# Evaluation of Museum Development Programme

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [The Arts Council England](/buyers/the-arts-council-england/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: DC Research
- Award value: £109,545
- Tender value: £116,500
- Award date: 11 March 2019
- Published: 26 March 2019
- Contract start: 25 March 2019
- Contract end: 30 September 2020
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c0f81938-1ad6-4c6f-9ba1-c8c26a632137-278337
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-c9e4ffbb-a377-4706-b73f-16258b60e1f7

## Description

Arts Council England is commissioning an external evaluation of the Museum Development programme over the period 2015-22 covering two grant periods: 2015-18 and 2018-22\. The Arts Council invested £9m in grants to 9 regional providers for the period 2015-18 and £12\.4m for the period 2018-22\. Our aim for the programme-level evaluation is to understand the value of the Museum Development programme over time in terms of impact and the story of change, to help inform Arts Council's role as the national development agency for museums in England beyond 2022\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c0f81938-1ad6-4c6f-9ba1-c8c26a632137-278337)