Applications for the 2020 Community Heritage Grants (CHG) program are now open.
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.
The types of projects supported include:
significance 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.
Applications close 5pm, Monday 4 May 2020 (AEST).