Our reports into key areas of concern within the museum sector offer insight and practical advice you can use in your own organisation.
Supporting museums
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.
Apply for funding
See our open funding programmes to help build your collection and reach new audiences.
Professional development
Explore training and career development opportunities for curators and other museum professionals, and how to apply.
Digital services
Use our free digital services to help with audience engagement, crowdfunding and online ticketing.
Join the network
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.
The Wild Escape
Join our new major participatory project for museums and schools inspired by the wildlife found in museum and gallery collections.
Taking place from January to July 2023, The Wild Escape invites primary school children (ages 7-11) to find a favourite animal in their local museum and create an artwork imagining its ‘escape’ back to its natural habitat.
The pictures and stories children create will be brought together in a collective work of art that imagines a better future for the wildlife on our doorstep, launched online and in museums on Earth Day 2023.
The project offers your organisation a fun and educational way to engage children with museum collections, through a focus on wildlife and the nature around us.
Case studies
Borrowing key works to tell new stories
Wiltshire Museum
Wiltshire Museum is a rural venue in Devizes, dedicated to sharing the story of Wiltshire through collections of national significance. They wanted to create an exhibition to build new local and national audiences, strengthen partnerships within regional and national museums, enhance their reputation and support the development of a new home for Wiltshire Museum at Devizes Assize Courts.
Reaching audiences digitally during the Covid-19 crisis
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft
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.
How an international visual arts festival went digital
Glasgow International
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.
Building a network for queer heritage
National Trust
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.
