A GRANT of more than £100,000 will help transform the way The Salisbury Museum displays its collection.

The museum, in the Kings House, The Close, has been given £115,360 to help develop its exhibitions to achieve social impact.

The money from the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund was awarded following an announcement by the Museums Association on December 5.

Katy England, learning project officer at The Salisbury Museum, said: “We are absolutely thrilled to have been granted this funding.

“We have been developing our work with young people and young carers here at the museum and this project will enable us to really build on this.””

Over the next two and a half years the museum will be working with the local community to reinterpret and redisplay its nationally significant collection of costume and textiles dating back to the 16th century.

The collection contains over 5,000 items including fashion and military dress from the 18th and 19th centuries; samplers, quilts and accessories including gloves, shoes, sunbonnets and buttons.

The museum also has one of the largest collections of smocks in the UK.

“Currently our costume collection is being re-catalogued by a team of volunteers from The Arts Society and they are discovering many forgotten gems,” Ms England added.

“This project will forge links between the generations and help to tell the fascinating stories hidden in the collection.”

The project will include an after-school club, workshops for secondary schools and colleges as well as workshops to take part in.

Anyone interested in taking part in the project should contact Katy England at katyengland@salisburymuseum.org.uk