COVID-19 Emergency Funds Awards
Introduction
Since April 2020 we have run several phases of funding to support the sector through the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Details of awards made from these funds can be found below.
Awards made from emergency funds
COVID-19 Museum Development Fund
This fund was available to Local Authority museums, museums managed by ALEOs and University museums to deliver projects to help them build resilience and address some of the challenges brought about by the Coronavirus pandemic.
| Organisation | Amount Awarded |
| Aberdeen City Council | £60,000 |
| ANGUSalive | £55,072 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | £55,125 |
| Culture Perth and Kinross | £38,624 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Council | £48,000 |
| East Dunbartonshire Leisure & | £58,529 |
| East Lothian Council | £2,496 |
| Falkirk Community Trust | £20,404 |
| Fife Cultural Trust | £23,925 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £59,520 |
| High Life Highland | £60,000 |
| Inverclyde Council | £51,577 |
| Renfrewshire Leisure Ltd. | £25,909 |
| Robert Gordon University | £34,527 |
| University of Aberdeen | £43,989 |
| University of Dundee | £24,034 |
| University of Edinburgh | £25,200 |
| University of Edinburgh | £21,756 |
| University of St Andrews | £38,504 |
| University of Stirling | £11,652 |
| West Lothian Council | £7,562 |
| Western Isles Council - Comhairle nan Eilean Siar | £39,179 |
Recovery and Resilience Fund
This fund was open to Accredited and non-Accredited independent museums to apply for support to help them recover from the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic and build resilience and sustainability.
| Organisation | Amount Awarded |
| 25 Group Royal Observer Corps | £2,503 |
| Abernethy Museum Trust | £6,952 |
| Alford and Donside Heritage Association | £52,026 |
| Alford and Donside Heritage Association | £11,942 |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £276,000 |
| Applecross Historical Society | £9,500 |
| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Trust | £82,542 |
| Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders Trust | £98,600 |
| Arisaig Community Trust | £22,241 |
| Arisaig Community Trust | £4,645 |
| Auchindrain Trust - Urras Achadh an Droighinn |
£48,500 |
| Banff Preservation and Heritage | £4,500 |
| Banff Preservation and Heritage | £4,500 |
| Barra & Vatersay Historical Society- Comunn Eachdraidh Bharraidh’s Bhatarsaidh |
£21,347 |
| Biggar Museum Trust | £16,450 |
| Biggar Museum Trust | £5,652 |
| Chapter House Museum Trust | £29,845 |
| Clan Donald Lands Trust | £36,891 |
| Clan Macpherson Museum Trust | £88,000 |
| Clan Macpherson Museum Trust | £50,000 |
| Clyde Maritime Trust | £89,124 |
| Clyde Maritime Trust | £14,523 |
| Cromarty Courthouse Trust | £27,342 |
| Cupar Heritage | £2,351 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £57,280 |
| David Livingstone Trust | £52,730 |
| Dornoch Heritage SCIO | £7,030 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum | £30,636 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Aviation Museum | £24,000 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £415,000 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £538,399 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £46,950 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £12,423 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £92,530 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £83,258 |
| Finlaggan Trust | £2,939 |
| Friends of Dundonald Castle | £9,775 |
| Friends of Maud Railway Museum | £20,750 |
| Friends of the Hoy Kirk | £10,000 |
| Gairloch and District Heritage | £44,634 |
| Garioch Heritage Society | £2,715 |
| Garioch Heritage Society | £2,521 |
| Garret Mask & Puppet Centre Trust | £22,495 |
| Garret Mask & Puppet Centre Trust | £23,219 |
| Glasgow Police Heritage Trust | £17,416 |
| Glasgow Police Heritage Trust | £6,616 |
| Glasgow Print Studio | £7,000 |
| Glasgow Women's Library | £64,776 |
| Glencoe and North Lorn Museum | £23,996 |
| Glenesk Museum Trust | £13,145 |
| Glenesk Museum Trust | £16,072 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental Trust | £48,000 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental Trust | £144,589 |
| Govan Heritage Trust SCIO | £36,195 |
| Govan Workspace | £35,250 |
| Govan Workspace | £11,154 |
| Grampian Transport Museum Trust | £250,216 |
| Grampian Transport Museum Trust | £80,335 |
| Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust | £19,550 |
| Grimsay Community Association | £23,105 |
| Groam House Museum | £9,715 |
