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Regional Museums
The Northern Territory is home to some the most unique and remote art, history and cultural collections in Australia. Featuring treasures of national significance, these community collections tell the story of our past and present to local and visiting audiences.
The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory offers regional museums, keeping places and galleries funding and support to preserve, collect and share these unique stories of our cultural heritage.
Discover the Northern Territory's regional museums here.
Quick Response Grant Program (2025-2026)
The Quick Response Grant aims to support initiatives that require less funding, but are no less important, than major projects that require significant budgets. The aim of the grant is to fill a funding gap within Regional Museums by supporting projects that may not be included in annual grant applications.
Regional Museums Grants Program
The Regional Museums Grants Program supports the preservation, conservation and display of significant national and historical cultural material in the Northern Territory.
Regional museums, galleries and cultural centres in the Northern Territory are eligible to apply for funding of up to $40,000 per applicant, to develop, conserve, preserve or exhibit our unique cultural heritage.
Funding is provided by the Northern Territory Government administered by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory.
KEY DATES
2024-25 GRANT RECIPIENTS
Funding of $189,961.32 has been awarded to eight regional museums, galleries and cultural centres around the Northern Territory (NT) as part of the 2025 Regional Museums Grant Program.
The program supports the preservation, conservation and display of significant historical cultural material in the NT through grants of up to $40,000 per project. Funding is provided by the Northern Territory Government and administered by the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory (MAGNT).
Over the next year, the successful recipients will undertake archival projects, transcribe stories of leading art movements, preserve historic quilts, take on conservation of critically important bark paintings and water colour paintings, install new collection storage and offer training and development for remote staff.
A highly competitive round, the projects were selected by an independent panel from a total pool of applications worth $367,686.73