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09
Oct
Ripon museums awarded £2.6 million
The charity that runs Ripon’s three museums has been awarded £2.6 million by the National Lottery Heritage Fund.
Ripon Museums Trust is one of 15 organisations awarded more than £30 million nationally to mark three decades of lottery funding.
The trust runs the Workhouse, Prison and Police and Courthouse museums in Ripon.
It was awarded a total of £2,573,493 towards its Inspiration for a Fairer Future project.
This project, which is worth £3.3 million through other fundraising measures, will enable the trust to repair the leaking roof at the Workhouse Museum and employ new staff to attract more diverse audiences.
Alexa Vernon, a director of the trust, told BBC Radio York this morning the funding was “good news for us and great news for Ripon” and would enable it to transform the visitor experience at the Workhouse Museum.
A lottery press release said:
The Fairer Future project aims to enhance visitor experiences, attract diverse audiences and preserve local heritage through a better-conserved and managed collection, with a focus on sustainability and inclusion.
The funding will also unify activity across the Ripon Museums Trust, exploring the evolving history and modern context of crime and justice, as well as the wider heritage of Ripon.
It added the funding would help the museums engage with an additional 4,000 families and students through new trail proposals and visitor experiences, and enable it to work alongside community organisations including the YMCA and Wetherby Young Offender Institute.
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