| Gunsgreen House Trust | £10,400 |
| Helmsdale Heritage Society | £25,000 |
| Helmsdale Heritage Society | £12,687 |
| Highland Museum of Childhood Trust | £38,006 |
| History of Education Centre | £6,138 |
| Hospitalfield Trust | £19,669 |
| House For An Art Lover | £69,554 |
| Innerpeffray Mortification | £36,425 |
| Innerpeffray Mortification | £24,913 |
| Islay Museum Trust | £6,164 |
| Isle Of Arran Museum Trust | £6,936 |
| Isle Of Arran Museum Trust | £29,000 |
| John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum | £19,488 |
| John Paul Jones Birthplace Museum | £7,511 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £57,804 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £43,556 |
| Kinloch Historical Society - Comann Eachdraidh Cheann a' Loch |
£8,840 |
| Kinloch Historical Society - Comann Eachdraidh Cheann a' Loch |
£50,942 |
| Linlithgow Union Canal Society | £16,632 |
| Lismore Historical Society - Comann Eachdraidh Lios Mòr |
£11,455 |
| MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust | £38,377 |
| MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Trust | £116,191 |
| Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust | £15,000 |
| Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust | £33,376 |
| Morayvia | £28,090 |
| Morayvia | £44,488 |
| Museum of Communication Foundation Trust | £5,472 |
| Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | £36,255 |
| Nairn Museum Trust | £11,293 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £192,289 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £45,027 |
| Ness Historical Society - Comunn Eachdraidh Nis |
£6,190 |
| Ness Historical Society - Comunn Eachdraidh Nis |
£59,805 |
| Newton Stewart Museum Trust | £35,112 |
| North Queensferry Heritage Trust | £5,540 |
| North Queensferry Heritage Trust | £4,460 |
| North Uist Historical Society | £6,507 |
| North Uist Historical Society | £4,400 |
| Orkney Natural History Society | £47,218 |
| Paxton Trust | £87,000 |
| Paxton Trust | £42,635 |
| Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust | £65,192 |
| Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust | £34,602 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £44,737 |
| Robert Burns Ellisland Trust | £18,000 |
| Royal Scottish Academy | £25,000 |
| Russian Arctic Convoy Museum Project | £26,041 |
| Russian Arctic Convoy Museum Project | £16,954 |
| Scottish Catholic Heritage Colllections Trust | £11,586 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £154,598 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £35,600 |
| Scottish Football Association | £80,603 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £220,245 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £24,050 |
| Scottish Railway Preservation | £33,385 |
| Shetland Textile Museum Trust | £6,896 |
| Skye & Kyle Rail Development Company | £11,195 |
| Skye & Kyle Rail Development Company | £6,600 |
| St Andrews Preservation Trust | £26,321 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum | £47,198 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum | £108,781 |
| Stonehaven Tolbooth Association | £5,035 |
| Strathnaver Museum Trust | £113,157 |
| Strathnaver Museum Trust | £41,178 |
| Tain and District Museum Trust | £19,100 |
| The Abbotsford Trust | £124,400 |
| The Abbotsford Trust | £54,600 |
| The Black Watch Museum | £8,428 |
| The Highlanders' Museum | £60,378 |
| The Highlanders' Museum | £5,750 |
| The Living Memory Association | £29,446 |
| The Living Memory Association | £15,466 |
| The Royal Regiment of Scotland | £31,518 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £121,714 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £102,394 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £49,808 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £25,602 |
| Thirlestane Castle Trust | £50,000 |
| Thirlestane Castle Trust | £35,000 |
| Trimontium Museum Trust | £15,500 |
| Trimontium Museum Trust | £5,591 |
| Ullapool Museum Trust | £15,624 |
| Ullapool Museum Trust | £2,780 |
| Unicorn Preservation Society | £23,206 |
| Unicorn Preservation Society | £23,314 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £180,213 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £38,045 |
| Westray Heritage Trust | £3,500 |
| Westray Heritage Trust | £800 |
COVID-19 Adaptation Fund
This fund is open to all museums to support the costs of making adaptations necessary in order to reopen safely and in accordance with restrictions due to Covid-19. Museums can apply for up to £7,500. The fund is open for applications on a rolling basis until 11 June 2021, 5pm.
