Grants to help museums and galleries acquire art for their collections. Grants can range from a few hundred pounds, to hundreds of thousands.
Main Grants
These are for grant requests of above £7,500 and/or where the total cost of the work is more than £15,000. There are five trustees' meetings per year with application rounds in February, May, July, October and December. Decisions are made within one week after the trustees’ meeting.
Small Grants
Grant requests of £7,500 or less where the total cost of the work is £15,000 or less. These are considered on a rolling basis with no strict deadline. You should receive a decision approximately 6-8 weeks from date of submission.
Auctions
Time-critical applications of any size for works coming up for sale at auction. These applications are time-sensitive, so there is no strict deadline. You should receive a decision approximately 10 working days for auctions outside of London and 7 working days for auctions within London.
They can fund:
- Objects of national and international importance, including high- value items subject to temporary export licence deferral or being offered with tax remission
- Objects of significant regional interest judged to be of good museum quality
- Objects which will artistically enrich collections and support the expansion and development of new areas of collecting
Applications can be made by UK public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries and archives that are:
- open for at least half the week for at least six months of the year
- at least provisionally accredited under the Arts Council Accreditation Scheme