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Dec 2021
Ripon museums receive £100,000 lottery boost
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has awarded almost £100,000 to Ripon Museum Trust to develop a major project.
The Inspiration for a Fairer Future project will enable the stories of poverty, law, crime, punishment and justice to be explored by a wider, more diverse audience.
It will also enable work to be carried out to safeguard the future of the Grade II listed Ripon Workhouse building.
The successful first round funding application provides the financial means for work to begin in spring, which will inform a larger proposal for £1.7 million, to be submitted to the heritage fund for consideration in 2023.
A fundraising campaign is being launched to secure match funding for the project.
The trust runs the Workhouse, Courthouse, and Prison and Police museums and the project will create a more cohesive story across all three sites, giving access to more historic spaces, improving orientation and creating new digital and on-site interpretation.
A new lift will be installed in the Workhouse to allow access to the upper floor and the dormitories will be opened up to provide new meeting spaces for community groups, schools and researchers.
There will be new facilities for school groups and other learners as well as new community spaces.
The initial development funding of £99,396 from the heritage fund will be used to appoint project staff and undertake community consultation to ensure the project reflects the needs of the people it seeks to engage, inspire and support.
Trust director Helen Thornton said:
Richard Taylor, chair of trustees, said:
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