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Art UK

Art UK

What is Art UK?

Art UK is the online home for every public art collection in the United Kingdom. They are an art education charity democratising access to art. Their website brings together art from over 3,400 British institutions in one of the UK’s biggest-ever arts partnerships. It shows over 600,000 works by over 60,000 artists and is growing all the time. You will find the art held by museums, universities, libraries, town halls and hospitals, together with art owned by national bodies such as the National Trust and National Trust for Scotland. Building on this wonderful repository of artworks, the Art UK website is rich in story content and learning resources, and it offers many ways for everyone to engage with art. Though our connection with Artists in Residence we have provided a free downloadable resource – available here.