Lobbying for change
We not only support museums through our grants programmes, fundraising campaigns and marketing initiatives; we also champion museums and galleries across the UK so that art is accessible to everyone.
We not only support museums through our grants programmes, fundraising campaigns and marketing initiatives; we also champion museums and galleries across the UK so that art is accessible to everyone.
We have a history of successful campaigning for changes that have widened public access to art in our museums and galleries. We successfully worked with partners to campaign to introduce free entry to national museums, and our campaigning to increase philanthropic gifting of works led to the introduction of the Cultural Gifts Scheme. We will always be vocal in preventing cuts and closures that lead to reduced access for the public to our collections.
We campaign publicly and influence behind the scenes on key issues including: