Funding in Europe- Museums and Arts groups

Posted on March 02, 2011 at 04:22 PM

Like many areas of economic and social life, the EU offers support for those who are in need of funding in order to maintain or develop certain areas of their operation. However, as with most EU funding, it is available in the Arts by and large only for those projects which include a strong European element.

The European Commission encourages and supports museums within the framework of the EU's Culture Programme. Supporting and increasing the collaboration between different museums and institutions in EU countries is one of the main objectives of the Culture Programme. Many museums are supported every year through this Programme.

The Commission supports cultural and artistic organisations within the framework of its Culture Programme too. Criteria for funding include that the applicant organisation must show a truly European dimension and the project in question should exert an influence in at least seven European countries, preferably even in the whole of the EU. Arts groups in Ireland are eligible to apply for funding under the Culture Programme if they establish a project in cooperation with other institutions or public authorities within the EU and beyond. The projects must involve at least three cultural operators from at least three different countries participating in the programme and they must last a maximum of two years. An example for Irish projects that have been funded under this Programme is the Lucian Freud exhibition which was organized by the Irish Museum of Modern Art in 2007, receiving EUR 168.688.

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