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.
Current government measures to control Covid-19 mean that museums and galleries across the UK are temporarily closed. We will continue to support all museums. We will be open and here for all our partners throughout, and we welcome conversations. We understand the challenges everyone is facing so we’ll also be flexible about funded project plans and timings needing to change.
Please explore the full programme of funding and digital support below, and find more information in our latest update.
See our open funding programmes to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to the challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis.
Explore training and career development opportunities for curators and other museum professionals, and how to apply.
Use our free digital services to help with audience engagement, crowdfunding and online ticketing, which can help with capacity and timed entry during reopening.
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.
In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft turned to Art Fund for a small project grant to help realise #CreateToRelate – an online programme of talks, workshops and events led by artists, craftspeople and art historians aimed at audiences unable to visit during lockdown.
Glasgow International is the largest annual festival for contemporary visual art in Scotland. Each edition welcomes around 250,000 visits to exhibitions at venues across the city. In response to the Covid-19 crisis, Glasgow International took the difficult decision to postpone the festival five weeks before it was scheduled to open.
A new formal membership network providing peer support for people in the UK working with LGBTQ+ collections and histories, developed by a collective body of organisations, led by the National Trust.
16 November 2020
Museums have a crucial role to play in our evolving understanding about our past. They are central to local and national storytelling. They help us to appreciate and learn from our history, and provoke and inspire us to think about what our past means for our present and future.
5 November 2020
Art Fund's director of programmes and policy Sarah Philp reaffirms our commitment to supporting museums and galleries through the continuing challenges of the Covid-19 pandemic.
12 October 2020
We're pleased to announce the five winning museums who will share this year's prize.
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