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
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health Board (Red)
Abertillery and District Museum (Green)
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum (Red)
Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture (Yellow)
Arts Council Collection (Gold)
Auld Post Office Museum (Green)
Awen Cultural Trust
Barmouth Sailors' Institute (Green)
Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums (Red)
Beaumaris Gaol and Courthouse (Green)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Red)
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Blue)
Blaenavon Community Museum (Green)
Bradford Museums Galleries & Heritage (Blue)
Bridgend County Borough Council (Green)
British Council Collection (Gold)
Brynmawr and District Museum (Green)
Buckley Library, Museum & Gallery (Yellow)
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (Red)
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Yellow)
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)
Ebbw Vale Works Archival Trust (Green)
East Dumbartonshire Council (Blue)
Firing Line - Museum of 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards and The Royal Welsh (Green)
The Foundation for Essex Arts: BAT Collection (Yellow)
The George Wyllie Foundation (Green)
Glasgow Women's Library (Yellow)
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Blue)
Golden Thread Gallery (Yellow)
The Gordon Highlanders Museum (Yellow)
The Green Howards Regimental Museum (Yellow)
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation (Red)
Gwynedd Archives Service (Green)
Harris Manchester College, Oxford University (Yellow)
Haverfordwest Town Museum (Green)
Historic Environment Scotland (Red)
Holyhead Maritime Museum (Green)
Institution of Mechanical Engineers (Yellow)
John Rylands Institute and Research Library (Yellow)
Keele University Art Collection (Yellow)
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge (Red)
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum (Yellow)
Llandovery Museum & Visitor Gateway (Green)
Llangynwyd Village Hall (Green)
Machynlleth Town Council (Green)
Maggie's Cancer Care Centres (Red)
Milford Haven Heritage and Maritime Museum (Yellow)
Milton Keynes City Discovery Cenre (Yellow)
Mold Library, Museum and Gallery (Green)
Museum of Cardiff
Museum of Cornish Life, Helston (Green)
Nantgarw China Works Museum (Green)
National Jazz Archive (Yellow)
National Museum of Flight (red)
National Records of Scotland (Green)
Neath Antiquarian Society (Green)
The New Art Gallery Walsall (Red)
Newport Museum and Art Gallery (Blue)
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)
Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw (Green)
Oxford Brookes University (Red)
Pembroke Dock Heritage Trust (Green)
The Priseman Seabrook Collections (Yellow)
Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Green)
Richmond upon Thames Borough Art Collection (Red)
RNLI Grace Darling Museum (Green)
Robert Owen Memorial 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)
The Royal Welsh Regimental Museum (Yellow)
Russell Cotes Art Gallery and Museum (Blue)
The Schorr Collection (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)
South Wales Miners Museum (Green)
South Wales Police Heritage Centre (Green)
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)
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust (Red)
Tredegar Town Council Bedwellty House (Green)
Trinity College, University of Oxford (Red)
University of Falmouth (Yellow)
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum (Yellow)
University of Southampton (Yellow)
University of Wales Trinity St David (Red)
University of St Andrews (Red)
Victoria and Albert Museum (Gold)
Welshpool Town Council (Green)