Research at the Westminster Menswear Archive

University of Westminster receives £167,000 from Research England to enhance the Westminster Menswear Archive.
Research England has awarded the University of Westminster just over £167,000 over the next five years to support the Westminster Menswear Archive (WMA).

The award recognises the Westminster Menswear Archive's outstanding contribution to national and international research, as well as innovative collections-based teaching and learning, digital engagement, and public programmes.
The Higher Education Museums, Galleries and Collections Fund provides funding support to higher education museums, galleries and collections so they can meet the costs of serving the wider research community beyond their own institutions.

In 2022-23 the WMA had over 340 general enquiries, and 93 in-person visits by external professionals, academics, and industry representatives. These included researchers and curators from V&A Dundee, the Museum of London, Nieuwe Instituut Rotterdam, MoMu Antwerp, the Design Museum London, and the Manchester Art Gallery.

While in the same period, the WMA had over 330 external visitors from Higher Education institutions including from the following institutions: Manchester Metropolitan University, Central Saint Martins and London College of Fashion, University of Brighton, Kingston University, Royal College of Art, University of Manchester, New York University, Nottingham Trent University, Oslo National Academy of Arts, and Sheffield Hallam University.