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Since the pause of the scheme in 2020 in response to the pandemic, ACE have been taking a phased approach to re-opening the Accreditation scheme in England. This means that some museums will have had their Accreditation award extended for longer than five years. The pre-Covid returns schedule is obsolete. All museums will remain fully Accredited until they are invited to submit an Accreditation return.
The museums in the North region with a return due in phases 2 and 3 of the 2024 returns schedule are:
8 January 2025
- Garstang Museum of Archaeology; The Victoria Gallery and Museum (University of Liverpool)
- The Trolleybus Museum at Sandtoft
- Middleton Railway Museum
- North East Land, Sea and Air Museum
- Lytham Hall; Pendle Heritage Centre (Heritage Trust for the North West)
1 February 2025
- Cusworth Hall, Museum and Park; Doncaster Museum and Art Gallery; King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Museum (Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council)
- Yorkshire Air Museum & Allied Air Forces Memorial
- York Art Gallery; York Castle Museum; Yorkshire Museum and Gardens (York Museums Trust)
- Imperial War Museum North
1 March 2025
- South Yorkshire Transport Museum
- The Courthouse Museum; The Prison and Police Museum; The Workhouse Museum (Ripon Museum Trust)
- Port Sunlight Museum
- Otley Museum and Archive
1 April 2025
- Bolton Library & Museum Services (Bolton Museum and Art Gallery; Hall Iʼ Thʼ Wood Museum; Smithills Hall)
- University of Manchester (Manchester Museum, The Whitworth)
- York Minster Undercroft, Treasury and Crypts
1 May 2025
- North Lincolnshire Museum Service (North Lincolnshire Museum; Normanby Hall Country Park)
- Vindolanda Charitable Trust (Chesterholm Museum – Vindolanda)
- West Cheshire Museums, Cheshire West & Chester Council (Grosvenor Museum, Weaver Hall Museum and Workhouse, Stretton Watermill)
You can find the returns schedule, along with more information on the Accreditation Scheme here.