As Renaissance is a regional programme, delivering funding across a number of activities and institutions, it is not possible to attribute spend to specific museums. Money is spent in a way that benefits groups of museums, including the Renaissance Hubs, through grants to Subject Specialist Networks and through the Museum Development Fund.
The majority of Renaissance funding goes directly to the network of Regional Museum Hubs. Each Hub is made up of four or more museums or museum services. The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council has encouraged Hub partners to take a joint approach to planning and delivering their work programmes through meaningful and productive partnerships. The following table shows funding allocated to each regional Hub since the programme began in 2002.
£ Allocations Total Hub 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2002-03 to 2005-06 East Midlands 10,000 200,000 729,000 963,000 1,902,000 East of England 10,000 220,000 720,000 1,214,000 2,164,000 London 10,000 250,000 946,000 1,324,000 2,530,000 North West 10,000 220,000 820,000 1,402,000 2,452,000 South East 10,000 260,000 908,000 1,548,000 2,726,000 Yorkshire 10,000 210,000 676,000 1,180,000 2,076,000 North East 10,000 960,000 2,467,000 3,343,000 6,780,000 South West 10,000 1,340,000 3,149,000 5,181,000 9,680,000 West Midlands 10,000 1,420,000 3,410,000 5,420,000 10,260,000 Total 90,000 5,080,000 13,825,000 21,575,000 40,570,000
41 museums/museum services make up the Hubs, working across over 190 sites:
East Midlands:
Leicester Museums Service (lead partner)
Derby Museums and Art Gallery
Leicestershire Museums Service
Lincolnshire Museums Service
Nottingham City Museums and Galleries
East of England:
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (lead partner)
Colchester Museums
Luton Museums Service
Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge
London:
Museum of London (lead partner)
Geffrye Museum Trust
Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust
London’s Transport Museum
North East:
Tyne and Wear Museums (lead partner)
Beamish, the North of England Open Air Museum
Hartlepool Museums
The Bowes Museum, County Durham
North West:
Manchester City Galleries (lead partner)
Bolton Museum and Art Gallery
Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle
University of Manchester Museums and Galleries: Manchester
Museum and Whitworth Gallery
South East:
Hampshire County Museums Service (lead partner)
Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust
Oxford University Museums
The Royal Pavilion, Libraries and Museums, Brighton and Hove
South West:
Bristol Museums and Art Gallery (lead partner)
Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery, Exeter
Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
West Midlands:
Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery (lead partner)
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford
Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
There are no funds allocated specifically for acquisition by galleries outside London. This is because DCMS-funded museums and galleries have—since 1992—been able to spend whatever proportion of their income they wish on acquisitions.