The British Museum Friends

The British Museum Friends
AbbreviationBMF
Formation1968
TypeCharity
PurposeSupports the British Museum with grants for acquisitions, and assists with research programmes, conservation, and new technologies throughout the Museum.
Location
  • British Museum
Region served
England and Wales
Membership
48,000 (March 2013)
Parent organisation
British Museum
Websitehttps://www.britishmuseum.org/join_in.aspx
RemarksCurrent Chairman: David Norgrove

The British Museum Friends (BMF) is a registered charitable organisation in the UK with close links to the British Museum, and was set up in 1968. It provides funding in the form of grants to the British Museum in order to support the educational objectives of the Museum including to allow the Museum to acquire new items and collections,[1] and assists with financing research programmes, conservation, and new technologies throughout the Museum.[2][3]

  1. ^ "BMF acquisitions trail" (PDF). {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. ^ The British Museum Friends website
  3. ^ 'Electron microscopes assist work at British Museum' Laboratory Talk website 28 May 2008 Archived 16 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine