The National Manuscripts Conservation Trust<http://www.nmct.co.uk> offers grants for the conservation and preservation of manuscripts and archives. Since the NMCT was founded in 1990 it has awarded grants of over £3m, which have enabled the conservation of hundreds of musical, literary, architectural and other vital historical documents. Our grants ensure that these important collections can once more be made accessible to the public and researchers.
The next deadline for the submission of applications is 1st April 2017 and the results will be announced in early July. If you want to plan ahead, the deadline after that is 1st October 2017.
We welcome grant applications from non-national institutions such as county record offices, museums, university archives/special collections, cathedral archives and libraries, as well as owners of manuscripts that are exempt from capital taxation or owned by a charitable trust.
Our grants can cover conservation, binding and other preservation measures, including digitisation (providing it is part of a wider conservation project). The significance of the collection or items to be conserved, as well as the proposed conservation treatment, are carefully reviewed by Trustees when making their decisions.
Among the current recipients of NMCT grants are:
· Dorset History Centre: The Bankes Family archive
· Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives: Swinburne - early deeds and charters
· Skye and Localsh Archive Centre: Conserving the Waternish plan and volume collections
· West Glamorgan Archives Service: The mine engineering drawings of the Neath Abbey Ironworks collection;
· Staffordshire & Stoke on Trent Archives: The Minton Archive;
· Berkshire Record Office: Conserving Coleshill - country house and model farm.
Applications must be submitted on our application form, which you can download from our website: www.nmct.co.uk<http://www.nmct.co.uk>.
If you have any queries about whether your project is eligible or about our application process you are most welcome to contact Mrs Nell Hoare, who manages the Trust. You can contact her either through the NMCT's website or at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.
NMCT is the only grant giver solely focused on manuscript conservation and we are keen to spread the benefit of the funding that we have available, so do consider applying.
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James Travers| Cultural Property Manager| Archives Sector Development
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