The Stained Glass Museum Awarded Major Grant
(4 Dec. 2025)

This grant from The Julia Rausing Trust will allow the museum to carry out essential conservation work.


The Stained Glass Museum, Ely, is delighted to share that the museum has been awarded a major new grant by The Julia Rausing Trust which will improve collections care through conservation work and environmental assessment, whilst providing opportunities for training and public engagement around the care and conservation of stained glass over the next three years.

As part of this project, a specialist stained glass conservator will be appointed to undertake a programme of conservation on the stained glass windows within the museum’s collection, with adaptions made within the museum’s gallery to further protect these beautiful, but fragile works.

As part of the project, the museum will also offer two stained glass conservation internships to help train the next generation of conservators. With stained glass added to the ‘Heritage at Risk’ red list in 2023, offering these opportunities to the next generation is more important than ever.

The students will be able to put their skills to use and gain valuable public-facing conservation experience, whilst continuing their studies.

In addition to the preventative conservation, heritage and skills training, the project will showcase the specialist conservation processes and techniques for the public, online through video, in person with a series of behind-the-scenes tours, and with a variety of engaging learning opportunities. Children will also enjoy special themed events during the school holidays and educational visits inspired by the science of conservation and the environment.

Dr Jasmine Allen, Director and Curator of The Stained Glass Museum says;

"This grant of over £90,000 from The Julia Rausing Trust will allow the museum to
undertake some essential conservation work to our specialist collection, whilst sharing
this process with the public too. We are particularly delighted to be able to host
conservation placements for trainee conservators as part of the project and offer the
unique experience to combine the practicalities of stained glass conservation within our
museum, which is based in a Grade-1 listed historic setting"

The grant will also be used to commission an environmental assessment and upgrade the museums environmental monitoring system to improve the monitoring and care of the historic stained glass collections within the museum’s current unique Cathedral setting.

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