Beamish Museum has been awarded £49,000 to help make more of its collections publicly accessible.
The museum received the funding from Art Fund, the national charity for museums and galleries, as part of its Reimagine programme.
The funding will go towards supporting Beamish’s 'Reclaim the Stores' project, which aims to improve access to items held in storage and support the reopening of the museum’s Open Store, closed since the pandemic.
Rhiannon Hiles, chief executive at Beamish, said: "We are extremely grateful to Art Fund for this funding that will enable us to widen access to our collections and bring a significant, long-term impact for our communities, staff, volunteers, visitors and partners."
Beamish was named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025, the world’s largest museum prize, and cares for around three million objects in its Designated and Accredited collection.
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