Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust (Cumbria, UK) transferred from public sector control to charitable trust status
in May 2011. As a consequence of this transfer, the Museum now has to look towards new and innovative
ways of fundraising and developing the business whilst maintaining its cultural integrity and continuing
with its successful community outreach projects.

Therefore the museum is seeking European partners from similar institutions to exchange knowledge and develop new
ideas in creating sustainable incomes for public museum and gallery spaces.

Central Aims & Activities

• To identify partners and develop a funding consortium to apply for Culture Programme Strand 1.2.1
    funding.
• To identify public museum and gallery spaces in cultural / heritage areas across the EU and develop links
    with identified regions.
• To identify the role of public museum and gallery spaces product in terms of adding value to the local
    tourism offer and using this added value as a driver for income generation from both the consumer and
    the corporate market.
• To identify the synergies between public museum and gallery spaces in partner countries.
• To identify strategies how museum and gallery spaces can effectively market and promote their 'product'
   to the private sector as an investment opportunity.
• To investigate web based marketing and sales of business opportunities.
• To review locations and scenarios where these issues are tackled effectively.
• To act as a catalyst and torch bearer for business development and sustainable incomes for public
museum and gallery spaces in cultural / heritage regions.
 
Outputs
• Sharing of good practice between European museums and art galleries with regard to design and
   marketing of their ‘product’ to the private sector via learning based exchange visits and web based
   information exchange.
• The use of reciprocal promotional exhibitions between partner countries and their practitioners to
   promote both a sense of place and pan-European collaboration.
• Creation of a sustainable business development toolkit for public museum and art gallery spaces.
• The development of long term European network for cooperation and exchange of knowledge, skills and
   experience, post project.
• The development of private sector partnership and income to support both youth and adult educational
projects and mental welfare projects amongst senior citizens.

If you are interested please contact the partner below:

Nik Schofield

Fundraising & Development Officer

Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust

Carlisle, Cumbria

United Kingdom

CA3 8TP

telephone: 00 44 1228 8764, email: Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist gegen Spambots geschützt! JavaScript muss aktiviert werden, damit sie angezeigt werden kann. , website www.tulliehouse.co.uk

Deadline for expressions of interest: 30th April 2012