TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund
The TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF) was established in 2012 in order to support and promote the professional restoration and related scholarly research of significant museum artworks. Championing art in all its forms, applications for its grants are open to public museums from all over the world and artworks from any age. Each year, a maximum of €50.000 will be allocated to projects. The Committee of independent experts usually selects two winners to receive each € 25,000 to support their restoration project.
TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund 2024
The application for the TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund (TMRF) 2024 is now closed. The application was live for all public museums globally. News about the TMRF 2024 will be shared with all applicants in November 2023. Should you have any questions please reach out to Coco Bannenberg via [email protected] or +31 20 303 64 02.
Please find the TMRF Terms, Conditions & Guidelines for 2024 here.
The committee
The applications are reviewed and selected by an independent panel of experts - since 2021 the panel includes:
Rachel Kaminsky | Private art dealer from New York and former Head of Old Master Paintings at Christie’s. |
Dr. Kenson Kwok | Founder and former Director of the Asian Civilisations Museum and the Peranakan Museum in Singapore. |
Carol Pottasch | Senior restorer/conservator from the Mauritshuis, The Hague. |
Dr. Ashok Roy | Museum scientist, leading international expert on the materials and techniques of European Old Master Paintings, and former Director of Collections at the National Gallery, London. |
Sir Nicholas Penny | Art historian, author, and former Director of the National Gallery, London. |
TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund 2023 presentations
During TEFAF New York 2024 the TMRF presentation was designed in collaboration with 2024 recipient the Neue Galerie New York. The TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund supported the restoration of a painting by Egon Schiele (1890-1918) titled Town among Greenery (The Old City III), dating 1917.
During TEFAF Maastricht 2023 the TMRF booth was designed in collaboration with 2023 recipient the Museum of Fine Arts, Antwerp (KMSKA) and powered by Aon. The TEFAF Museum Restoration Fund supported the restoration of a painting by Michaelina Wautier (1604-1689) titled Two Girls as Saints Dorothea and Agnes, dating circa 1650.
