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Heritage Media Digital
About This Opportunity
Do you work for a museum or other publicly accessible heritage institution? Do you have a plan for a digital heritage presentation that contributes to historical awareness? If so, you may be eligible for the Heritage Media Digital open call. The Mondriaan Fund offers the Heritage Media Digital open call to stimulate the development and execution of presentations and activities involving digital media, in collaboration with creative makers, in order to boost public engagement with historical stories. This concerns stories that are linked to the national history of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The contribution is intended for alternative forms of storytelling and digital presentations about historical events, based on heritage archives and collections. This concerns public engagement projects involving digital media, in collaboration with creative makers. Potential projects may involve e.g.: podcasts, a series of short videos for social media, games, VR applications, innovative websites and other public presentations of digital heritage archives. Applications can also be submitted for development research, e.g. for experimentation, the development of a scaled-down version of a project, or for assessing the feasibility of a project or resonance with the audience. Audience research is focused on exploring the fields of interest of envisaged audience groups associated with a planned digital public presentation. The sum is determined per application. For public engagement projects, a contribution can be requested of no more than 40% of the variable project costs. The minimum budget for the project must be above € 10,000, and may not involve recurring expenses. For development research, a contribution can be requested of no more than 70% of the variable project costs, up to a maximum of €15,000. The available budget for the open call Heritage Media Digital is € 940,610. Applications for the Heritage Media Digital grant can be submitted twice, using the Mondriaan Fund online application system. Deadlines for the submission in 2025 are 12 June and18 September, before 16:00 (Dutch time zone) / 10:00 (Caribbean time zone). You need an account before you can submit an application. If you do not already have an account, please apply for one on this website. Keep in mind that a 3-month period is required for processing the applications. No grants are awarded retrospectively.
Restrictions
Applications for support can be submitted by museums and other heritage institutions that are publicly accessible and manage a collection, without a profit motive, in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Applications cannot be submitted by art platforms. The project must involve a collaboration with at least one creative maker. The project must concern one or more historical stories about the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The application should state which historical events relating to the Kingdom of the Netherlands are brought into the limelight in the project. It is not possible to apply for support for publications, documentaries, film productions or TV productions. If applicants in the Netherlands work with a heritage institution’s digital collection, they are obliged to contact a digital heritage coach. In the Netherlands, collective agreements have been made regarding the digital accessibility of heritage collections, in line with the National Digital Heritage Strategy. This helps to create a network of connected heritage. The applicant works with the digital heritage coach to establish how the project can be developed in accordance with the National Digital Heritage Strategy. See the information about works compatible with the NDHS (in Dutch), and questions can be sent by email to * It is not possible to apply for the Heritage Media Digital contribution for recurring expenses or day-to-day operations. * Institutions for art education and post academic institutions are excluded from applying, as are commercial organisations primarily focused on sales. * All cultural institutions subscribe to the Fair Practice Code (Dutch only), the Culture Governance Code (Dutch only) and the Diversity & Inclusion Code (Dutch only). Compliance with the Fair Practice Code automatically means that the institution implements the codes. * If an artist is involved with the plans, a realistic remuneration for the artist is obligatory and must be included in the budget. In the case of temporary exhibitions or presentations with no sales purpose, artists should be paid fairly. In the budget, use one of these two calculators for your fair fee calculations. The debit entry for the remuneration is eligible for subsidy within Heritage Media Digital, and is specified in the budget. When an application is submitted for the Heritage Media Digital open call for support for a project, it is not possible to submit a separate application for the Artist’s Fee grant.
What's Offered
budget, production, transport, facilities, studio, mentorship