Funders - RAMM

A flagship City Council service, RAMM also attracts funding from other sources

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund has contributed nearly £10million to Exeter City Council's £15million redevelopment project that will allow RAMM to grow and develop to meet 21st Century needs and maintain its position as Exeter's No. 1 attraction. RAMM's redevelopment project

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) enables communities to celebrate, look after and learn more about our diverse heritage. They fund the entire spread of heritage - including buildings, museums, natural heritage and the heritage of cultural traditions and language.

Renaissance

The Renaissance programme is the Government's groundbreaking investment in regional museums.

For the first time ever, investment from central government is enabling regional museums across the country to raise their standards and deliver real results in support of education, learning, community development and economic regeneration.

RAMM is one of a network of Hubs - groups of regional museums that have been set up in each English region to act as flagship museums and help promote good practice. Alongside the Hubs, Regional Agencies and Museum Development Officers are providing advice and support, and national museums are sharing their skills and collections. Renaissance is helping museums to meet people's changing needs - and to change people's lives.

Renaissance has successfully demonstrated that efficiently managed investment can deliver extraordinary results and RAMM is at the forefront of excellence in service delivery.

Designation Challenge Fund

The MLA's Designation Scheme has identified RAMM's World Cultures collection as a pre-eminent collection of national and international importance. The collection has benefited from the Designation Challenge Fund (DCF) which supports improved management and accessibility of these collections. Projects have included joint exhibitions at Plymouth and Stroud museums and work with local schools and universities to link the display into the curriculum themes of citizenship and identity.

Additional funding

Since 2003 RAMM has secured funding for a range of activities including:

• RAMM's major development project
• purpose-built collections store
• reinterpretation of St Nicholas Priory
• special exhibitions
• conservation
• new acquisitions
• community projects

Sources of funding include:

• Heritage Lottery Fund
• Exeter City Council
• Growth Point
• Garfield Weston Foundation
• DCMS/Wolfson Foundation Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund Designation Challenge Fund
• Big Lottery Fund
• Arts Council England
• V&A Purchase Grant Fund
• National Art Collections Fund
• Pilgrim Trust
• Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
• Victoria and Albert Museum
• British Museum
• Friends of Exeter Museums and Art Gallery