| Organisation | Amount Awarded |
| 25 Group Royal Observer Corps Association | £289 |
| Aberdeen City Council | £5,839 |
| Aberdeen City Council | £1,660 |
| Abernethy Museum Trust | £1,660 |
| Alford and Donside Heritage Association | £2,208 |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £7,500 |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £7,465 |
| ANGUSalive | £6,190 |
| Applecross Historical Society | £1,990 |
| Arisaig Community Trust | £1,109 |
| Auchindrain Trust | £4,585 |
| Bennie Museum Trust | £514 |
| Biggar Museum Trust | £1,960 |
| Bute Museum Trust | £888 |
| Carnegie Dunfermline Trust | £4,644 |
| Castletown Heritage Society | £3,898 |
| Chapter House Museum Trust | £3,618 |
| City of Edinburgh Council | £7,211 |
| Clan Donald Lands Trust | £4,123 |
| Clan Macpherson Museum Trust | £761 |
| Clyde Maritime Trust | £7,499 |
| Clyne Heritage Society | £834 |
| Coastal Communities Museum Trust | £3,125 |
| Corstorphine Heritage Trust | £423 |
| Crail Museum and Heritage Centre | £2,506 |
| Cromarty Courthouse Trust | £624 |
| Culture and Leisure NL Ltd | £7,500 |
| Culture Perth and Kinross | £3,600 |
| Cupar Heritage | £1,725 |
| Dalkeith History Society | £538 |
| David Livingston Trust | £7,500 |
| Design Dundee Limited | £7,362 |
| Dornoch Heritage SCIO | £1,708 |
| Dovecot Foundation | £3,300 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Aviation | £7,489 |
| Dunblane Museum Trust | £1,141 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £7,500 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £2,259 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £2,101 |
| Dunoon and Cowal Heritage Trust | £611 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £3,714 |
| Falkirk Community Trust | £6,406 |
| Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust | £5,084 |
| Fife Cultural Trust | £7,379 |
| Friends of Dundonald Castle | £1,285 |
| Friends of Dundonald Castle | £1,831 |
| Gairloch and District Heritage | £471 |
| Garioch Heritage Society | £6,390 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £7,482 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £7,500 |
| Glasgow Police Heritage Trust | £984 |
| Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust | £4,014 |
| Glasgow Women's Library | £5,274 |
| Glencoe And North Lorn Museum | £700 |
| Glenesk Museum Trust | £5,589 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental | £7,304 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental | £3,654 |
| Govan Heritage Trust SCIO | £1,688 |
| Govan Workspace | £1,313 |
| Grampian Transport Museum Trust | £1,952 |
| Grantown Museum and Heritage Trust | £1,608 |
| Groam House Museum | £2,140 |
| Gunsgreen House Trust | £4,777 |
| High Life Highland | £7,500 |
| Hopetoun House Preservation Trust | £7,305 |
| Innerpeffray Mortification | £2,128 |
| Irvine Burns Club | £3,700 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £2,679 |
| Leadhills Heritage Trust | £2,989 |
| Leisure and Culture Dundee | £7,410 |
| Linlithgow Heritage Trust | £2,899 |
| Linlithgow Union Canal Society | £5,426 |
| Live Borders | £7,500 |
| Loch Lomond Steamship Company | £4,658 |
| Maryhill Burgh Halls Trust | £3,096 |
| Military Museum Scotland | £1,453 |
| Moffat Museum | £5,853 |
| Moray Society | £3,532 |
| Morayvia | £6,282 |
| Mull Museum Trust | £1,300 |
| Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | £3,817 |
| Musselburgh Museum and Heritage Group | £1,868 |
| Nairn Museum Trust | £786 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £6,790 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £7,497 |
| National Trust for Scotland | £7,500 |
| National Trust for Scotland | £7,500 |
| National Trust for Scotland | £7,070 |
| Ness Historical Society | £1,744 |
| Ness Historical Society | £3,584 |
| New Lanark Trust | £6,067 |
| Newton Stewart Museum Trust | £677 |
| North Ayrshire Council | £4,595 |
| North Queensferry Heritage Trust | £519 |
| North Uist Historical Society | £2,920 |
| Old Haa Trust | £1,279 |
| Orkney Natural History Society | £1,582 |
| Paxton Trust | £3,469 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £2,721 |
| Royal Highland Fusiliers Regimental Museum | £2,077 |
| Royal Scots Dragoon Guards Museum | £1,508 |
| Royal Scottish Academy | £7,500 |
| Sanday Development Trust | £522 |
| Scottish Catholic Heritage Collections Trust | £1,015 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £7,500 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £7,500 |
| Scottish Railway Preservation | £6,581 |
| Shetland Amenity Trust | £7,440 |
| Shetland Bus Friendship Society | £6,461 |
| Shetland Textile Museum Trust | £425 |
| Skye & Kyle Rail Development Company | £6,600 |
| South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture | £3,139 |
| St Andrews Preservation Trust | £1,604 |
| St Andrews Preservation Trust | £594 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum | £4,472 |
| Stonehaven Tolbooth Association | £755 |
| Stornoway Historical Society | £935 |
| Strachur Smiddy Trust | £491 |
| The Abbotsford Trust | £5,817 |
| The Highlanders' Museum | £1,625 |
| The Living Memory Association | £4,840 |
| The Royal Regiment of Scotland | £2,118 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £3,974 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £2,080 |
| Thirlestane Castle Trust | £2,859 |
| Trimontium Museum Trust | £673 |
| Unicorn Preservation Society | £3,937 |
| University of St. Andrews | £7,500 |
| Unst Heritage Trust | £5,952 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £7,381 |
| West Highland Museum Trust | £5,888 |
| Western Isles Council | £7,500 |
Urgent Response COVID-19 Fund
This fund was open to independent Accredited museums critically affected by the loss of income as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and supported them with 3 months of operating costs. This fund closed in August when the Recovery and Resilience Fund opened.
