How to fundraise for your museum on Crowdfunder
Raise the funds your museum needs while building awareness and community engagement. From local history museums to national art museums, our platform supports every kind of museum fundraising idea, from creative exhibitions to interactive learning projects.
Incentivise donations with exclusive perks for your backers, such as exhibition previews or tours.
Give your supporters the chance to win unique experiences that bring your community together.
Raise more with +Extra funding
Raise more for your cause with over £10 million in match funding from regional and national partners.
Fashion & Textile Museum
During the pandemic the staff of the fashion and textile museum urgently needed funds to save the museum. They successfully raised £43,078 with 1270 supporters in 28 days to ensure the sustainability and resilience of the museum for future generations.
Tell your story
Be open about your situation, why support matters and set a realistic target. Bring it to life with a short video.
Add exciting rewards
Give people rewards they’ll love: exclusive tours, access to special exhibitions or discounted tickets.
Promote everywhere
Use social media, your mailing list, posters in your venue, and the local press to shout about your campaign.
Get funded
Collect donations, apply for match funding, thank supporters, and build momentum.
Help us save, conserve and share the Melsonby Hoard – an incredible treasure of 900 Iron Age...
Help us secure the future of the Fashion and Textile Museum. Secure fashion and textiles for...
People's History Museum desperately needs your help to get through the Covid crisis. Every penny...
We are raising emergency funds to save Pollock's Toy Museum from closure due to the Covid-19 Pand...
To repair, repaint and re-interpret the ship "Kyles" - the oldest Clyde built vessel still afloat
Help us raise £25,000 to furnish and equip Linkshouse, Orkney’s new Arts Residency, as a hub for...
The Tomb of the Eagles is one of Orkney's best-loved Neolithic sites. We aim to re-open and...
Save The World of Glass! We only have 5 days left to reach our goal! Thanks to The Rainford...
Discovering42 is a grassroots science and sustainability museum in Cornwall, help us transition...
We are struggling to keep going. Please save this amazing place. Help us realise our stronger...
We want to create 'Knaresborough Museum' - a new independent & community-run hub, with local...
We're building England's only museum dedicated to histories of women and girls. Women Make...
Crowdfunding for museums couldn’t be easier with Crowdfunder. Simply create your project and let your supporters help fund your exhibition, restoration, or educational programme. Our community museum fundraising platform helps you reach a wider audience beyond your local network, including potential partners, sponsors, and museum funding organisations.
It’s really easy to start fundraising for your museum on Crowdfunder:
Crowdfunder lets you choose weekly or monthly payouts when you set up your project. If you do not wish to receive funds until a later date, you can choose to manually start payouts from your dashboard after your project goes live. Please note all funds go through a 7 day clearing period before they are eligible to payout.