Case studies HLF Major Grants – The first 100 June 2015 1 Contents HLF Major Grants – The first 100 .......................................................................................... 1 Ashmolean Museum ............................................................................................................. 5 Beaney House of Art & Knowledge ....................................................................................... 7 Big Pit ................................................................................................................................... 8 Birmingham Town Hall ........................................................................................................ 11 Bletchley Park ..................................................................................................................... 12 Brighton Museum and Art Gallery ....................................................................................... 15 British Film Institute Film and TV Archive ............................................................................ 17 British Museum: Education and Information Centre ............................................................ 18 Cardiff Castle ...................................................................................................................... 20 Christ Church, Spitalfields ................................................................................................... 22 Churchill Archive ................................................................................................................. 24 Cutty Sark ........................................................................................................................... 26 Devonshire Royal Hospital .................................................................................................. 28 Dulwich Picture Gallery ....................................................................................................... 31 English National Opera: Restoration of the London Coliseum ............................................. 34 Exeter Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery ....................................................... 35 Fitzwilliam Museum ............................................................................................................. 37 Great North Museum........................................................................................................... 38 Harrogate Royal Hall ........................................................................................................... 40 Horniman Museum .............................................................................................................. 42 Hull History Centre .............................................................................................................. 44 Imperial War Museum ......................................................................................................... 47 Imperial War Museum, Duxford: the American Air Museum and Air Space ......................... 48 John Rylands University Library of Manchester................................................................... 50 Kelvingrove Museum........................................................................................................... 51 Kennet and Avon Canal ...................................................................................................... 53 Leeds City Museum ............................................................................................................ 55 London Transport Museum ................................................................................................. 57 Lowry Centre ...................................................................................................................... 59 M Shed: the Museum of Bristol ........................................................................................... 61 Manchester City Art Gallery ................................................................................................ 62 Manchester Museum........................................................................................................... 64 Manchester Museum of Science and Industry ..................................................................... 67 Mary Rose .......................................................................................................................... 69 Milestones Museum ............................................................................................................ 71 Murrays’ Mills, Ancoats ....................................................................................................... 72 Museum of English Rural Life, University of Reading .......................................................... 73 2 Museum of London ............................................................................................................. 74 Museum of London Docklands ............................................................................................ 76 National Football Museum .................................................................................................. 78 National Gallery: Acquisition of Madonna of the Pinks ........................................................ 80 National Gallery: Acquisitions of Seurat, Durer, and Stubbs paintings ................................. 82 National Library of Scotland: John Murray Archive .............................................................. 83 National Maritime Museum Cornwall ................................................................................... 85 National Maritime Museum Greenwich: Neptune Hall and the Royal Observatory .............. 86 National Media Museum ..................................................................................................... 88 National Museum of Scotland ............................................................................................. 89 National Museums Liverpool ............................................................................................... 92 National Portrait Gallery ...................................................................................................... 94 National Railway Museum, Shildon ..................................................................................... 96 National Trust for Scotland: Newhailes ............................................................................... 98 National Trust Scotland: Burns’ Birthplace Museum ............................................................ 99 National Trust Scotland: Mar Lodge .................................................................................. 101 National Trust: Tyntesfield ................................................................................................ 103 National Waterfront Museum ............................................................................................. 105 Natural History Museum: Earth Galleries and Darwin Centre ............................................ 108 New College Nottingham: Adams Building ........................................................................ 111 Norwich Castle Museum ................................................................................................... 112 Pallant House Gallery ....................................................................................................... 113 People’s History Museum ................................................................................................. 115 Riverside Museum ............................................................................................................ 117 Royal Academy of Music ................................................................................................... 120 Royal Albert Hall ............................................................................................................... 121 Royal Artillery Museum: Firepower! ................................................................................... 122 Royal Festival Hall ............................................................................................................ 124 Royal Geographical Society .............................................................................................. 126 Royal Gunpowder Mills ..................................................................................................... 128 Science Museum: Wellcome Wing .................................................................................... 130 Scottish National Gallery: Playfair Development ............................................................... 132 Scottish National Gallery: Titian Acquisition ...................................................................... 134 Segedunum Roman Fort and Museum ............................................................................. 137 Shetland Museum and Archives ........................................................................................ 139 Somerset House & the Gilbert Collection .......................................................................... 141 ss Great Britain ................................................................................................................. 144 St George's Hall ................................................................................................................ 146 St Martin-in-the-Fields ......................................................................................................