Support Art Fund
By supporting Art Fund you help museums and galleries to build and share their collections for everyone to enjoy. You’re also helping them to empower their curators and engage with visitors in new and imaginative ways.
Shape a brighter future for museums
Thanks to you, our funding is helping museums to be creative and ambitious, and to reimagine their activities for the future.
Help museums to inspire visitors
Your support helps museums to run exciting projects that connect with communities and reach new audiences, so that everyone can benefit from access to art.
Save and share works of art for everyone to enjoy
We help museums to develop, care for and share their collections as well as invest in the curators and expert staff who bring them to life.
Every donation we receive keeps art accessible.
Joshua Reynolds’ Portrait of Mai (Omai) saved
The painting has been jointly acquired by the National Portrait Gallery and Getty, ensuring public access to the work forever. The National Portrait Gallery and Art Fund’s fundraising campaign was an extraordinary collaborative effort, including generous support and donations from trusts, foundations and individuals and over 2,000 Art Fund members, National Portrait Gallery supporters and members of the public.
Other ways to support
Become one of Art Fund’s closest supporters
Our Art Partners are a special group of art enthusiasts united by a desire to see, celebrate and support museums and galleries across the UK.
Donate an artwork to a museum or collection
You can gift art to the UK’s public collections through Art Fund. Find out more about donating or bequeathing a work of art and download our Guide to Giving.
Leave a permanent impression on art and culture
With your support, Art Fund can help museums for generations to come. Find out more about leaving a legacy donation and how you can help to secure the nation’s artistic future.
