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Deadline extended!
Museums with Clore Learning Spaces have until 26 September to apply for the Art Fund Teacher Fellowships programme.
Don’t miss out: bit.ly/46pugM2
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.@mimauseful strengthens collection of contemporary women artists with major acquisition
@artfund spoke with the artist Jacqueline Poncelet and Helen Welford, Exhibitions and Collection Curator at MIMA about the significance of the acquisition and the wider importance of representation in national collections.
museumsandheritage.com/advis…
Alongside over 2,800 public donations the success of the appeal has been made possible with major support from @HeritageFundUK, @artfund, and further impactful support from generous individuals, foundations and trusts.
Both The @hepworthwakefield and Art Fund could not have done this without you, and we are excited to share this rare masterpiece by one of Britain’s most important artists with you all. ❤️
“This is an object that...tells this incredible inspirational story of someone being able to keep creating through a great time of adversity"
@countryandtown spoke to Eleanor Clayton at @HepworthGallery on why this Barbara Hepworth sculpture must be saved:countryandtownhouse.com/cult…
🎉 Reimagine grants are back!
Grants of up to £50k are available to reimagine your museum’s work with collections.
We’re funding work that:
✔ Grows audiences
✔ Builds collections expertise
✔ Encourages sector collaboration
Apply: bit.ly/44nqnWS
ALT Cleaning demonstration in the Collections Care gallery.
Beamish WINS #MuseumOfTheYear 2025 and the £120,000 prize. 🏆
Congratulations to the team! @Beamish_Museum 🎉
Thank you to our brilliant finalists:
🔹@chaptertweets
🔹@comptonverney
🔹@goldenthreadg
🔹@perthmuseumuk
Each one of them an outstanding museum that together, bring communities closer and make a perfect day out. 💚
Finally, thank you to our wonderful judges:
Dr David Dibosa
Jane Richardson
@PhilNWang
@RanaBegumStudio
Jenny Waldman
And to @MuseumLiverpool for hosting the ceremony this evening.
Now, it’s time to celebrate! 🎉
In just over a week, we will find out which museum has won #MuseumOfTheYear 2025... 🎉
Meet our 5 experienced and passionate judges who will be making that difficult decision 📝 🏛️ ✨
What is your earliest museum memory? Share with us below! 👇
🎒 #Teachers - planning your school trips for 2025–26?
Get our FREE Museum Trips Guide to 20 UK museums + discover how you could WIN £1,000 towards a museum trip for your school... Ts&Cs apply.
Download yours today:
bit.ly/4eb6TcG
🚨 This is our one chance to save this key work by Barbara Hepworth for the public to enjoy forever @HepworthGallery.
We have until 27 August to raise the remaining £2.9 million together. We can’t do this alone, but we can do it with you. 🤍
Join us now: bit.ly/3SAnBYQ
Applications are open! With @friezeofficial, we’re offering 10 fully funded UK places for emerging curators to explore transhistorical exhibition making at Frieze Masters.
Apply now: bit.ly/4m2wNTp
ALT Frieze Art Fair / Frieze Masters, Regent's Park, London, 2016 © Vincent Chapters 2016
📣 Calling museums! We’re looking for 2 museums with a Clore Learning Space to host fully funded secondments for secondary school teachers in 2026/27.
👉 Find out more: bit.ly/3Ywahbw
ALT New Hall Art Collection's Curatorial Assistants enjoy a workshop in the Fitzwilliam Museum's textiles department. The Curatorial Assistant roles are a paid opportunity for students supported by Art Fund. © My Linh Le/ Art Fund 2022.
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We have committed £1.5m to Going Places, an @artfund exhibition programme that will see 20 museums and galleries from all four nations share their collections in the largest collaborative touring project of its kind.
Find out more here: artfund.org/professional/new…
Art Fund retweeted
News | Museums to collaborate on £5.36m touring exhibition programme – @artfund initiative aims to pave way for 'more open and resourceful future for exhibition making'
Read: ow.ly/g8fU50VOGMQ
ALT Children playing in a brightly-coloured space
We’re launching Going Places, a £5.36m programme bringing 40 community-driven exhibitions to life across 20 UK museums! 🎨💥
The largest collab of its kind, thanks to support from @HeritageFundUK + @JuliaRTrust
Read more: bit.ly/3Snj8IQ
📣 Applications are open for Jerwood Art Fund Commissions grants of £70,000 - £100,000, designed to increase the support available for museums & galleries to commission artists to make work of exceptional innovation and quality.
Find out more & apply: bit.ly/3XIC9JK
ALT Julianknxx, In Praise of Still Boys, 2021 at A World in Common, Tate Modern, 2023. Image © Tate. Photo: Lucy Green.
Art Fund retweeted
'Inspiring' Museum of the Year nominees all outside London @artfund bbc.com/news/articles/ce3v7n…