| Organisation | Amount Awarded |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £60,000 |
| Argyll and Sutherland Highland | £11,772 |
| Dalgarven Mill Trust | £3,000 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £60,000 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £15,600 |
| Gairloch and District Heritage | £26,200 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental Museum | £45,000 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £27,377 |
| Lismore Historical Society | £6,425 |
| North Uist Historical Society | £3,600 |
| Paxton Trust | £28,500 |
| Strathnaver Museum Trust | £4,347 |
| The Highlanders' Museum | £9,520 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £42,229 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £10,000 |
| Thirlestane Castle Trust | £22,891 |
| Trimontium Museum Trust | £12,666 |
| Ullapool Museum Trust | £8,393 |
| Wanlockhead Museum Trust | £10,740 |
Digital Resilience COVID-19 Fund
This fund was open to all museums to support the purchase of equipment and software that would enable them to adapt to more digital working during the period of closures brought about by COVID-19. This fund is now closed.
| Organisation | Amount Awarded |
| Aberdeen City Council | £2,779 |
| Alford and Donside Heritage Association | £932 |
| Almond Valley Heritage Trust | £1,130 |
| ANGUSalive | £1,152 |
| Arisaig Community Trust | £787 |
| Auchindrain Trust | £1,559 |
| Banff Preservation and Heritage | £626 |
| Bennie Museum Trust | £449 |
| Bute Museum Trust | £654 |
| Carnegie Dunfermline Trust | £1,545 |
| Clan Donald Lands Trust | £2,011 |
| Clan Macpherson Museum Trust | £1,309 |
| Clyde Maritime Trust | £817 |
| Culture and Leisure NL Ltd | £540 |
| Cupar Heritage | £780 |
| Dornoch Heritage SCIO | £1,980 |
| Dumfries and Galloway Aviation | £2,384 |
| Dundee Heritage Trust | £2,781 |
| Dundee Museum of Transport | £1,548 |
| Eastriggs and Gretna Heritage | £650 |
| Ferryhill Railway Heritage Trust | £3,000 |
| Fife Cultural Trust | £2,839 |
| Friends of Dundonald Castle | £1,077 |
| Glasgow Life, Glasgow Museums | £2,908 |
| Glasgow Women's Library | £2,725 |
| Gordon Highlanders Regimental Trust | £969 |
| Govan Workspace | £1,838 |
| Govanhill Baths Community Trust | £1,389 |
| Groam House Museum | £842 |
| Helmsdale Heritage Society | £1,567 |
| High Life Highland | £395 |
| Innerpeffray Mortification | £1,350 |
| Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd. | £2,718 |
| Leisure and Culture Dundee | £2,096 |
| Linlithgow Heritage Trust | £712 |
| Linlithgow Union Canal Society | £589 |
| Loch Lomond Steamship Company | £2,000 |
| MacDougall of Dunollie Preservation Society | £2,981 |
| Military Museum Scotland | £2,520 |
| Moffat Museum | £2,941 |
| Moray Society | £1,509 |
| Museum of Scottish Lighthouses | £3,000 |
| National Mining Museum Scotland | £3,000 |
| Ness Historical Society | £2,637 |
| North Ayrshire Council | £1,091 |
| North Uist Historical Society | £1,297 |
| Orkney Natural History Society | £1,727 |
| Peter Pan Moat Brae Trust | £2,669 |
| Pier Arts Centre Trust | £2,273 |
| Robert Burns Ellisland Trust | £941 |
| Royal Scottish Academy | £1,198 |
| Scottish Fisheries Museum Trust | £2,200 |
| Scottish Football Association | £2,313 |
| Scottish Maritime Museum Trust | £3,000 |
| Skye & Kyle Rail Development Company | £1,310 |
| St Andrews Preservation Trust | £2,276 |
| Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum | £1,548 |
| Tain and District Museum Trust | £595 |
| The Abbotsford Trust | £2,990 |
| The Black Watch Museum | £2,288 |
| The Scottish Crannog Centre | £240 |
| The Whithorn Trust | £288 |
| University of St Andrews | £1,421 |
| West Highland Museum Trust | £1,329 |
| West Lothian Council | £552 |
| Western Isles Council | £517 |
| Western Isles Council | £590 |
| Wick Society | £2,138 |
Support for Making an Application
If you have any questions about applying for funding you can contact our Grants Team at any time by email at: grants@museumsgalleriesscotland.org.uk or via phone at 0131 550 4115
Applications should be made through MGS Online. Full details about the individual funds and how to apply can be found on our Funding page.