North East museums to share £1.25m funding

MUSEUMS across the North East from Jarrow Hall to Sunderland's Winter Gardens are to share a £1.25m funding boost, the Government has announced. The cash, which comes from the Government's Museum Renewal Fund, will support publicly-owned museums across the region.

- SAM VOLPE

The Winter Gardens in Sunderland City Centre

Five organisations which run the museums will have a share of the cash. Government minister Baroness Twycross said the hope was that the funding would help venues stay open and provide opportunities for future generations.

The organisations to receive money are Sunderland City Council (£102,280), The Bowes Museum (£436,181), Jarrow Hall (£38,669), Middlesbrough Council's cultural services department (£239,551) and North East Museums formerly Tyne and Wear Archives & Museums (£438,300).