Our Founder Partners and Partners are key stakeholders in Art UK, representing the core body of UK art collections. We are grateful for their ongoing support and valuable feedback.
These collections support Art UK financially by paying an annual subscription. This allows them to:
- participate in the Art UK Shop to generate revenue at no extra cost
- publicise events and exhibitions through listings and stories
- add more artworks to Art UK (prints, drawings, watercolours and photography, alongside painting and sculpture)
- host their own learning resources on Art UK's learning pages
Founder Partner collections
Aberystwyth University, School of Art, Gallery and Museum (Red)
A David Bomberg Legacy – The Sarah Rose Collection at London Southbank University (Yellow)
American Museum & Gardens (Yellow)
The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library (Green)
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University (Blue)
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Gold)
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (Red)
The Barns-Graham Charitable Trust (Red)
Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum (Yellow)
Ben Uri Gallery & Museum (Red)
Birmingham Museums Trust (Gold)
Bolton Library and Museum Services (Red)
Brighton & Hove Museums (Gold)
Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives (Gold)
Bruce Castle Museum & Archives (Red)
Bushey Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Buxton Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council Collections (Red)
Canterbury Museums and Galleries (Red)
Captain Christie Crawfurd English Civil War Collection (Yellow)
City of Edinburgh Council (Blue)
City of London Corporation (Gold)
Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service (Blue)
Cumbrian Museum Consortium (Gold)
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Derby Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Dulwich Picture Gallery (Blue)
East Dunbartonshire Council (Blue)
East Riding of Yorkshire Council Collections (Red)
ESCALA – Essex Collection of Art from Latin America (Yellow)
Fermanagh County Museum (Yellow)
Girton College, University of Cambridge (Red)
Government Art Collection (Gold)
Griffith Institute, University of Oxford (Gold)
Guernsey Museums and Galleries (Red)
Hampshire Cultural Trust (Red)
Harris Museum and Art Gallery (Blue)
Hartlepool Museums & Heritage Service (Red)
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Homerton College, Cambridge (Yellow)
Horniman Museum and Gardens (Red)
Hull Museums and Galleries (Gold)
The Hunterian, University of Glasgow (Red)
The Ingram Collection of Modern British and Contemporary Art (Gold)
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust (Red)
Kirklees Museums & Galleries (Blue)
Leeds Museums & Galleries (Gold)
Leicester Museums and Galleries (Blue)
Leicestershire County Council Museums Service (Red)
Liverpool Hope University (Red)
London Borough of Camden (Red)
The McManus: Dundee’s Art Gallery & Museum (Blue)
Merchant Adventurers’ Hall (Yellow)
Merton College, Oxford (Yellow)
McLean Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Red)
Museum of the Order of St John (Red)
Museum of English Rural Life (Red)
National Galleries Scotland (Gold)
The National Gallery (Gold Plus)
National Library of Wales (Gold)
National Maritime Museum (Gold)
National Museums Liverpool (Gold)
National Museum of the Royal Navy (Gold)
National Museum of Scotland (Red)
National Portrait Gallery (Gold)
Nottingham City Museums and Galleries (Gold)
Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service (Gold)
Nuneaton Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Otter Gallery, University of Chichester (Green)
Paintings in Hospitals (Yellow)
Paisley Museum and Art Galleries (Blue)
Parliamentary Art Collection (Blue)
Penlee House Gallery & Museum (Red)
Perth & Kinross Council (Blue)
The Pier Arts Centre, Orkney (Red)
The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery (Blue)
Queen’s University Belfast (Blue)
Reading Museum & Town Hall (Red)
Rotherham Heritage Services (Red)
The Royal Air Force Museum (Blue)
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (Gold)
Royal Free Hospital Art Collection (Red)
Royal Scottish Academy of Art & Architecture (Blue)
Royal West of England Academy (RWA) (Red)
Rugby Art Gallery & Museum (Red)
The Ruth Borchard Collection (Yellow)
Salford Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
St Edmund Hall, Oxford (Yellow)
St John’s College, Cambridge (Red)
Scarborough Museums Trust (Red)
Sir John Soane’s Museum (Yellow)
Southampton City Art Gallery (Blue)
