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More than £550,000 for 17 Welsh cultural projects

Museum, archive and library projects will be supported through March 2027, including youth work, digitisation and local-history activities.

Christine Jones ·

Illustrative books photograph supplied with the Welsh Government release. The image was first published in its press library in February 2025; it does not identify a funded project. Welsh Government, Open Government Licence v3.0; cropped.

Illustrative books photograph supplied with the Welsh Government release. The image was first published in its press library in February 2025; it does not identify a funded project. Welsh Government, Open Government Licence v3.0; cropped.

Original photographOpen Government Licence v3.0

Seventeen museum, archive and library projects across Wales will share more than £550,000 in additional Welsh Government funding to continue work through the end of March 2027. The awards extend activities already underway through the Enhanced Local Culture Sector Support for Museums, Archives & Libraries Grant Programme.

Examples in the funding announcement

6 figures

Blaenau Gwent
Library youth engagement
Monmouthshire and RCT
Historic collection digitisation
Newport
Local-history geocaching app
Vale of Glamorgan
Reading strategy pilot
Anglesey
Archaeology and prehistory engagement
Gwynedd
Culture Gwynedd programme

Source: Welsh Government, 16 October 2026

What the funding supports

The government’s examples include youth engagement in Blaenau Gwent libraries, digitisation of historic collections in Monmouthshire and Rhondda Cynon Taf, and a Newport geocaching app intended to help people explore local history. In the Vale of Glamorgan, a reading strategy pilot will test literacy support with schools and families. Anglesey’s archaeology and prehistory programme is intended to reach new audiences, while Culture Gwynedd brings museums, archives and libraries together across the county.

Keeping work going

Culture and Sport Minister Heledd Fychan said the funding would help organisations extend their activities and reach more communities. The announcement links the awards to the government’s commitment to widen access to culture. The release also highlights Herstories in Merthyr Tydfil. Project manager Annabelle Dennis describes a website and an immersive museum installation designed to preserve and share women’s stories. The website is intended to remain a digital archive as further stories are added.

Background and supporting figures

Where this sits

3 checked facts

  1. How does it compare?

    • Funding extends activities already underway, rather than establishing17new venues.

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    • Aggregate funding and project count do not establish equal project grants; individual allocations absent.

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  2. Who can change it?

    • Herstories project manager describes an immersive installation and lasting digital archive of Merthyr women’s stories.

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Every line above was checked against the source named beside it before this piece was published.

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