Yamba Museum - The Story House
Yamba Museum applied for funding to install a building blanket. Temperatures inside the museum have been noticeably more stable since the work was completed.
Port Macquarie Museum
Work being carried out on the roof of Port Macquarie Museum. The Museum successfully applied for funding for these works in 2014, following on from recommendations in a 2013 Building Assessment.
Griffith Regional Art Gallery
Griffith Regional Art Gallery received a grant to improve access to the Gallery. This involved widening the footpath and building a concrete ramp up to the entrance of the building their share with the Griffith War Memorial Museum.
Old Courthouse Museum
The Old Courthouse Museum in Batemans Bay underwent a building and environmental assessment.
Stoke Stable Museum
The Stoke Stable Museum in Carcoar underwent a building and environmental assessment.
Grossman House, National Trust
Grossman House applied for funding to replace worn out guttering and inspect and clear stormwater pipe and downpipes. These works have helped rectify their issues with dampness, mould and high humidity
Does your museum or gallery building work for you? Do you think your building’s ability to store and care for your collection could be improved? Or maybe your building requires improved visitor access or environmental sustainability?
The Museum & Gallery Building Improvement Program offers two opportunities for museums and galleries to improve their buildings via funding for either a Building Assessment Report or for Building Works.
If your application for a Building Assessment Report is successful, a heritage architect and a conservator will be organised to come to your building and produce a detailed assessment report that makes prioritised recommendations for how you can make improvements. This document can be incredibly useful in developing management plans, as well as in approaching organisations like councils for funding or assistance in carrying out the necessary works.
The Building Improvement grants program also offers the opportunity to apply for funds to carry out the necessary building works. If you have already received a Building Assessment from the program, or if you have an equivalent report that meets the minimum requirements (see Building Improvement Program page for details) you can apply for funding for one of the recommended areas of work.
An example of a successful recipient of both the Building Assessment Report and of the funds necessary to carry out building works identified in the original report is the Woolpack Inn Museum, Holbrook. The Woolpack Inn Museum was awarded a Building Assessment Report in 2016, which identified that the museum’s building required urgent repairs and stabilisation. Based on the report’s findings the Woolpack Inn applied to the Building Improvement Program in 2017 for funds to help repair the issues identified in 2016 and were awarded funds to carry out the stabilisation of a lantern skylight, the repointing of brickwork to stop rising damp and the bracing of a parapet wall on the front of the building.
Previous recipients include:
- Calala Cottage Museum installed external cladding and insulation to a storage shed to make the internal environment more stable.
- Woolpack Inn Museum undertook urgent building repairs recommended in a building assessment report, funded in the previous year. Repairs included stabilizing a lantern skylight, repointing brickwork to stop rising damp and bracing a parapet wall on the front of the building.
- Walcha Pioneer Museum were successful in getting a Building Assessment Report that recommended installing new downpipes and ensuring that all downpipes are connected to the drainage system, bracing timber structures and implementing a freezing program for insect infested objects.
The Museum and Gallery Building Improvement Program is a devolved funding program supported by the NSW Government Office of Environment and Heritage and the Heritage Council of NSW, administered by Museum & Galleries of NSW (M&G NSW) on behalf of the NSW Government.
