ART FUND MUSEUM OF THE YEAR IS BACK
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Signing up for a National Art Pass gives you free entry to hundreds of museums and galleries plus 50% off major exhibitions, and helps us to support the work of cultural venues across the UK.
We give grants to support UK museums and galleries, and we’ve adapted our funding programme to help them come through the Covid-19 crisis.
Thanks to those who joined Together for Museums and helped us raise over £1 million to support museums through these tough times. By supporting Art Fund, you help museums connect more people with art.
Join Josie Long and discover stories from The Holburne Museum in Bath, as told by the museum's staff and volunteers.
Our handy online tool finds museums and galleries with available tickets near you, so you can get the art you want, when you want it.
In the last podcast of the series, Writer and poet Benjamin Zephaniah explores Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery – reminiscing about growing up in the city, the people who’ve shaped it, and Birmingham’s cultural and political history.
Now that museums are open again, we’ll be keeping you up to date with museums and exhibitions you can visit with your National Art Pass.
Remember to check any guidelines before visiting – many museums will require pre-booking and have additional measures in place for your safety.
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Find the ideal spots for long walks, garden picnics and culture in the open air with our guide to enjoying art outside this summer.
27 July 2021
The museum and heritage sector has always been collaborative. But, says Carolyn Young, the need for supporting each other to build resilience is now greater than ever.
23 July 2021
Art Fund publishes its Annual Report for 2020/21, which shows how we responded to the pandemic by stepping up with crucial help for museums during the sector’s most difficult year in living memory.
22 July 2021
The iconic Portrait of Charles William Lambton, world renowned as 'The Red Boy', by Sir Thomas Lawrence, is being acquired by the National Gallery with Art Fund support.
MK Gallery are planning to stage the largest Laura Knight exhibition since her solo show at the Royal Academy. It’s an ambitious project that would bring together over 160 paintings, drawings, prints and ceramics borrowed from all over the UK.
We need your help to raise £10,000 to bring together work from across the UK to make this major retrospective happen this autumn.