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See our open funding programmes to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to the immediate challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis.
See our open funding programmes to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to the immediate challenges posed by the Covid-19 crisis.
Art Fund Museum of the Year celebrates exceptional museums, galleries and historic houses, recognises imaginative work, and inspires more people to engage.
The 2022 prize will be more important than ever in championing the UK’s vital museums, and Art Fund is seeking applications from organisations whose achievements tell the story of the creativity and resilience of the sector, with a particular focus on engaging audiences of today and the future in ways that can be sustained.
This new partnership between Freelands Foundation and Art Fund offers grants of up to £50,000 for museums to acquire contemporary art and increase public access to work by women artists in the UK.
These awards provide funding for curators to pursue new avenues of collecting for their museums and build critical professional skills.
We give grants of over £4m every year to help UK museums and galleries acquire objects and works of art for their collections.
Curators can apply for funding towards travel and other costs, to enable collections and exhibition research projects in the UK or abroad.
Harness the talent of university students to help realise a project at your museum or gallery. Apply for a grant to pay the students and receive support in recruiting candidates from our network of students.
A new funding partnership with the Museum Development Network (MDN) to reach museums across all nations of the UK who have not yet received emergency grants or smaller museums fulfilling specific cultural or local needs. We ask that you acknowledge our support. Further guidance on how to credit us and the use of our logo can be found in our brand guidelines. This document can be downloaded along with our logos here.
Launching soon with more information available via the MDN.
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