A MUSEUM in Bournemouth has secured a grant worth over £130,000 towards a skylight project.

Russell-Cotes Museum is one of 39 institutions to benefit from funding under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Wolfson Foundation.

The £4m worth of grants will allow art galleries and museums to increase access, improve displays and enhance public spaces.

Russell-Cotes has been given £132,453 towards its art gallery skylight project. The award is one of five made in memory of art historian and curator Giles Waterfield

Matt Hancock, minister for digital and culture, said: “Our museums and galleries are among the best in the world and we should be rightly proud of these institutions.

"We want people to be able to enjoy world-leading culture wherever they live and whatever their background. These grants will make an important contribution toward increasing access to their wonderful collections and improving the visitor experience at museums right across the country.”

Paul Ramsbottom, CEO of the Wolfson Foundation, added: “In announcing these awards I also want to pay tribute to Giles Waterfield. He was a brilliant advisor to the programme from its inception and sparkled at an expert panel meeting in the very week in which he tragically and unexpectedly died. We all owe him a great deal.”