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The Art Fund helps museums and galleries across the UK to buy, show and share great art so that it can be experienced and enjoyed by everyone.

An independent charity, the Art Fund raises funds from 85,000 passionate art lovers primarily through sales to the National Art Pass – the only discount card with offers and concessionary rates to major exhibitions, museums, galleries and historic houses across the UK.

In the last five years the Art Fund has spent £24 million on helping over 700 museums and galleries to buy great art – historic and contemporary. The Art Fund also helps museums to show and share great art by supporting exhibitions such as the ARTIST ROOMS and sponsorship of the Art Fund Prize.

For more information on supporting the Art Fund and buying a National Art Pass please visit www.artfund.org  

Art Fund Prize 2012 shortlist announced

The shortlist has been announced for the tenth year of the Art Fund Prize.

M Shed seeks 'family treasures'

Bristol's newest museum is asking families to send in photos of their most prized possessions for a special exhibition.

Interview with the Holburne

We sat down with the newly-renovated museum to discuss charming collectors, goat's cheese and the art of ageing gracefully.

Five minutes with M Shed

Bristol's waterfront wonder speaks to us about Bansky, Brisuanadons and an alluring crane.

An audience with the National Museum of Scotland

We quizzed the reopened museum about burgers, Sean Connery and a flying hippo...

Wisdom from the Watts

We tracked down the reclusive Surrey gallery to reflect on Gladstone, rarebit and Marmalade.

One on one with Riverside Museum

We speak to Glasgow's most exciting museum about haggis, time machines and Kofi Annan.

Search for the nations' Unsung Museum Heroes

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Art Fund Prize we're looking to champion ten unsung heroes

Your comments

Read what people love about their favourite longlisted museum and join the debate.

Get to know the SNPG

From tweeting pets to Louis Armstrong, read our Q&A with the Scottish National Portrait Gallery

Hepworth Wakefield Q&A

Antony Gormley, The Cribs, Janet Street-Porter, this Yorkshire gem has had its fair share of famous faces

RAMM’s words of wisdom

The oldest museum on this year's Art Fund Prize longlist tells us its top tips for living a long life

Get to know the Turner Contemporary

Find out more about this stunning seaside gallery with our Q&A

Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist announced!

Ten museums battle it out to win the £100,000 prize for
'Museum of the Year'

Clore Award longlist announced

See the museums in contention for this year's £10,000 prize for museum learning initiatives

Meet the judges

From a former culture secretary to an award-winning painter, get to know the Art Fund Prize judges.

British Museum crowned winner of the 2011 Art Fund Prize

The British Museum has been awarded the title ‘Museum of the Year’ and £100,000 prize money for its groundbreaking project A History of the World.

Clore Award for Learning winners announced

Double the prize money has been awarded to joint winners, the South London Gallery and a consortium of the Pitt Rivers Museum and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

The Museum Prize Trust

The award is administered by The Museum Prize, a charity created in 2001 by National Heritage, the Museums Association, The Art Fund and the Campaign for Museums.