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ROKBOX Announces 2025 Sustainable Packaging Grant Winners

ROKBOX is thrilled to announce the recipients of the inaugural ROKBOX Grant, launched to support UK museums and heritage institutions in reducing the costs and environmental impact of fine art transport.

Russell-Cotes Gallery & Museum; On Fife; the Whitworth, The University of Manchester; and the Ashmolean are receiving a state of the art, reusable ROKBOX crate which significantly reduces transport emissions, whilst eliminating single-use packing materials. 

Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Venus Verticordia, 1864–1868. Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Venus Verticordia, 1864–1868. Photograph reproduced with the kind permission of the Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth

“We are delighted to support this year’s winners in their efforts to reduce their environmental impact,” said Andrew Stramentov, Founder and CEO of ROKBOX. “Arts and heritage institutions face rising operational costs at a time of increasing climate instability. It is our responsibility to make sustainable, cost-saving innovation more accessible.”

Made for repeated use without refitting, ROKBOX crates are lightweight yet resilient offering advanced protection from water, shock, vibration and other damage, significantly lowering long-term transport costs and risks for museums. 

Joseph Mallord William Turner, View of the Beach at Margate, c. 1840, the Whitworth, The University of Manchester ( O.1922.1). Image: Michael Pollard

We look forward to continuing our support for the sector when applications reopen for next year’s grant.

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ROKBOX would like to thank judges Deborah Smith and Aimee Dawson, and all the museums that applied this year. 

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