Current Supporters
The Bowes Museum receives core funding from Durham County Council and from the Museum, Libraries and Archives Council through the North East Regional Museums’ Hub and its Renaissance in the Regions programme.
Revenue supporters underpin our ongoing exhibition programme and display, care of the collections, education work and events. Existing supporters include:
Northern Rock Foundation
The Pilgrim Trust
John Ellerman Foundation
The Friends of The Bowes Museum
Arts Council England, North East
Business Link
Teesdale Learning and Skills Council
Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
Marc Fitch Fund
Sir James Knott Trust
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for Children, Schools and Families
The Racing Club
Corporate Partners of The Bowes Museum
Northumbrian Water
BHP Law
In Kind Support:
Northumbrian Water
Tennants Auctioneers
Richard Green Fine Art
Niven Architects
Patrons of The Bowes Museum
Mr Charles Tompkins
Mr Tom Harrison
Mr Adrian Sassoon
The Bowes Museum continues to acquire objects for display. Recent acquisitions have been supported by:
The Friends of The Bowes Museum
The Art Fund
The V&A Purchase Grant Fund
Individual Donors
Supporters of Blueprint: the capital project plan for The Bowes Museum include:
Heritage Lottery Fund
One NorthEast through the County Durham Economic Partnership
English Heritage
Northern Rock Foundation
The Monument Trust
Garfield Weston Foundation
DCMS / Wolfson Museum and Galleries Improvement Fund
The Foyle Foundation
European Regional Development Fund
Durham County Council
The Shears Foundation
The Clothworkers' Foundation
County Durham Foundation
The Friends of The Bowes Museum
The Headley Trust
The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Sir James Knott Trust
Mercers Charitable Foundation
Welton Foundation
Idlewild Trust
Margaret Phyllis Mewhort Trust
Fenwick Ltd
P T Settlement
The Bill & May Hodgson Charitable Trust administered by Dickinson Dees
Anon and individual donors
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