Two North East space-themed projects have secured funding from a pilot learning and grants programme aimed at helping museums to increase community engagement.
Kielder Observatory in Northumberland and Durham University have both scooped their shares of the Mindsets + Missions for Museums and Science Centres of the Future. The pilot learning and grants programme has seen more than £800,000 shared out among 12 UK institutions, with £75,000 of that going to the observatory.