Issue 37 Spring 23 WEB - Flipbook - Page 94
RAF Museum secures investment
from The National Lottery
Heritage Fund for Midlands
development programme
The Royal Air Force Museum is delighted to announce it has been awarded investment
from The National Lottery Heritage Lottery Fund for its Inspiring Everyone: RAF Museum
Midlands Development Programme.
This ambitious project will deliver a major regional
engagement programme, alongside a site transformation.
An immersive exhibition will explore today’s RAF, a new
Learning Centre will provide bespoke facilities, and a purpose-built Collections Hub will enable the Museum’s
stored collection to be shared with the public for the first
time. The complementary development of a woodland
landscape and new public realm will encourage outdoor
learning, discovery, and contemplation.
The transformation will be underpinned by, and feed into,
activities that welcome more of our communities to use
the RAF Museum and RAF Story as a resource, enabling
us to play a more impactful role across the Midlands. The
project has been designed with inclusion at its heart,
with a multi-strand engagement programme that has
opportunities for co-creation throughout, helping us
engage with a wider range of visitors and ensure our offer
is relevant for everyone.
The project will also support the Museum to achieve its
commitment to Carbon Net Zero by 2030. Throughout
the programme, we will learn alongside the RAF, working
with their environmental think tank to invest in sustainable technologies and operations.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund’s investment is a
significant contribution towards the Museum’s fundraising
campaign for the project, and will enable the Museum to
progress plans, working with local communities to develop
partnerships, programming and designs for the new spaces
and exhibitions.
To deliver our vision of ‘Inspiring everyone with the RAF
Story’, the Museum’s bold plans include delivery of a new
innovative nationally relevant exhibition focusing on the
critical role of the RAF over the past 40 years. Engaging
Below, RAF Museum team celebrate investment from
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
