Join the Association for Cultural Enterprises

Join our community of hundreds of arts, heritage and cultural organisations and thousands of professionals working in commercial income generation at over 1,650 sites across the UK and behyond.

Member Benefits

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Training and Development

FREE unlimited access to the Cultural Enterprises Academy, our online training service

Free and discounted training events both online and onsite

Discounted rates for the Cultural Enterprises Conference 

Opportunity to apply for free bursary places at Conference and other events

Opportunity to participate in our Mentoring Programme

Discounted job advertising rates

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Networking

FREE attendance at regional and senior leader networking events

Exclusive access to our NEW Online Member Forum

Access to the sector’s most curated group of suppliers and consultants

FREE entry into the annual Cultural Enterprises Awards

The chance to meet hundreds of colleagues from across the sector at the annual Cultural Enterprises Conference 

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Support and Resources

Wide range of resources across all areas of income generation including Benchmarking Reports and model contracts

Opportunity to apply for our annual Seeds of Change £10,000 prize fund supporting sustainable initiatives

Blogs from experts and practitioners across the sector

Marketing and PR support with campaigns such as Museum Shop Sunday

Regular e-news with sector news, jobs and events 

FAQs

We have two types of membership, from just £13.75 per month.

Membership is open to any cultural or heritage organisation that has charitable status, or is otherwise run as a not-for-profit organisation. Your business may include ticketing, retail, e-commerce, catering, publishing, events and venue hire, filming and licensing. We welcome organisations regardless of scale and location, with fees based on annual turnover.

Associate Membership is for suppliers, consultants and businesses supporting the cultural sector.
Members range from the scale of English Heritage and the National Trust, to local government, cathedrals and churches, world-class museums and art galleries, botanic gardens and parks, zoos, historic buildings and monuments, independent arts and heritage centres, and more.

We have members across the whole of the UK, as well as from Europe, North America and the Middle East. Gain connections and expertise across disciplines and across borders.

View our Member Directory.
We are delighted to be able to offer a number of free membership bursaries to non-profit cultural organisations with an annual turnover of less than £250k (excluding admissions). Find out more and how to apply.

Some of our members

Become a member of Cultural Enterprises and join these organisations and hundreds more, representing over 1,650 sites across the UK and beyond.

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