Ironbridge Gorge museums secure £2.2 million windfall
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust has secured £2.2 million funding for the next three years from the Arts Council.
The trust has once again secured its position as one of the country's 21 Arts Council England Major Partner Museums, meaning it will get a funding package of £736,000 per year for the next three years.
Anna Brennand, chief executive of the trust, said: "As an independent charity we do not receive any regular funding from local or central government.
"The majority of our income comes from visitor admissions, spending in our shops and cafés and fundraising activities.
"Our Major Partner Museum funding will support our wider programme of activities such as the care and development of our collections, our entrepreneurial ways of working and our wide ranging lifelong learning programmes."
Barrie Williams, chairman of the trust, said he was delighted to have got the funding which reaffirms the museum's position as one of the country's leading museums.
The trust is one of the largest independent museums in the world, with the twin aims of education and heritage conservation in the Ironbridge Gorge World Heritage Site.
