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museumaker - Cathy Miles at Guildhall Museum, Rochester

The project was designed to explore the late 18th Century Seaton Tool Chest, once owned by Benjamin Seaton of Chatham, which houses a complete set of furniture making tools - many …

Arts Council England champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives. 

We support a range of activities across the arts, museums and libraries - from theatre to digital art, reading to dance, music to literature, and crafts to collections. 

Great art and culture inspires us, brings us together and teaches us about ourselves and the world around us. In short, it makes life better. 

Between 2011 and 2015, we will invest £1.4 billion of public money from government and an estimated £1 billion from the National Lottery to help create these experiences for as many people as possible across the country.  

Read Achieving great art for everyone, our 10-year strategic framework for the arts.

Read our Royal Charter.

 

Our mission is 'great art for everyone' and we work to achieve this by championing, developing and investing in arts and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives.

Our mission is 'great art for everyone' and we work to achieve this by championing, developing and investing in arts and cultural experiences that enrich people's lives.

Find out about the work that Arts Council England is doing in your area of interest. There is information on projects, press and news, as well as useful links and publications.

On 1 October 2011 we took over responsibility for supporting and developing libraries as part of the functions we inherit from the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA).

Arts Council England now represents museums, having assumed some of the functions of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), on 1 October.

The Plan sets out what we will do to deliver our goals and priorities over the years 2011-15.

Achieving great art for everyone, our strategic framework for the arts, sets out five goals for the arts over the next 10 years. These five goals are supported by 13 priorities that will direct our work in four years 2011-15.

We support arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.

We support arts activities that engage people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations carry out their work.

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