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 access benefits detailed in our partnership brochure.
Founder Partner collections
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums (Gold)
Aberystwyth University, School of Art Museum & Galleries (Red)
American Museum & Gardens (Yellow)
The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library (Green)
Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University (Blue)
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (Gold)
Atkinson Art Gallery Collection (Red)
The Barber Institute of Fine Arts (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 & Archives (Gold)
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 London Corporation (Gold)
Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service: Colchester Collection (Blue)
Cumbrian Museum Consortium (Gold)
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Derby Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Dulwich Picture Gallery (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)
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)
Museums & Galleries Edinburgh – City of Edinburgh Council (Blue)
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)
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)
Rotherham, Museums, Arts and Heritage (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 Collection (Red)
Staffordshire Museum & Art Collection (Yellow)
Stirling Smith Art Gallery & Museum (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)
Warrington Museum & Art Gallery (Red)
Watts Gallery - Artists' Village (Red)
West Suffolk Heritage Service (Red)
Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust (Red)
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum (Red)
Wolfson College, Cambridge (Green)
y Gaer – Brecon Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Red)
Partner collections
Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum (Red)
Andrew Logan Museum of Sculpture (Yellow)
Arts Council Collection (Gold)
Auld Post Office Museum (Green)
Barmouth Sailors' Institute (Green)
Barts Health NHS Trust Archives and Museums (Red)
Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Red)
Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery (Blue)
Bradford Museums Galleries & Heritage (Blue)
Bridgend County Borough Council (Green)
British Council Collection (Gold)
Buckinghamshire Archives (Green)
Cadbury Research Library (Blue)
Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery (Red)
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne & Wear NHS Foundation Trust (Green)
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 Galloway Council Collection (blue)
East Dumbartonshire Council (Blue)
Edinburgh Printmakers (Yellow)
The Embroiderers' Guild (Gold)
Glasgow Women's Library (Yellow)
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery (Blue)
The Gordon Highlanders Museum (Yellow)
The Green Howards Regimental Museum (Yellow)
Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation (Red)
Harris Manchester College, Oxford University (Yellow)
Historic Environment Scotland (Red)
Keele University Art Collection (Yellow)
Kettle's Yard, University of Cambridge (Red)
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum (Yellow)
Methodist Modern Art Collection (Yellow)
Milton Keynes City Discovery Cenre (Yellow)
Museum of Cornish Life, Helston (Green)
National Jazz Archive (Yellow)
National Museum of Flight (red)
Newtown Textile Museum (Green)
The New Art Gallery Walsall (Red)
NHS Lothian Charity – Tonic Collection (Blue)
Northern Ireland Civil Service (Gold)
Nottingham Trent University (Yellow)
Northampton Museums & Art Gallery (Blue)
North Lincolnshire Museums (Red)
Oxford Brookes University (Red)
Oxford Brookes Univeristy Special Collections and Archives (Green)
The Priseman Seabrook Collections (Yellow)
Ray and Diana Harryhausen Foundation (Green)
Rediscovering Art by Women (Yellow)
Richmond upon Thames Borough Art Collection (Red)
RNLI Grace Darling Museum (Green)
The Roberts Institute of Art (Yellow)
Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames (Red)
Royal College of General Practitioners (Yellow)
Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (Red)
Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow (Yellow)
Royal Greenwich Heritage Trust (Blue)
Royal Holloway, University of London (Red)
Royal Society of Arts (Yellow)
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)
Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts (Red)
Scottish Borders Council (Red)
Scottish Catholic Heritage Collections Museum (Yellow)
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)
The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, University of Leeds (Gold)
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)
Trinity College, University of Oxford (Red)
University of Dundee, Tayside Medical History Museum (Yellow)
University of Falmouth (Yellow)
University of Sheffield, Heritage Collection (Red)
University of Southampton (Yellow)
University of Wales Trinity St David (Red)
University of St Andrews (Red)
Victoria and Albert Museum (Gold)
Whipple Museum of the History of Science (Green)
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Museum (Yellow)
Wolverhampton Arts & Heritage (Gold)
The Women's Art Collection (Red)