The British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel, (BFAMI), is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising funds to support educational programmes run by the Art Museums of Israel. These programmes share the rich artistic culture and history of Israel alongside prominent international contemporary art, with future generations across all strata of society.

Founded in 1947, BFAMI originally obtained funds solely for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and later for the Israel Museum, Jerusalem when it was founded in 1965. We have since expanded our support to educational programmes run by additional contemporary Art Museums in Israel, including the Be’eri Gallery, Design Museum, Haifa Museum of Art, Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Janco Dada Museum, Mishkan Museum of Art Ein Harod, Museums of Bat Yam (MoBY), Nachum Gutman Museum of Art, Negev Museum, Petach Tikva Museum of Art,  Rubin Museum, Wilfrid Israel Museum, ZUMU, plus several other Art Museums.

BFAMI supports art educational programmes promoting interaction among Jewish, Muslim, Christian, Bedouin and Druze communities. The Emergency Relief Programmes encompass the acquisition of art kits and materials for displaced children, trauma relief sessions for the elderly and their families who were forced to leave their homes and communities, art scholarships for individuals with special needs & those who are disadvantaged across all age groups.   It also supports art therapy classes for at risk youths, and, specialized art education programmes in partnership with local schools and hospitals, to name just a few.