Museums interested in a specific show listed in the exhibition marketplace should contact Art Bridges to begin a conversation. We’ll ask a few questions and review your facility report.

Once approved as an exhibition tour venue, museums with an operating budget of $7 million or less are eligible to apply for support to take an exhibition at the their venue. Funding awards are made on a sliding scale basis, and can include support for the exhibition fee, shared costs, local costs, and programs and/or evaluation.

Ready to tell a new story? Exhibition organizers are institutions with art collections they are ready to share with other communities and audiences. Art Bridges works with lending museums to develop new shows, and also share previously occurring exhibitions.

Exhibitions should be American art-focused from a single collection, and can range in size and medium. Exhibitions tour at least three Art Bridges funding eligible venues. Organizers create a proposal and are awarded funding based on the size of the exhibition.

We can help with a variety of tour logistics, including checklist development, venue selection, marketing via our exhibition marketplace and newsletter, contracts, and schedule.

Through a convening project (see below), organizers may apply for funding to host a convening of all of the venues on the tour.

Partner institutions on an Art Bridges collection loan project, exhibition project, or part of an Art Bridges Initiative Cohort can apply for program and evaluation projects.

Applicants are eligible for up to $10,000.

If your institution is interested in learning about or expanding evaluation, an evaluation component can be built into your project.

Organizers that are partners on an Art Bridges exhibition project may apply for a convening project.