The Art Fund provides funding to support museums, galleries and other heritage and visual arts organisations and their staff. This includes funding to improve and expand collections, research funding, student grants and travel bursaries.
The following grants are currently open:
Acquisition Grants – to help museums and galleries purchase art for their collections. This can include purchasing objects of national or international importance and expanding collections into new areas.
Commission Grants – for exceptional projects with significant public impact including commissioning an artist(s) to create a new work of art for a museum collection
Jonathan Ruffer Curatorial Grants – to help curators undertake research projects by supporting travel and other practical costs
Student Opportunities – grants up to £10,000 so that arts organisations can provide paid work-experience opportunities to full-time university students
London Gallery Weekend Travel Bursaries – small grants to support travel and accommodation costs for curators working at regional museums from across the UK to visit London Gallery Weekend, 6 – 8 June 2025. Apply by 2 April 2025.
The Art Fund supports UK public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives that are open to the public. Other visual arts organisations can also apply for student opportunities funding.
There are separate criteria and deadlines for each programme – refer to the website for details.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Funding to support museums, galleries, heritage organisations and visual arts organisations that are open to the public.
Application deadline:
Refer to the website for the next deadlines for each scheme