What does UBP membership offer:

  1. A quarterly newsletter including early access to events, exhibition reviews and other sector news
  2. Priority booking for our annual seminar
  3. The opportunity to join one of our Working Groups (launching autumn 2026)
  4. A public listing in our Expertise Directory (optional)
  5. Access to our Queries noticeboard for peer-to-peer support
  6. The opportunity to be a guest contributor to the UBP website
  7. Annual Fellowships for early-career professionals

How are our members selected:

Membership applications are reviewed on a rolling basis by members of our network’s Steering Group. We are interested in hearing from curators, museum learning professionals, researchers, academics and conservators. If you are an independent researcher with an interest in British portraits, please apply.

We are a welcoming and inclusive organisation and are committed to bridging financial barriers to ensure that our membership is accessible and supportive of early career museum professionals.

UBP Membership Application

Are you located in a DCMS Cultural Priority Place?
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dcms-place-targeting/culture-priority-places
What best describes you?(Required)
Tick all that apply.
Please select which membership benefits you are interested in(Required)
Please note these can be updated at any time via email. Tick all that apply.

The Understanding British Portraits network is committed to diversity and inclusion and have a legal and social duty to consider the need to eliminate discrimination and promote equality of opportunity with regards to age, disability, gender identity or gender expression, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership or pregnancy or maternity when producing and contracting for goods, services and works. The Understanding British Portraits network expects all Members to meet and exceed their statutory obligations under the Equality Act 2010. UBP Members are expected to conduct themselves in ways aligned to UBP’s values and the commitments of the Understanding British Portraits network with regards to diversity and inclusion and not undertake any activity that brings the Network into disrepute. UBP reserves the right to withdraw Membership at any time.

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