Community Heritage Grants of up to $15,000 are available to assist in preserving Australian cultural heritage collections that are publicly accessible, locally held and nationally significant. Not-for-profit organisations, such as historical societies, regional museums, archives, galleries, public libraries and Indigenous and migrant community groups, are encouraged to apply.
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED

A wide range of activities may qualify for grants, including:

• signifcance assessments of collections
• preservation needs assessments of collections
• purchase of archival quality storage materials
• preservation training projects
• conservation activities, including cleaning, treatment or rebinding
• purchase and installation of environmental control and monitoring equipment
• copying of material once originals have been preserved
• cataloguing or collection management software

For further information: http://nla.gov.au/chg

Contact: Fran D’Castro Coordinator, Community Heritage Grants National Library of Australia, Phone (02) 6262 1147 or email: [email protected]
Applications Close 5pm (AEST) 6 May, 2019