Partnership UK

The British Museum exists for all people regardless of their location, country of origin or circumstances. Its international, national and local roles are part of a unified purpose, linking the UK to the rest of the world through the diversity of the collection, which is mirrored by the diversity of the UK’s population.

To reach many different audiences, often for the first time, the Museum is committed to working through strategic partnerships to extend engagement in a broad spectrum of cultural history and issues. It aims to increase public enjoyment and understanding of material that is both universal and particular in meaning, to which all have right of access. 

Partnerships based on collaboration and exchange are essential to the British Museum’s core purpose of using its expertise and collection as a shared resource. The Museum benefits in turn from the knowledge and skills of others.

Partnership UK is a network of seventeen major partner museums and museum services from around the United Kingdom. It covers Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the nine regions of England under the umbrella of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), including London. Partnership UK extends also to the National Trust at its site at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk. Collaborative activities, programmes and loans are undertaken with many more museums and organisations around the UK in addition to the major partners.

Full list of Partnership UK members

For information on our role and activities within the UK, including Partnership UK, please contact:

Frances Carey
Head of National Programmes
Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8972
fcarey@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk

Frances Benton
Museum in Britain Co-ordinator
Tel: +44 (0)20 7323 8785
fbenton@thebritishmuseum.ac.uk