

Other information

For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

To view the results of previous rounds, see:

Eligibility

As the applicant, your organisation must:

be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collection of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
have (or be working towards) regular opening hours.

Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.

Your organisation must also meet our general eligibility requirements.

What can my organisation apply for?

Your organisation can apply for funding towards activities like:

permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
marketing,
education,
public programs.

It can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections, including:

improving access to collections,
the care of collections,
product development.

If your organisation is applying for funds towards a program of public activities, it can apply for operational costs including:

staffing costs for museums professionals
graphic design and printing costs
software licenses
promotional materials.

Grant funds cannot be used to purchase equipment.

Archival materials

Your organisation can apply for funds to purchase archival materials.

Please contact the Roving Curators before applying to get information around suitable materials.

Assessment

Applications will be assessed by a museum and cultural heritage panel using the criteria of:

CRITERION	THINGS PEERS MAY CONSIDER
Quality	Is the activity conceptually strong? Why is the activity important? Are the people involved experienced, or show the potential to develop and grow?
Planning	Is the activity financially feasible? Is the timeline reasonable and achievable? What partnerships are in place to help the activity?
Benefit	How does the proposed activity benefit the applicant, the artist, or the community? What is the audience experience?

For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.

Application

Your organisations application must be completed online before 11:59 pm on the closing date.

Please contact Arts Tasmania before the closing date if you are unable to submit electronically.

Assessors will not consider any material provided after the closing date.

Help with your application

We encourage you to talk to our grants team about applying before the closing date.

You can contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au or book an online Teams meeting using Bookings.

Other information

For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:

To view the results of previous rounds, see:

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Key dates

Applications are closed.

The information below may be updated once applications open. Please check back in July 2024.

Eligibility

What can my organisation apply for?

Archival materials

Assessment

Application

Help with your application

Other information

Eligibility

What can my organisation apply for?

Archival materials

Assessment

Application

Help with your application

Other information

Eligibility

Eligibility

What can my organisation apply for?

Archival materials

Assessment

Assessment

Application

Application

Help with your application

Other information