Tapis Plein is a centre of expertise for heritage, folk culture and oral history and travels around Flanders collecting information and staging exhibitions and workshops. Among its recent projects was a census of collectors in Flanders, which unearthed varied collections, including uniform buttons, snow globes, Liquorice Allsorts memorabilia and cuddly Dalmatians. The organisation was praised by the prize committee for its “fresh and modern” approach to folk culture.

Other recipients of cultural subsidies announced last week: Volkskunde Vlaanderen (€200,000); the Expertise Centre for Technical, Scientific and Industrial Heritage (€190,000); figure theatre heritage group Het Firmament (€190,000); digital heritage group Packed (€285,000); the Centre for Agricultural History (€285,000); the Centre for Flemish Architectural Archives (€293,000); and the Centre for Religious History and Culture (€400,000). Two other groups, Family History Flanders and Local History Flanders, receive €260,000 and €350,000 respectively.

www.cjsm.vlaanderen.be/cultuur