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<p>The National Railway Museum (NRM) is part of the Science Museum Group (SMG). DCMS
allocates Grant-in-Aid (GIA) to the SMG who distribute the funding across all their
sites.</p><p>GIA funding information for 2018/19 and 2019/20 is published in SMG’s
Annual Report and Accounts. Estimates for this financial year are published in Central
Government Supply Estimates 2020/21. SMG is allowed to access additional resource
GIA funding over the financial year 2020/21 in order to mitigate possible deficits
as a result of the impacts of COVID-19 over the financial year. Funding is not yet
fully confirmed for 2021/22.</p><p>In addition NRM has been awarded £18.5m over three
years, from 2020/21 to 2022/23, from the Culture Investment Fund to support NRM’s
Vision 2025 transformation project.</p><p>Search Engine, which launched in 2008, has
dramatically opened up access to the museum’s archive collection and library. Since
opening, 400,000 people have used the facility, which now includes more than 1,000
paintings, 2,350 prints and drawings and 1.75m photographs. DCMS does not hold information
on the funding allocated to Search Engine stock purchases but the SMG has confirmed
that it is adequate to meet all current and anticipated needs.</p><p> </p>
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