FINALISTS ANNOUNCED
Discover the five amazing museums that have been shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022.
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More art, more often
Meet Me at the Museum
In the latest episode of our podcast, comedian Suzi Ruffell takes her pal, fellow comedian Jenny Bede, to Bletchley Park in Milton Keynes – once the top-secret home of Britain’s codebreakers during the Second World War.
Weird Sensation Feels Good
Starting in May, this new exhibition at the Design Museum in London explores the skin-tingling world of ASMR, and is 50% off with your National Art Pass.
Art Assembly Manchester
Join artists across Manchester in one amazing day celebrating art and creativity.
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Exhibition highlights
Scottish Women Artists Transforming Tradition
- Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
- Until 2 July 2022
Must see exhibitions of 2022
Van Gogh at the Courtauld gallery, Marina Abramović at Modern Art Oxford and Beatrix Potter at the V&A are just some of the major names to get excited about in 2022.
Art Happens
Help Colchester Castle tell the story of those accused of witchcraft.
Colchester Castle
Colchester Castle need your help raising £15,000 to unlock the stories of those imprisoned there.
With your support the new exhibition will give voice to those who were persecuted, imprisoned, and even executed on suspicion of being witches
Latest articles
Looking Ahead: Insights from our museum directors’ research
19 May 2022
Art Fund recently carried out the third in its series of annual research into the impact of Covid-19 on museums. Over two years on from museums’ doors first closing, our director of programme and policy, Sarah Philp, shares her view on what the research tells us about the current moment, and what Art Fund will be doing next.
The exhibitions you must see this June
19 May 2022
Doctor Who touches down in Liverpool and Ad Minoliti brings a splash of colour to Tate St Ives – explore these fantastic exhibitions plus many more in sunny June.
Five museums shortlisted for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022
10 May 2022
Art Fund, the national charity for art, today announced the five museums which have been selected as finalists for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022, the world’s largest museum prize.