Art Fund supports the vital work of museums and galleries across the UK.
We give grants to help museums acquire and share works of art, support the professional development of curators, and inspire and engage new audiences.
See our open funding programmes for museums, curators and museum professionals, and how to apply.
Explore training and career development opportunities for curators and other museum professionals, and how to apply.
Joining the National Art Pass network of venues helps you attract visitors, access funding and raise the profile of your museum with our marketing support.
Discover how your museum can go further with Art Fund, from running a crowdfunding campaign to using our free ticket management system.
Our grants range from hundreds of pounds, to hundreds of thousands. But our support goes beyond funding.
As a champion for the UK's museums and galleries, we advocate for the sector in a number of ways, from lobbying government to running public appeals. Everything we do is driven by a commitment to encouraging more people to see more art.
Follow the journey of the Becket Casket from the Victoria & Albert Museum to Peterborough Museum as part of the Weston Loan Programme with Art Fund, a funding scheme that supports the wider sharing of national collections across the whole of the UK.
In 2010, Art Fund and the Wolfson Foundation led a national campaign to raise the £3.3m needed to save this awe-inspiring find of Anglo-Saxon treasure for Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery and the Potteries Museum & Art Gallery in Stoke-on-Trent.
5 December 2019
Sue John is enterprise development manager at Glasgow Women’s Library (GWL). Here she describes building a grassroots organisation from scratch, and offers her tips for museums and galleries applying for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020.
14 November 2019
Emma McGovern is a producer in the London Borough of Culture team at Waltham Forest Council. Here she describes how she aced her job interview for the role and lets us know what to expect from the upcoming Art Assembly festival in Walthamstow.
2 September 2019
Birmingham Coffin Works' operations and volunteer assistant tells us about engaging the public with Victorian funerals, a mysterious donation in a bin bag and the importance of replenishing the biscuit tin.
22 January 2020
Today, Art Fund director Stephen Deuchar announced the launch of Art Fund’s £3.5 million public appeal to save and preserve Prospect Cottage in Dungeness, Kent, the home and garden of visionary filmmaker, artist and activist Derek Jarman.
5 December 2019
The search for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2020 begins today, with applications invited until the deadline of 13 February.
15 November 2019
Museums nationwide will benefit from a further £810k of funding through the programme, which provides funding and training for regional museums and galleries to secure important strategic loans from national collections.
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