UK heritage projects awarded nearly 拢100m
Nine museums and heritage attractions set to benefit from National Lottery investment.
The projects set to receive 拢98m range from the UK鈥檚 ground-breaking role in science and industry to the invention of radio astronomy at Jodrell Bank and our unique railway heritage.
Marking the announcement, Culture Secretary John Whittingdale and Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) Sir Peter Luff are today visiting the British Library鈥檚 Save our Sounds Collection, one of the projects awarded funding. See details of all 9 heritage attractions in England and Scotland via our .
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale OBE said:
National Lottery money continues to make an absolutely vital contribution to our culture and heritage in the UK. I鈥檓 thrilled that 9 exciting projects across England and Scotland will benefit from this significant 拢98m investment.
Whether it鈥檚 a new railway museum in Leicester, the Lovell Telescope at Cheshire鈥檚 Jodrell Bank or saving the UK鈥檚 most vulnerable sound recordings at the British Library - these grants will not only make a lasting difference to local areas and the UK鈥檚 wider heritage, but will also use culture to inspire young people to learn more about science and technology for generations to come.
Introducing his first set of awards since becoming Chair of HLF, Sir Peter Luff, said:
I hope National Lottery players will be delighted to see their money being used to tell the spell-binding story of the UK鈥檚 scientific and industrial excellence. Many of the projects we are supporting today celebrate this tradition. I am particularly pleased that the Lottery can help inspire young people to take a greater interest in science and technology. From the awe-inspiring Lovell Telescope to the Lombe brothers鈥� first fully mechanised factory, these sites will enhance local tourist economies as well as educate and entertain.
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The 9 protects awarded funding are:
- 拢12.1m to revitalise Jodrell Bank, home to the Lovell Telescope
- 拢8m to revamp the Science Museum鈥檚 extensive Medicine Galleries
- 拢9.3m to restore and open up Derby Silk Mill in the Derwent Valley
- 拢10m to make Great Central Railway a unique double-track 鈥榩reserved鈥� railway between Loughborough and Leicester
- 拢9.5m to digitise the British Library鈥檚 Save our Sounds Collection
- 拢10.3m to redevelop Dorset County Museum
- 拢12.4m to restore Lincoln Cathedral
- 拢15m to refurbish Glasgow鈥檚 award-wining Burrell Collection
- 拢11m to transform East London鈥檚 the Geffrye Museum