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Funding opportunities

Find out more about Art Fund's current funding opportunities for museums, curators and museum professionals.

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Conservation grants

Open for applications

This programme provides funding towards the conservation of objects in UK collections, to help museums unlock new stories about these objects and improve collections care and display.

Small project grants

Open for applications

These grants provide funding to help museums, galleries and other visual arts organisations realise adventurous projects, up to £10,000, across a range of activities to benefit their audiences.

Headley Fellowships

Open for applications

This funding programme provides experienced curators with the time and resources to carry out research projects which deepen collections expertise and encourage the sharing of specialist knowledge across the sector.

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.

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.

Curatorial network grants

Open for applications

These grants help Subject Specialist Networks and other curatorial networks to develop and share knowledge, skills and resources.

More funding opportunities

Explore more of our funding programmes and find out when they reopen for applications.

Weston Loan Programme

This scheme helps museums to borrow works from national collections, enabling the sharing of works more widely across the UK.

Moving Image Fund

Applications currently closed

The fund ensures that the most significant works of contemporary film and video art can be bought for public collections.

New Collecting Awards

Applications currently closed

These awards provide funding for early-career curators to pursue new avenues of collecting for their museums and build critical professional skills.

Crowdfunding for museums

Art Happens

The UK’s first free crowdfunding platform designed especially for museums and galleries, Art Happens helps you to raise money for creative projects with visible public benefit.

Gain fundraising experience, unlock a pool of new donors, develop your online audience and visitor engagement – and make art happen.

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Looking for professional development?

If you're a curator or museum professional, explore our training and career development opportunities to further your skills and expertise.

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Other ways to work with us

If you have an idea for a way we could work together, we'd love to talk to you. All our funding programmes begin with a conversation.

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