Cultural heritage organisations – multi-year
This program offers multi-year support to moveable cultural heritage organisations to deliver the Tasmanian Government objectives outlined in the Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery Strategy: 2020 and beyond.
These organisations will play a leading role in preserving Tasmania’s moveable cultural heritage by:
- developing and sharing high-quality cultural heritage activities
- creating opportunities for Tasmanian volunteers and museum professionals
- demonstrating strong and strategic leadership for the sector
- developing the overall capacity of the sector
- supporting and progressing diversity and inclusion within the sector
- building partnerships that strengthen the sustainability of the sector
- connecting with and inspiring audiences, and the wider community.
For funding for equipment, materials or annual programs, please visit Cultural heritage organisations.
Key dates
Eligibility check
Opens - 26 May
Closes - 16 June
Full applications
Closes - 14 July 2025
Eligibility checks are open.
- Eligibility
- privately owned collections
- federal government collections
- non-cultural heritage organisations or cultural heritage organisations with no physical presence in Tasmania
- organisations already in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania
- Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments
- organisations in receipt of administered funding or direct support from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and West Coast Heritage Limited).
- basic organisational and contact details
- information about your organisation’s governance structure (including a list of all board or committee members and a basic skills matrix)
- a copy of your organisation’s most recent fully signed audited financial reports.
- whether your organisation has an appropriate governance structure
- whether your organisation is legally formed and solvent
- has a track record of securing income from non-Tasmanian Government sources.
- providing a detailed program and budget for the first year of activity, and an outline of the programs and projected budgets for the other three years of activity
- providing evidence of strong strategic planning (that covers at least 2026-27)
- showing evidence of confirmed (or highly likely ) cash income of at least 35 per cent of the overall budget for the first year of activity (from sources other than the Tasmanian Government).
- Assessment
- use strong, contemporary, and well-developed approaches to curation and collection management?
- significantly develop the capacity of the moveable cultural heritage sector?
- engage experienced and diverse museum professionals in key roles?
- provide development opportunities for Tasmania’s future cultural heritage leaders?
- contribute to Tasmania’s growing reputation as a cultural leader?
- demonstrate strong, stable, and strategic governance, management, and leadership?
- manage its finances in a clear and rigorous way?
- provide appropriate wages and fees for museum professionals?
- secure income from diverse sources?
- evaluate its activities (or explain future plans for evaluation)?
- build on previous activities in a way that is timely, relevant and evidence-based?
- operate to realistic, achievable, and sustainable timelines?
- have support from strong partners or collaborators?
- contribute to Tasmania’s cultural heritage sector in a valuable way?
- enable opportunities for Tasmanian volunteers and museum professionals?
- support and progress diversity and inclusion within the Tasmanian cultural heritage sector?
- connect with and develop local and/or visiting audiences?
- connect with the wider community?
- Application
Eligibility
This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations, including galleries and museums, with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible
To be eligible, organisations must have received funding through Arts Tasmania’s competitive grant programs in each of the last two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25).
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Applications will not be accepted from:
Eligibility check
Opens - 26 May
Closes - 16 June
Full applications
Closes - 14 July 2025
To be considered for multi-year support, your organisation will need to complete a simple eligibility check.
The eligibility check will ask for:
Arts Tasmania will use any information provided in the eligibility check to determine:
If these requirements are met, your organisation will be invited to submit a full application. This process should take one to two weeks.
You will not need to include any of the information provided in the eligibility check as part of the application.
Full application
If your organisation is invited to complete a full application, it will need to strongly address all assessment criteria by:
Grant request
Cultural heritage organisations can submit one application, requesting between $50,000 and $150,000 per annum for four years.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
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 organisation: |
Planning | Does the organisation: |
Benefit | Does the organisation: |
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
To be eligible, organisations must have received funding through Arts Tasmania’s competitive grant programs in each of the last two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25).
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Applications will not be accepted from:
- privately owned collections
- federal government collections
- non-cultural heritage organisations or cultural heritage organisations with no physical presence in Tasmania
- organisations already in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania
- Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments
- organisations in receipt of administered funding or direct support from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and West Coast Heritage Limited).
Eligibility check
Opens - 26 May
Closes - 16 June
Full applications
Closes - 14 July 2025
To be considered for multi-year support, your organisation will need to complete a simple eligibility check.
The eligibility check will ask for:
- basic organisational and contact details
- information about your organisation’s governance structure (including a list of all board or committee members and a basic skills matrix)
- a copy of your organisation’s most recent fully signed audited financial reports.
Arts Tasmania will use any information provided in the eligibility check to determine:
- whether your organisation has an appropriate governance structure
- whether your organisation is legally formed and solvent
- has a track record of securing income from non-Tasmanian Government sources.
If these requirements are met, your organisation will be invited to submit a full application. This process should take one to two weeks.
You will not need to include any of the information provided in the eligibility check as part of the application.
Full application
If your organisation is invited to complete a full application, it will need to strongly address all assessment criteria by:
- providing a detailed program and budget for the first year of activity, and an outline of the programs and projected budgets for the other three years of activity
- providing evidence of strong strategic planning (that covers at least 2026-27)
- showing evidence of confirmed (or highly likely ) cash income of at least 35 per cent of the overall budget for the first year of activity (from sources other than the Tasmanian Government).
Grant request
Cultural heritage organisations can submit one application, requesting between $50,000 and $150,000 per annum for four years.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
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 organisation:
|
Planning | Does the organisation:
|
Benefit | Does the organisation:
|
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
To be eligible, organisations must have received funding through Arts Tasmania’s competitive grant programs in each of the last two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25).
Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Applications will not be accepted from:
- privately owned collections
- federal government collections
- non-cultural heritage organisations or cultural heritage organisations with no physical presence in Tasmania
- organisations already in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania
- Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments
- organisations in receipt of administered funding or direct support from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and West Coast Heritage Limited).
Eligibility check
Opens - 26 May
Closes - 16 June
Full applications
Closes - 14 July 2025
To be considered for multi-year support, your organisation will need to complete a simple eligibility check.
The eligibility check will ask for:
- basic organisational and contact details
- information about your organisation’s governance structure (including a list of all board or committee members and a basic skills matrix)
- a copy of your organisation’s most recent fully signed audited financial reports.
Arts Tasmania will use any information provided in the eligibility check to determine:
- whether your organisation has an appropriate governance structure
- whether your organisation is legally formed and solvent
- has a track record of securing income from non-Tasmanian Government sources.
If these requirements are met, your organisation will be invited to submit a full application. This process should take one to two weeks.
You will not need to include any of the information provided in the eligibility check as part of the application.
Full application
If your organisation is invited to complete a full application, it will need to strongly address all assessment criteria by:
- providing a detailed program and budget for the first year of activity, and an outline of the programs and projected budgets for the other three years of activity
- providing evidence of strong strategic planning (that covers at least 2026-27)
- showing evidence of confirmed (or highly likely ) cash income of at least 35 per cent of the overall budget for the first year of activity (from sources other than the Tasmanian Government).
Grant request
Cultural heritage organisations can submit one application, requesting between $50,000 and $150,000 per annum for four years.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
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 organisation:
|
Planning | Does the organisation:
|
Benefit | Does the organisation:
|
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.