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.
An unmissable opportunity for The Hepworth Wakefield
In 2025, Art Fund successfully raised £3.8 million to to save Barbara Hepworth’s Sculpture with Colour (Oval Form) Pale Blue and Red for the UK. Support from over 2,800 donations meant The Hepworth Wakefield were able to acquire this sculpture by a titan of modern British art and display it for all to see. Learn the full story and about the importance of this remarkable work of art.
Celebrating 5 years of public ownership
In 2020, Art Fund led a campaign to raise £3.5 million to save Prospect Cottage - the former home of artist, writer, filmmaker and gay-rights activist Derek Jarman. It was the UK's largest crowdfunding campaign, receiving more than 8,000 donations from the public, including many Art Fund members. Discover the full story and how Prospect Cottage continues to inspire today.
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.
Museums have been special places for me for my entire life; I have discovered so many things and gained huge inspiration.