Southwark Art Collections (Red)
Staffordshire Museum & Art Collection (Yellow)
Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum (Red)
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum (Red)
Trinity College, University of Cambridge (Red)
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums (Gold)
University of Birmingham Collections (Yellow)
University of Dundee Museum Collections (Red)
University of Hull Art Collection (Red)
University of Edinburgh Art Collection (Blue)
University of Lancaster – The Peter Scott Gallery (Yellow)
University of Liverpool Art Collection (Blue)
University of Reading Art Collection (Red)
University of South Wales Art Collection Museum (Red)
University of Surrey Art Collection (Red)
Victoria Art Gallery, Bath and North East Somerset Council (Red)
The Wandsworth Museum Collection at Battersea Arts Centre (Red)
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Watts Gallery - Artists' Village (Red)
West Suffolk Heritage Service (Red)
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum (Red)
Wolfson College, Cambridge (Green)
y Gear Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Red)
Partner collections
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum (Red)
Arts Council Collection (Gold)
Auld Post Office Museum (Green)
Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums (Red)
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Blue)
Bradford Museums Galleries & Heritage (Blue)
British Council Collection (Gold)
Darlington Borough Art Collection (Blue)
David Livingstone Birthplace Museum (Green)
Derry City and Strabane District (Yellow)
The 'Devils Porridge' Museum (Green)
Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre (yellow)
Dumfries and GallowayCouncil Collection (blue)
East Dumbartonshire Council (Blue)
The Foundation for Essex Arts: BAT Collection (Yellow)
The George Wyllie Foundation (Green)
Glasgow Women's Library (Yellow)
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Blue)
The Gordon Highlanders Museum (Yellow)
The Great Tapestry of Scotland (Green)
The Green Howards Regimental Museum (Yellow)
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation (Red)
Harris Manchester College, Oxford University (Yellow)
Historic Environment Scotland (Red)
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Yellow)
John Rylands Institute and Research Library (Yellow)
Keele University Art Collection (Yellow)
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum (Yellow)
Maggie's Cancer Care Centres (Red)
Museum of Cornish Life, Helston (Green)
National Jazz Archive (Yellow)
National Museum of Flight (red)
National Records of Scotland (Green)
The New Art Gallery Walsall (Red)
New Hall Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge (Red)
NHS Lothian (Edinburgh & Lothian Health Foundation) (Blue)
Nottingham Trent University (Yellow)
Northampton Museums & Art Gallery (Blue)
North Lincolnshire Museums (Red)
Oxford Brookes University (Red)
The Priseman Seabrook Collections (Yellow)
Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Green)
Richmond upon Thames Borough Art Collection (Red)
RNLI Grace Darling Museum (Green)
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (Red)
Royal College of General Practitioners (Yellow)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Yellow)
Royal Holloway, University of London (Red)
The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies (Yellow)
Royal Watercolour Society (Red)
Royal Welch Fusiliers Regimental Museum (Yellow)
Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum (Blue)
Scottish Borders Council (Red)
Scottish Fisheries Museum (Red)
Scottish Maritime Museum (Red)
Scottish Parliament Art Collection (Yellow)
The Scouts Heritage Service (Yellow)
Shrewsbury Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Somerset Military Museum (Red)
South Lanarkshire Council (Red)
Southwest Heritage Trust (Red)
The Stained Glass Museum (Yellow)
St Andrews Heritage Museum and Garden (yellow)
St John's College, University of Oxford (Red)
St Peter's College, University of Oxford (Red)
St Peter's Heritage hall (Green)
Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (Red)
Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Arts Centre (Green)
Tameside Museums and Galleries: The Astley Cheetham Art Collection (Red)
Teignmouth Town Council (Green)
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Trinity College, University of Oxford (Red)
University of Falmouth (Yellow)
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum (Yellow)
University of St Andrews (Red)
Victoria and Albert Museum (Gold)