Arts, Culture & Heritage Education & Young People 2024
Art Fund

Annual Review 2024–2025

Art Fund is the UK's national fundraising charity for art, supporting museums and galleries to acquire, commission and share works of art. In 2024 it offered £5.4 million in grants, helped over 140 objects enter public collections, supported 142,000 National Art Pass members, and launched major programmes including Mini Wonders (early child development), Empowering Curators (diversity fellowships) and Going Places (touring exhibitions). Young V&A won the £120,000 Museum of the Year award.

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Acquisition grants (including emergency export-stop funding); commission grants; Reimagine grants for local-authority-reliant museums; Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants; Teacher Fellowships; National Art Pass membership scheme; Kids Aloud family hours; Museum of the Year award (Young V&A, £120,000 prize, 2024); Mini Wonders early child development programme; Going Places touring exhibitions; Weston Loan Programme; Jerwood Art Fund Commissions Custom geography from upload: UK

📊Key Metrics

£5.4 million in grants offered to museums and galleries across the UK in 2024, including £2.6 million towards acquisitions Key Metric 1
142,000 National Art Pass members; 1,000+ museums, galleries and historic places in the National Art Pass network Key Metric 2
More than 140 objects and works of art joined UK public collections with Art Fund support, including the £4.3 million Chew Valley Hoard of 2,500 Norman Conquest-era silver coins Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

  • Over £700,000 committed towards the new Empowering Curators fellowship programme — designed to increase diversity in the curatorial workforce — following the 2024–25 Expanding Horizons appeal
  • Reimagine grants of £1 million supported local-authority-reliant museums in all four nations, including Dylan Thomas Boathouse (Wales), Fermanagh County Museum (Northern Ireland), People's Palace (Scotland) and Derby Museums (England)
  • Mini Wonders launched as a £1 million research and development programme with Nesta across eight museums, harnessing museum environments to support children's social-emotional development

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