This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations, including galleries and museums, with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible. Applicants must meet Arts Tasmania’s general eligibility requirements.
Applications will not be accepted from:
- privately owned collections
- federal government collections
- Tasmanian Government Business Enterprises, and;
- Tasmanian Government Departments.
Organisations in receipt of multi-year support from Arts Tasmania are not eligible to apply to other Arts Tasmania programs for the term of the multi-year agreement.
Eligible costs and activities
Organisations can apply for funding towards activities that improve access to, and care for, collections such as:
- archival materials
- education and public programs
- marketing and promotion including graphic design and printing costs
- permanent, temporary, or touring exhibitions
- product development
- software licenses
- wages and fees for museum professionals.
Arts Tasmania expects that museum professionals are paid fairly for their work. For more information, please visit wages and fees.
Permanent, fixed-term or casual employees of any part of the Creative Industries, Sport and Visitor Economy Division of the Department of State Growth (with regular hours that exceed 0.3 of a full-time load) cannot receive payment through Arts Tasmania’s programs.
Overdue acquittals
If your organisation has received support from Arts Tasmania in the past and the acquittal for this support is now overdue, it is not eligible to receive more support until all overdue acquittal reports are submitted and approved.