Museums across the East Midlands have been given �5.3m as part of a national funding scheme to improve collections. The government's �100m Renaissance initiative is meant to help museums provide better services to schools and attract new audiences.
The scheme aims to transform regional museums across England.
Jonathan Wallace, curator of Derby Museum, said the cash would be used for educational projects and to give greater public access to exhibits.
The money will be given to the East Midlands Hub.
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It is made up of Leicester Museums Service, Derby Museums and Art Gallery, Leicestershire Museums Service, Lincolnshire Museum Service and Nottingham City Museums and Galleries.
Mr Wallace said: "We have got to sit down and talk about how the money will spent.
"We have already started to spend some of the money though - we have employed three members of staff to work on our collections and make links with the community.
"We are hoping to be doing a lot of work to ensure everybody in the East Midlands wins part of that money."
He added: "We are hoping to be able to improve the service that we give.
"We have thousands and thousands of objects - that means the public don't see them all, so we have to give more access to those and increase the educational things that we do."
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