For whom
The grant is intended for organisations in the field of mobile heritage and can be applied for jointly with another institution.
The Mondriaan Fund offers the Mobile Heritage Restoration grant to boost the quality of mobile heritage, to increase support for it, and to keep it operational in a sustainable fashion. This concerns mobile heritage that has a clear position in the storyline of the Toonbeelden (Showcases) and that is listed in the National Register of Mobile Heritage.
For what
The Mobile Heritage Restoration Grant is intended for the restoration and repair of mobile heritage, with a focus on its preservation. It involves all sectors of mobile heritage: rail, roads, water and air.
The grant can be used for restoration and repair of mobile heritage that is listed in the National Register of Mobile Heritage, and that takes up a clear position in the storyline of the Toonbeelden (Showcases), which expresses a special national or regional interest.
The aim is to reinforce the quality of extraordinary mobile heritage, and to keep it operational in a sustainable way, taking into account aspects of environment, energy and climate.
Through the Art Heritage Presentation grant, a contribution can be requested to increase the visibility of mobile heritage.
How much
The amount of the grant is determined per application. The maximum contribution by the Mondriaan Fund is 50% of the project costs.
Apply
In order to submit an application you must first apply for an account. Applicants must take into account a processing period of 3 months from the moment the application is fully submitted. Grants by the Mondriaan Fund cannot be awarded retroactively. That is why the application must be submitted well in advance of the desired commencement date. However, due to the many applications to the fund, the processing time can take longer than expected.
This explanation is based on the deelregeling Restauratie Mobiel Erfgoed (in Dutch).
Conditions
- Applications may be submitted by Dutch non-profit foundations or museums, focused on the preservation, maintenance and exhibition of mobile heritage. Museums whose collection is funded through the Erfgoedwet (Dutch Heritage Act) are not eligible for this grant.
- Applications may also be submitted by an organisation representing several mobile heritage institutes.
- The object is or has been used in the Netherlands, and/or produced in the Netherlands. If the application involves a car, the car must be over 30 years old; if it involves a plane, the design has to be over 50 years old, and the plane itself older than 40. If the application concerns a train, the train needs to be out of service; maritime heritage must be older than 50 years, from the moment of launch. The maximum grant of the Mondriaan Fund amounts to 50% of the project costs.
- If, within a period of five years after completion of the restoration, the object is transferred, the awarded grant may be (partially) re-claimed.
- Applications cannot be submitted for the funding of restoration-related costs, such as storage, presentation or exploitation.
- If the applicant has acquired funds of their own through crowdfunding, for example via voordekunst.nl, this counts as an advantage in the assessment process.
- For projects that are aimed at physical and virtual visibility, the increase of support, or education, and that contribute to professionalization and reinforcement of the mobile heritage sector as a whole, institutes may also apply for a Mobile Heritage grant. The same goes for development contributions to sustainability issues. It is also possible, as an organization, to apply for funding with both programmes for mobile heritage. With the Mobile Heritage grant, the maximum contribution of the Mondriaan Fund is 50% of the total project costs; for a feasibility study, this amounts to 50%.
Assessment
All applications that comply with the formal conditions and that have been submitted with the requested attachments will be presented to an advisory committee that issues advice on the allocation of Mobile Heritage Restoration grants.
When the grant involves a partnership between 2 or more parties, this has a positive influence on the assessment. The assessment also considers whether the partnership has added value for this plan. For mobile heritage, it is of great importance that the knowledge of experienced restorers is transferred to younger people. Cooperation with educational parties and the offer of apprenticeships is an advantage.
In addition, it is an advantage if environmental, energy and climate aspects have been taken into account in the choices regarding restoration techniques and materials and if sufficient attention has been paid to these aspects.
Final assessment
A Mobile Heritage Restoration grant can only be awarded if the committee of the Mondriaan Fund issues a positive recommendation concerning the above criteria taken together.
Such a positive recommendation may come with a recommendation on the total amount to be awarded within this grant, and the period for which it should be awarded.
Due to budgetary restrictions, we are unfortunately not always able to award grants to all applications that receive positive advisories from the committee. In this case, the Mondriaan Fund Board asks the advisory committee to prioritise the positive advisories. This means that an application may receive a positive advisory, but a grant is nevertheless not awarded.
The advisory committee assesses your application on the basis of:
- Current details of the institute.
- A substantive motivation as to why the mobile heritage objects involved are relevant for the Netherlands.
- A project plan and, if applicable, a sustainability plan. Sustainability may involve (technical) measures for improving the energy performance, the reduction of environmental impact and emissions, the use of energy saving materials or techniques, etcetera, while taking into account the cultural historic value of the restoration object.
