What assistance is being made available to the Museum of Lead Mining to enable it to gain Museum of Significance status.

In addition tothe one-off funding of £40,000 which the government gave in 2003 to the Museumof Lead Mining in Wanlockhead to address the museum’s financial deficit, the governmentgave a further £30,000 one-off funding in 2006-07, again to address a financialdeficit. The government also gave £5,000 in 2006-07 to recruit a manager. Thisfunding allowed the museum to re-open for the 2007 season.
The ScottishMuseums Council, which is funded by the government to support local museums, isworking with the museum to assist it in developing its application to theMuseums Significance Recognition Scheme seeking to ensure its longer termfinancial stability. Meanwhile, the government is keeping closely in touch withthe situation at the museum.