Arts Tasmania - Cultural heritage organisations - multi-year - 2026-27 to 2029-30

This program offers multi-year support to moveable cultural heritage organisations to deliver the Tasmanian Government objectives outlined in the Cultural and Creative Industries Recovery Strategy: 2020 and beyond.

These organisations will play a leading role in preserving Tasmania’s moveable cultural heritage by:

• developing and sharing high-quality cultural heritage activities
• creating opportunities for Tasmanian volunteers and museum professionals
• demonstrating strong and strategic leadership for the sector
• developing the overall capacity of the sector
• supporting and progressing diversity and inclusion within the sector
• building partnerships that strengthen the sustainability of the sector
• connecting with and inspiring audiences, and the wider community.

For more information, please visit Cultural heritage organisations - multi-year.

This program supports Tasmanian cultural heritage organisations (including galleries and museums) with permanent collections that are publicly owned and publicly accessible.

To be eligible, organisations must have received funding through any of Arts Tasmania’s competitive grant programs in each of the last two financial years (2023-24 and 2024-25).

Applicants must also 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
• non-cultural heritage organisations or cultural heritage organisations with no physical presence in Tasmania
• organisations already in receipt of multi-year operational support from Arts Tasmania
• organisations in receipt of administered funding or direct support from the Tasmanian Government (this includes the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Ten Days on the Island, the Theatre Royal Management Board, the Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery and West Coast Heritage Limited).

To be considered for multi-year support, your organisation will need to complete this simple form to check eligibility.

This form asks for:

• basic organisational and contact details
• information about your organisation’s governance structure (including a list of all board or committee members and a basic skills matrix)
• a copy of your organisation’s most recent fully signed audited financial reports.

Arts Tasmania will use this information to determine whether your organisation:

• is legally formed and solvent
• has an appropriate governance structure
• has a track record of securing income from non-Tasmanian Government sources.

If these requirements are met, your organisation will be invited to submit a full application. This process should take one to two weeks.

You will not need to include any of the information provided in the eligibility check as part of your organisation's application.

If you have any questions about this form, please contact Arts Tasmania's grants team on 03 6165 6666 or grants@arts.tas.gov.au

You can also book a 15 minute online meeting using Bookings.