Stiftung Zinnfigurensammlung Alfred R. Sulzer supports work that deepens knowledge of historic tin, lead, paper, and papier-mâché figures from the 18th and 19th centuries, with a strong emphasis on research, scholarly publication, and making collections accessible through museum cataloguing and documentation. Its funding appears highly niche and collections-oriented, serving museums, researchers, and heritage institutions working on toy, figure, and decorative arts history in Switzerland, Germany, and broader Europe. The foundation is distinctive for combining preservation of a specialized private collection with active support for third-party scholarly and curatorial projects.
Targeted support for third-party research and collection-access projects, likely small to moderate project-based contributions rather than open-ended institutional funding; appears specialized and potentially relationship-driven, with grants aligned to specific research, publication, or cataloguing needs.
Approach this funder only with highly specific project proposals tied to historic figure research, collection documentation, or publication/catataloguing work. Materials should clearly explain scholarly value, museum/public-access outcomes, and relevance to tin/lead/paper figure collections in the 18th–19th century; expect a niche, likely direct-contact process rather than a broad public grant competition.
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Current and upcoming funding from Stiftung Zinnfigurensammlung Alfred R. Sulzer that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Projekte Dritter mit Bezug zu musealen Zinnfiguren; genannt werden Forschungsarbeiten, die dazugehörigen Publikationen sowie die Erschliessung bzw. Inventarisierung von Museumsbeständen musealer Zinnfiguren. Unterstützungen erfolgen auf entsprechende Gesuche hin.
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