Cultural heritage organisations
This program enables cultural heritage organisations to deliver projects or annual programs that:
- preserve Tasmania’s moveable cultural heritage
- develop and share high-quality cultural heritage experiences
- create opportunities for Tasmanian volunteers and museum professionals
- connect with and inspire audiences, and the wider community.
It also provides funding towards the purchase of materials for collection management.
For multi-year operational funding, please visit Cultural heritage organisations – multi-year.
Key dates
Opens: 7 July 2025
Closes: 8 September 2025
For activities commencing after 1 July 2026.
We will let you know the outcome of your application within ten weeks of the closing date.
- Eligibility
- archival materials
- education and public programs
- marketing and promotion including graphic design and printing costs
- permanent, temporary, or touring exhibitions
- product development
- software licenses
- wages and fees for museum professionals.
- Assessment
- include strong ideas and/or processes?
- develop the capacity of the Tasmanian cultural heritage sector? (where relevant)
- include experienced volunteers and personnel, or those with potential to develop and grow?
- timely, relevant, and achievable?
- properly budgeted (with appropriate wages and fees)?
- supported by confirmed resources such as venues, funding, or equipment?
- supported by strong partnerships or collaborations?
- enable opportunities for Tasmanian museum professionals?
- connect with Tasmanian audiences? (where relevant)
- connect with the wider community? (where relevant)
- develop or access new audiences, networks, or markets? (where relevant)
- Application
Eligibility
This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations, including galleries and museums, with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible.
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the multi-year agreement.
Eligible activities
Organisations can apply for funding towards activities that improve access to, and care for, collections such as:
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Grant request
Organisations can submit one application per round.
Organisations seeking support towards the purchase of materials or equipment for collection management can apply for up to $2,500.
Organisations seeking support towards a cultural heritage project or annual program can request between $1,000 and $80,000.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds if applying for more than $2,500.
Assessment
Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as curators, administrators, or other professionals.
All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a panel of museum professionals against the criteria of:
Criterion | Things the peers may consider |
|---|---|
Quality | Does the activity: |
Planning | Is the activity: |
Benefit | Does the activity: |
For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.
Application
Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
If you can’t complete a written application, Arts Tasmania also accepts video or audio applications. Please contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other ways of applying.
Material provided after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
If you have questions about applying to our programs, please email grants@arts.tas.gov.au or call (03) 6165 6666. You can also book a 15-minute online meeting through Microsoft Teams using Bookings.
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:
For information on previous rounds, please visit past decisions and peer feedback.
Eligibility
This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations, including galleries and museums, with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible.
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the multi-year agreement.
Eligible activities
Organisations can apply for funding towards activities that improve access to, and care for, collections such as:
- archival materials
- education and public programs
- marketing and promotion including graphic design and printing costs
- permanent, temporary, or touring exhibitions
- product development
- software licenses
- wages and fees for museum professionals.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Grant request
Organisations can submit one application per round.
Organisations seeking support towards the purchase of materials or equipment for collection management can apply for up to $2,500.
Organisations seeking support towards a cultural heritage project or annual program can request between $1,000 and $80,000.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds if applying for more than $2,500.
Assessment
Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as curators, administrators, or other professionals.
All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a panel of museum professionals against the criteria of:
Criterion | Things the peers may consider |
|---|---|
Quality | Does the activity:
|
Planning | Is the activity:
|
Benefit | Does the activity:
|
For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.
Application
Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
If you can’t complete a written application, Arts Tasmania also accepts video or audio applications. Please contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other ways of applying.
Material provided after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
If you have questions about applying to our programs, please email grants@arts.tas.gov.au or call (03) 6165 6666. You can also book a 15-minute online meeting through Microsoft Teams using Bookings.
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:
For information on previous rounds, please visit past decisions and peer feedback.
Eligibility
This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations, including galleries and museums, with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible.
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the multi-year agreement.
Eligible activities
Organisations can apply for funding towards activities that improve access to, and care for, collections such as:
- archival materials
- education and public programs
- marketing and promotion including graphic design and printing costs
- permanent, temporary, or touring exhibitions
- product development
- software licenses
- wages and fees for museum professionals.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Grant request
Organisations can submit one application per round.
Organisations seeking support towards the purchase of materials or equipment for collection management can apply for up to $2,500.
Organisations seeking support towards a cultural heritage project or annual program can request between $1,000 and $80,000.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds if applying for more than $2,500.
Assessment
Arts Tasmania uses peer assessors from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register. Peer assessors are people who work in, or are engaged with, the arts and cultural sectors such as curators, administrators, or other professionals.
All eligible applications to this round will be assessed by a panel of museum professionals against the criteria of:
Criterion | Things the peers may consider |
|---|---|
Quality | Does the activity:
|
Planning | Is the activity:
|
Benefit | Does the activity:
|
For more information on assessment, please see how decisions are made.
Application
Applications must be completed online in SmartyGrants and submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
If you can’t complete a written application, Arts Tasmania also accepts video or audio applications. Please contact us on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au before the closing date to learn about other ways of applying.
Material provided after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
If you have questions about applying to our programs, please email grants@arts.tas.gov.au or call (03) 6165 6666. You can also book a 15-minute online meeting through Microsoft Teams using Bookings.
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
For more information about Arts Tasmania’s grant programs see:
For information on previous rounds, please visit past decisions and peer feedback.