Cultural Heritage Organisations & Cultural Heritage Organisations (multi-year) 2025-26
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.
The Minister for the Arts has approved funding of $465,473 for ten (10) organisations through this round of Cultural Heritage Organisations. This includes three existing multi‑year commitments totalling $295, 313 for 2025-26.
Funding recommendations were made by expert peers drawn from the Cultural and Creative Industries Expert Register.
Grants
RECIPIENT | FUNDS | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|---|
Burnie City Council | $64,856 | Programs at the Burnie Regional Art Gallery and the Burnie Regional Museum in 2025-26 |
George Town Council | $3,165 | A collection management and education project at the Bass & Flinders Maritime Museum in 2025-26 |
Glamorgan Spring Bay Council | $590.00 | A collection care and handling workshop at the East Coast Heritage Museum in 2025-26 |
Longford - Norfolk Plains History Society Inc. | $2,311 | Investing in archival materials to protect and maintain collection items in 2025-26 |
Maritime Museum of Tasmania Inc. | $94,300 | Delivering a program of heritage education and outreach activities in 2025-26 |
Wilmot Tourist & Progress Association Inc. | $535.00 | Supporting the preservation and care of collection items in 2025-26 |
Woolmers Foundation Inc. | $4,403 | Delivering stage one of a new preservation and conservation project in 2025-26 |
Existing multi-year agreements
RECIPIENT | FUNDS | ACTIVITY |
|---|---|---|
| Central Coast Council | $97,813 for 2025-26 | To support the delivery annual programs at the Ulverstone Museum and Art Gallery (HIVE) in 2025-26. |
Devonport City Council | $140,000 for 2025-26 | Cultural heritage and visual arts programs at the Devonport Regional Gallery and the Bass Strait Maritime Centre in 2025-26. |
Narryna Heritage Museum Inc. | $57,500 for 2025-26 | To support collection management and the delivery of public programs in 2025-26. |
Feedback from the expert peers
The peers discussed the overall quality of the applications to this round and made the following comments:
- Applications should clearly identify the cultural heritage opportunities and the rationale behind the projects or program outlined.
- Applications from volunteer involving organisations should clearly outline any opportunities for capacity building and professional development of the volunteer program
- Stronger applications included a clear explanation of how support from Arts Tasmania would benefit the collection or exhibition outcome
- Stronger applications included CVs for all key professionals and personnel – including volunteers
- Stronger applications included clear information relating to the physical location of the collection (such as photos or floorplans)
- Stronger applications included a clear project plan or timeline to speak to the criteria of planning
- Applicants lodging more than one application to Arts Tasmania’s programs were encouraged to explain how the applications related to each other
- Peers recommended that applicants read the program guidelines carefully and include the relevant support material required
Peer assessors
The following peers assessed in Arts Tasmania’s September 2024 round (including the Annie Greig Dance Scholarship, Artsbridge, Cultural Heritage Organisations, Low-interest loans, Organisations - Youth Arts, Organisations – projects, Roving Curators and Tasmanian Residencies):
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