Picture: James Hardisty The Cosprop Darcy Wet Shirt Costume sold for £26,000 and was one of several outfits bought by Bankfield Museum in Halifax, using money from financial donations.

Millennium Gallery, in Sheffield, will be awarded £315,000, the Bankfield Museum in Halifax, is to receive £442,000 and the Beck Isle Museum, in Pickering, will receive almost £400,000.

There are roof repairs for the Museum of North Craven Life, in Settle, and opening up old ironstone mines in parts of the North York Moors. Bankfield Museum at Halifax is also to benefit ...