The projects are set to receive £98m for various redevelopment, refurbishment and restoration schemes.
The development initiatives include:
• £12.1m to revitalise Jodrell Bank, home to the Lovell Telescope.
• £8m to revamp the Science Museum’s extensive Medicine Galleries.
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• £9.3m to restore and open up Derby Silk Mill in the Derwent Valley.
• £10m to make Great Central Railway a unique double-track ‘preserved’ railway between Loughborough and Leicester.
• £9.5m to digitise the British Library’s Save our Sounds Collection.
• £10.3m to redevelop Dorset County Museum.
• £12.4m to restore Lincoln Cathedral.
• £15m to refurbish Glasgow’s award-winning Burrell Collection.
• £11m to transform East London’s the Geffrye Museum.
Culture Secretary John Whittingdale said: "I’m thrilled that nine exciting projects across England and Scotland will benefit from this significant £98m investment."
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