Arts Council England have awarded a Nottinghamshire museum almost £80,000 to fund a new permanent exhibition. Mansfield Museum has been awarded a total of £76,700 from the body to display its internationally significant and rare bird, butterfly and moth collection.
In November 2022, Mansfield District Council became a National Portfolio Organisation with Arts Council England, which means over three years more than £1.7m will be spent to deliver creative and cultural activity in the community. The council applied to the body's Unlocking Collections Fund to re-interpret the museum’s Joseph Whitaker bird collection.
The offer is a conditional one, and will need to be formally accepted by the authority’s Portfolio Holder, which is due to take place on 30 June. The ‘Take Flight’ project will see the grant promote a deeper understanding of the natural world by improving the storage, display and interpretation in an exhibition on display.