- A presentation plan, including a communication plan, explaining how the institute aims to target and hold on to an appropriate audience in an inspiring way.
- A budget with a financing scheme and tenders.
The advisory committee takes the following criteria into consideration:
An exemplary or otherwise remarkable project
- Does the object requiring restoration have a clear position in the storyline of the Toonbeelden (Showcases)? Or is the object of remarkable cultural-historical value for another reason?
- To what extent does the plan demonstrate an innovative and/or investigative attitude on the part of the applicant?
The quality of the plan
- Is the intended state of the object following restoration sufficiently clear, and is this convincingly reasoned?
- Are the restoration methods and materials to be used sufficiently appropriate?
- Does the knowledge of the parties involved provide confidence that the goal of the restoration will be achieved?
If applicable: the quality of the sustainability plan
- Have environmental, energy and climate aspects been taken into account in the choices regarding the used (restoration) techniques and materials?
- Is there sufficient focus on environmental, energy and climate aspects?
Contribution to the professionalisation and strengthening of the sector
- To what extent does the project contribute to the professionalisation and strengthening of the mobile heritage sector as a whole?
- Are there connections between the road, water, air and rail subsectors?
Public reach
- To what extent will the object be publicly accessible following restoration?
- How is the cultural-historical story of the object made visible to the intended audience?
In the case that the project involves collaboration with the educational sector
- To what extent does the project involve the transfer of restoration knowledge or collaboration with the educational sector, or does the plan offer workplaces for trainees?
Checklist
To process your application, The Mondriaan Fund needs information. All of this information can be submitted in the application form itself, along with documentation that you can upload. Below is a checklist that follows the layout of the application form and contains all the information required.
Tip: collect all your information before you start filling out the online application form. Your attachments should be uploaded as PDFs. Please note: make sure that your documents meet the stated conditions. Otherwise, we will unfortunately not be able to process your request. Do not exceed the number of pages where a maximum is indicated.
Checklist
Recent and current extract from the register of the Chamber of Commerce (maximum 1 year old)
Current details of the organisations (max. 1 page)
With a description of the activities of the applicant organisation over the past three years, including goals, target groups, partnerships and public reach.
Description of the object to be restored and its importance (max. 5 pages)
With the current data about the object or collection to be restored (such as provenance, name of the designer, dates of possession, those responsible for the object to be restored), and a description of the significance of the object within the storyline of the Toonbeelden (Showcases).
Project plan (max. 20 pages)
With an overview of the activities to be organised, the planning, description of cultural entrepreneurship, the people responsible for the content of the project, and any involved partners and website. Describe the urgency of the project, the effectiveness of the treatment method or maintenance measures, the consideration given to sustainability, the safeguarding of the storage conditions, and accessibility to the public after restoration. Motivate why the proposed plan has an exemplary function or is special in some other way.
Presentation plan (max. 15 pages)
A description of the way in which the project will be presented, including a communication plan with an explanation of how the institute aims to reach and hold on to an appropriate audience in an inspiring way. If applicable, also describe collaborations aimed at the transfer of knowledge about restoration to young people. In addition, provide an indication of the expected number of participants or visitors; describe the target groups, the choice for these target groups and how the activities fit with these groups.
Specified budget with a financing plan
Including the institute’s own contribution. The budget must come with substantiation. If the financing also involves third parties, we request that you submit the entire budget and financing plan, and not just the part for which a grant is applied for with the Mondriaan Fund.
See information about the budget for institutes.
Tenders of crucial items in the budget
Compile all the tenders within a single PDF file.
Proof of management or ownership
Proof of registration in the National Register for Mobile Heritage
Link to the registration in the National Register for Mobile Heritage
See the online register. For questions about the registration or when your object in not yet included in the National Register for Mobile Heritage, please contact: Kees Wielemaker, 06 55 00 31 92 / vasb@zbovryrpbyyrpgvrarqreynaq.ay.
If applicable:
Bank details
We need your bank account number to transfer funds if your application is granted. If you have not previously submitted an application to the Mondriaan Fund or if the account number has changed since the previous application, please upload a recent bank statement clearly stating the name of the account holder and IBAN/bank account number of the applicant. Applicants established in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom can provide a bank statement or other document from the bank stating the name of the account holder and bank account number.
In the case of substantive and equal collaboration with one or more other organisations active in the field of visual art or heritage:
Declarations of consent from participating organisation(s)
Showing that the institutions have given their consent for the application to be submitted to the Mondriaan Fund, and confirming that the collaborating organisation is aware that it cannot submit a separate application to the Fund for costs already included on the budget of this application. Combine all declarations into a single PDF. View an example statement of consent.
Confirmation letters of contributions by third parties
Combine all letters in a PDF file.
