# THE BRITISH MUSEUM FRIENDS

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1086080
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [04133346](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04133346)
- **Registered:** April 9, 2001
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1086080


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH MUSEUM, GREAT RUSSELL STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1B 3DG
- **Phone:** 020 7323 8000
- **Email:** friends@britishmuseum.org
- **Website:** http://www.britishmuseum.org/membership.aspx



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE FRIENDS ARE TO SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN MAINTAINING AND EXPANDING ITS COLLECTIONS AND SERVICES TO SCHOLARS AND TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND TO ASSIST OTHER CHARITABLE MUSEUMS TO ANY EXTENT THAT IN THE OPINION OF THE FRIENDS MIGHT HELP THE BRITISH MUSEUM IN THE AFOREMENTIONED MANNER.

**Activities:** To support and assist the British Museum in maintaining and expanding its collections and services to scholars and to the general public.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Camden





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **George Osborne** | Chair | Sept. 1, 2021 |
| Alejandro Santo Domingo |  | July 13, 2022 |
| Alison Jones |  | Sept. 19, 2025 |
| Claudia Winkleman |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Dame Vivian Hunt DBE |  | March 25, 2019 |
| Dr CHRISTOPHER HUGH GOSDEN |  | Aug. 2, 2018 |
| Dr Tiffany Jenkins |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Erdem Moralioglu |  | Sept. 19, 2025 |
| George  Garfield Weston |  | March 25, 2019 |
| Leena Kumar Nair CBE |  | June 3, 2026 |
| Lord Daniel William Finkelstein |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Martha Kearney |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Philipp Michael Hildebrand |  | Aug. 1, 2019 |
| Professor Dame Winifred Mary Beard |  | March 19, 2020 |
| Professor Sarah Elizabeth Worthington |  | March 1, 2020 |
| Sir Jonathan Ive |  | June 10, 2025 |
| Sir Mark Jeremy Walport |  | Dec. 1, 2020 |
| TOM HOLLAND |  | March 19, 2025 |
| Tracey Karima Emin |  | Nov. 28, 2023 |
| Weijian Shan |  | July 13, 2022 |




