Cultural Heritage Organisations (multi-year)
This program offers multi-year operational support to museums, galleries and collections delivering a range of high quality cultural heritage 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.
For funding for small activities or single-year programs see Cultural Heritage Organisations.
Applications are currently closed. Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
Key dates
Opens: 16 August 2021
Closes: 11 October 2021
For activities commencing after 1 July 2022.
Notification will occur within ten weeks of the closing date.
- Eligibility
- be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
- manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
- have (or are working towards) regular opening hours.
- permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
- education and public programs,
- the employment of professional museum or gallery staff,
- marketing and administration costs.
- improving access to collections,
- the development of museums’ management policies,
- the care of collections,
- product development.
- Assessment criteria
- quality
- planning
- benefit.
- How do I apply?
Eligibility
To be eligible for multi-year support, organisations must:
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
What can I apply for?
You can apply for up to four years of funding towards the operational costs of a public program which relates to your collection or an exhibition program.
Activities may include:
You can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections. This might include:
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by a panel of museum and cultural heritage peers against the criteria of:
For more information, please visit criteria.
For more information on assessment, please visit how are decisions made.
How do I apply?
Applications must be submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
Material sent after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
You are encouraged to talk to Arts Tasmania’s grants team about your application before the closing date.
Please contact us before the closing date if you cannot submit an application online.
Contact the grants team on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
View all programs and key dates.
Eligibility
To be eligible for multi-year support, organisations must:
- be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
- manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
- have (or are working towards) regular opening hours.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
What can I apply for?
You can apply for up to four years of funding towards the operational costs of a public program which relates to your collection or an exhibition program.
Activities may include:
- permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
- education and public programs,
- the employment of professional museum or gallery staff,
- marketing and administration costs.
You can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections. This might include:
- improving access to collections,
- the development of museums’ management policies,
- the care of collections,
- product development.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by a panel of museum and cultural heritage peers against the criteria of:
- quality
- planning
- benefit.
For more information, please visit criteria.
For more information on assessment, please visit how are decisions made.
How do I apply?
Applications must be submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
Material sent after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
You are encouraged to talk to Arts Tasmania’s grants team about your application before the closing date.
Please contact us before the closing date if you cannot submit an application online.
Contact the grants team on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
View all programs and key dates.
Eligibility
Eligibility
To be eligible for multi-year support, organisations must:
- be a Tasmanian museum, gallery or collection
- manage a publicly owned, publicly accessible, permanent collections of movable cultural heritage objects or artworks; and,
- have (or are working towards) regular opening hours.
Privately owned collections, federal government collections, Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises and Tasmanian Government Departments are not eligible to apply.
Applicants must also meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
What can I apply for?
You can apply for up to four years of funding towards the operational costs of a public program which relates to your collection or an exhibition program.
Activities may include:
- permanent, temporary or touring exhibitions,
- education and public programs,
- the employment of professional museum or gallery staff,
- marketing and administration costs.
You can also apply for support to improve professional management of collections. This might include:
- improving access to collections,
- the development of museums’ management policies,
- the care of collections,
- product development.
Equipment cannot be covered by grant funds.
Assessment criteria
Assessment criteria
Applications will be assessed by a panel of museum and cultural heritage peers against the criteria of:
- quality
- planning
- benefit.
For more information, please visit criteria.
For more information on assessment, please visit how are decisions made.
How do I apply?
How do I apply?
Applications must be submitted before 11:59 pm on the closing date.
Material sent after the closing date will not be considered.
Help with your application
You are encouraged to talk to Arts Tasmania’s grants team about your application before the closing date.
Please contact us before the closing date if you cannot submit an application online.
Contact the grants team on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au
Other information
Sign up for Arts Tasmania’s newsletter for funding and program announcements.
View all programs and key dates.