Cost & Timetable The costs and proposed project milestones that will finalise our vision

Costs

Stage 1 – Design Development
£200,000

Stage 2 – Upgrading the Museum
£2,800,000

Total - £3 Million

Key Project Milestones

2009
Autumn – Seek funds to undertake design development work

2010
Winter – Development design work undertaken and funding sought for the building phase of the development project to take place.
Spring – Project goes to seek planning permission.
Summer – Application deadlines from the major public funders to assist with the building phase of the development project.

2011
Winter – Funding decisions received from the major public funders
Early Summer – Funding decsions received from trusts and foundations and the remainder of the major public funders
Late Autumn – Museum closes and the collection is moved to a temporary home to allow project to begin

2012
Winter – Construction work begins.
Summer – Project complete and the Museum re-opens to the public

Supporters thus far

European Regional Development Fund - £924,086, Highlands and Islands Enterprise - £260,000, The Heritage Lottery Fund - £32,800, The Highland Leader Programme - £30,500, The Highland Council (Culture Programme) - £30,000, The Highland Council (Inverness Common Good Fund) - £130,000, The MacRobert Trust - £5,000, Bord na Gaelic - £25,000, The Wolfson Foundation - £25,000, The Charles Hayward Foundation - £20,000, The Robertson Trust - £34,000