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.
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.
1 August 2019
The Museum of London Applied Arts conservator reveals what it takes to get into conservation, the importance of microscopes and her passion for working with gemstones.
30 May 2019
Josie Dick is a Creative Learning Curator for Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning. Here she describes her passion for arts education, reveals why post-it notes are crucial and gives an insight into participation opportunities surrounding the new Lee Krasner: Living Colour exhibition.
5 November 2019
The gallery will share its collection of portraits with the nation, with 300 portraits a year travelling to regions across the country as work begins on the gallery's redevelopment in 2020.
30 September 2019
Art Fund has joined the National Museum Directors’ Council (NMDC) and Museums Association (MA) in writing an open letter to urge for vital investment in museum collections, highlighting a ‘quiet crisis’ in towns and cities across the UK.
6 September 2019
The autumn 2019 season of ARTIST ROOMS exhibitions has been announced, with work by artists including Diane Arbus, Vija Celmins and August Sander heading to galleries across the UK.
A one-day festival this November brought to you by Art Fund and Waltham Forest, the first London Borough of Culture. Join other sector professionals and artists for a dynamic public programme of workshops, talks, music and performances exploring how art can make a difference.
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