Plus Tate – a network of 47 visual arts organisations across the UK – has welcomed Chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s announcement in the Spring Budget Statement that the Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR) is to be made permanent.
Since its inception in 2017, MGETR has supported hundreds of museums and galleries across the UK with £59 million invested, a lifeline for museums and the visual arts. The tax relief has supported 6,430 exhibitions of all sizes – from blockbuster exhibitions that draw huge national and international audiences, to the creation of ambitious new displays at smaller sites that engage local communities around the country – encouraging innovation, creating jobs, and enabling national and international touring. The relief was previously due to expire in April 2026.
Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate and Chair of the National Museum Directors’ Council said: “I want to thank the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt and Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer for responding to the concerns of museums and the visual arts sector by extending this vital tax relief. It supports the making of exhibitions that directly benefit the public across the whole of the UK. At Tate it helps us create exhibitions that serve our local communities as well as attract visitors from all over the world. It underpins the economic and social benefit museums and galleries make to the UK economy and helps protect our world leading creative sector.”
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About Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief (MGETR)
Museums and Galleries Exhibition Tax Relief was introduced by the UK Government in 2017 to support museums and galleries to develop new exhibitions and display collections to a wider audience. It is designed to support organisations to create and tour public facing exhibitions by helping them to recover some of their production costs. The rates of relief were temporarily increased in 2021 in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. For more information, visit artscouncil.org.uk/supporting-arts-museums-and-libraries/supporting-collections-and-cultural-property/exhibition-tax-relief
About Plus Tate
Plus Tate is a dynamic network of 47 visual arts organisations, alongside the four Tate galleries, who all share a commitment to working with contemporary art, artists and audiences. They exchange ideas, knowledge, skills and resources, collaborate on joint programmes, and champion the visual arts right across the UK. For more information, visit tate.org.uk/about-us/national-international-local/plus-tate
Plus Tate comprises: Arnolfini; Artes Mundi; Autograph; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art; Camden Art Centre; Centre for Contemporary Art, Derry~Londonderry; Chisenhale Gallery; Cooper Gallery; DASH (Disability Arts in Shropshire); De La Warr Pavilion; Dundee Contemporary Arts; esea contemporary; Firstsite; Focal Point Gallery; Fruitmarket Gallery; Gasworks; Glynn Vivian Art Gallery; Golden Thread Gallery; Grizedale Arts; Harris Museum and Art Gallery; Hepworth Wakefield; HOME; Ikon Gallery; John Hansard Gallery; Kettle's Yard; Leeds Art Gallery; Liverpool Biennial; The MAC; Manchester Art Gallery; Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art; MK Gallery; Modern Art Oxford; Mostyn; New Art Exchange; Newlyn Art Gallery; Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art; Nottingham Contemporary; Piers Arts Centre; The Showroom; Site Gallery; South London Gallery; Spike Island; Towner Eastbourne; Turner Contemporary; The Whitworth; VOID; Wysing Arts Centre.