Nottingham Lakeside Arts awarded Arts Council
England Resilience Funding for Museum of
Archaeology
The University of Nottingham’s Museum of Archaeology at Lakeside has been awarded a £301,431
investment from Arts Council England’s Museum Resilience Fund.
The Museum Resilience Fund is aimed at supporting cultural and heritage organisations to pursue
development opportunities which will make them more sustainable and resilient for the future.
The award will enable the museum to re-imagine its extensive collections of regional, national and
international significance; its interior and exterior spaces; and its access to distinctive and diverse
expertise to create innovative, experimental; unlimited opportunities that engage and excite existing
and new audiences and to ensure its sustainability into the future.
Peter Knott, Area Director, Arts Council England, said: “One of the Arts Council’s ambitions is for
museums to be more resilient for the future so people can continue to access historical collections.
It is great that this investment can support the Museum of Archaeology to develop plans to make its
collections more widely available to local schools, interest groups, artists and the public.”
Professor Chris Rudd, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of Nottingham said: The University of
Nottingham is delighted with the news of the Arts Council's Museum Resilience Fund award to the
Museum at Nottingham Lakeside Arts. This considerable investment will result in a major step
change in the way the museum is able to engage with and involve existing and new audiences with
exciting research and learning in the museum sector.
Dr Clare Pickersgill, Keeper of the Museum said: I am very grateful to Arts Council England (ACE) for
providing the University of Nottingham Museum with this incredible opportunity. Building on its
development, supported by ACE, over the last couple of years the Museum will now be able to
undertake an exciting step change. There will be many different types of new, original and exciting
opportunities and projects undertaken with the archaeological collections helping to make them
available for everyone.
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Notes to Editors:
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Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people’s
lives. We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries – from theatre to digital art, reading
to dance, music to literature and crafts to collections. Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and
teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. Between 2010 and 2015, we
will invest £1.9 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1.1 billion from the National Lottery
to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country. www.artscouncil.org.uk
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Lakeside is the University of Nottingham’s public arts centre. It is a thriving multi-arts venue, programming a
diverse range of high-quality music, drama, dance, literature, comedy, education events and exhibitions on a year
round basis. It is also home to the University of Nottingham’s Archaeology Museum.
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The Museum was the winner of the Nottinghamshire Heritage Site of the Year Award in 2014
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For further information please contact Esther Rush Esther Rush, Officer, Communications and Advocacy,
Midlands Arts Council England, Tel: 0121 631 5707 Ext: 255707 or email: Esther.Rush@artscouncil.org.uk, OR for
information, interviews & images please contact Sofia Nazar-Chadwick Head of Audience Development &
Marketing at Nottingham Lakeside Arts on 0115 846 7379 or email: sofia.nazar-chadwick@nottingham.ac.uk .