Designation Challenge Fund The Designation Challenge Fund (DCF) uses Renaissance funding to improve the management and accessibility of collections which are of national or international importance, for the benefit of the public. Since 2002, almost £13m of Renaissance funding has been invested to support museums with Designated collections. On this page you can find out about DCF awards, about using the logo, and download evaluation reports and data collection guidelines. More information about the Designation Scheme for museums, libraries and archives is available under the Designation section of this site. DCF awards The documents below give a summary of DCF awards since 2002. The latest round of grants awarded innovative projects that were taking forward some of the recommendations from the Museums Association's Collections for the Future report. The intention was to encourage the sharing of learning from projects. Details are below.  Project summaries 2006-2008 (PDF 80KB)
 2004-2006 (HTML)
DCF logos and guidelines Museums who receive Renaissance funding through DCF should use the Renaissance and MLA Partnership logos to show that they have received such funding. The logo should be used on all marketing and promotional materials, such as websites, printed materials, plaques etc. You can find out which logo to use by going to our Renaissance communications and logo page. DCF evaluation reports The evaluation report below summarises the achievements of Renaissance DCF projects. Case studies are provided which illustrate the improvements made to the care of collections and widening access to them. DCF Report 2002-2004 (PDF 1116KB) DCF data collection In 2006 almost £500,000 of Renaissance funding was made available to all non-hub museums holding Designated collections. This was to allow them to collect and collate core audience and other data, in line with the process already in place for hub museums. Guidelines for this data collection are below. Designated Collection Holders: Data Collection Guidelines (PDF 145KB)
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