Renaissance in the regions

Renaissance is a once-in-a-generation programme to transform England’s regional museums. The programme has received £150m of central government funding to make museums great centres of life and learning which people want to visit.

The Renaissance South East Hub is a partnership of the Royal Pavilion & Museums with Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Oxford University Museums and Hampshire County Council Museums & Archives Service

Successes at the Royal Pavilion & Museums to date include
• major education projects
• attracting new visitors and encouraging participation
• a lively temporary exhibitions programme
• organisational development and staff training
• improved access and use of collections

Micro museums
We have delivered ‘micro museums’ in non-museum locations across Brighton & Hove, in a children’s centre in Whitehawk and a community library in Portslade.

Special projects
The Anglo-Saxon and Egyptology Outreach project provides access to objects from the combined Anglo-Saxon and Egyptology collections of six non-Hub museums and our own holdings. With supporting learning resources and dedicated outreach interpretation officers, this unique package has been delivered to over 3,000 children across Surrey, and East and West Sussex.

The Mental Health Project is a partnership scheme with the Surrey, East & West Sussex Museum Development Service devised to make museums more accessible and appealing to people with mental health issues.

For more information about Renaissance visit their website www.museumse.org.uk