Professional development
Explore free training opportunities, online learning events and other sector resources to support our arts professional community to build skills, share new ideas and make connections for the future.
Explore free training opportunities, online learning events and other sector resources to support our arts professional community to build skills, share new ideas and make connections for the future.
Watch the latest webinar from Art Fund and the AAMC exploring how museums can address racial diversity and equity to create truly inclusive environments for all audiences.
Published by the National Museum Directors’ Council with support from DCMS and the Museums and Galleries Working Group, these guidelines are intended to help those in the museum sector in England understand how to work safely during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meet our programmes team to learn more about our current funding opportunities and to help answer your queries in our first live Q&A.
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.
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.
Read our reports into key areas of concern within the museum sector, for insights and practical advice you can use in your own organisation.
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.
25 September 2020
As a new funding round opens, senior programme manager Penny Bull outlines the potential of the Weston Loan Programme to help museums develop their profile by borrowing from national collections.
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