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See our open funding programmes to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations build collections, engage with new audiences and develop professional skills.
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.
Commission grants
Open for applications
We are keen to support the commission and acquisition of important new work, and we welcome proposals for exceptional projects with significant public impact.
Acquisition grants
Open for applications
We give grants of over £4m every year to help UK museums and galleries acquire objects and works of art for their collections.
Student opportunities
Open for applications
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.
Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants
Open for applications
Curators can apply for funding towards travel and other costs, to enable collections and exhibition research projects in the UK or abroad.
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