£300k to deepen curators’ collection knowledge

Eleven museum professionals will share a £302,500 fund aimed at deepening their knowledge of chosen collections.

The Headley Fellowship with Art Fund programme, administered by the Headley Trust and Art Fund, has supported 22 curators since its inception in 2018. This year’s cohort represents museums across England and Scotland and collections of textiles, Scottish pottery and Egyptology, among others.

The fund covers the cost of filling a curator’s post for up to six months and up to £4,000 to support each fellow’s professional development.

The curators will organise exhibitions, digitise collections and share knowledge between museums.

“With this support, [curators] can take time away from the growing day-to-day pressures of their roles to focus on research that will lead to new ways to engage the public with their collections,” said Headley Trust’s Helen McLeod.