As money continues to be tight in the sector, some museums are turning to crowdfunding to raise money.
One of the most high-profile examples is Art Happens, a crowdfunding platform launched by the Art Fund charity last year. By mid-December, Art Happens had raised about £90,000 from more than 900 donors.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in Shropshire recently reached its £25,000 target. The money will be used to transform the Museum of the Gorge, which sits at the heart of the World Heritage Site.
The other museums that have reached their Art Happens targets are Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (£25,000); Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham (£21,000); Compton Verney, Warwickshire (£10,250); and Manchester Revisited: a commission by Emily Allchurch at Manchester Art Gallery (£6,000).
Cardiff’s St Fagans National History Museum did not reach its £25,000 target – the only failure so far.
The Estorick Collection in north London launched its first crowdfunding appeal through the National Funding Scheme’s Donate platform. The Estorick wants to raise £3,000 to restore Carlo Carrà’s futurist work, Leaving the Theatre.
London-based charity the De Morgan Foundation used the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to raise more than £1,000 to buy a rare Evelyn De Morgan medal.
One of the most high-profile examples is Art Happens, a crowdfunding platform launched by the Art Fund charity last year. By mid-December, Art Happens had raised about £90,000 from more than 900 donors.
The Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust in Shropshire recently reached its £25,000 target. The money will be used to transform the Museum of the Gorge, which sits at the heart of the World Heritage Site.
The other museums that have reached their Art Happens targets are Jerwood Gallery, Hastings (£25,000); Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, County Durham (£21,000); Compton Verney, Warwickshire (£10,250); and Manchester Revisited: a commission by Emily Allchurch at Manchester Art Gallery (£6,000).
Cardiff’s St Fagans National History Museum did not reach its £25,000 target – the only failure so far.
The Estorick Collection in north London launched its first crowdfunding appeal through the National Funding Scheme’s Donate platform. The Estorick wants to raise £3,000 to restore Carlo Carrà’s futurist work, Leaving the Theatre.
London-based charity the De Morgan Foundation used the crowdfunding website Indiegogo to raise more than £1,000 to buy a rare Evelyn De Morgan medal.
