The following is a list of acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom (and previously formally Great Britain during 1707–1800) concerning museums and galleries, in date order grouped by century:

18th century

• British Museum Act 1753
• British Museum Act 1767
• Sale by Lottery of Sir Ashton Lever's Museum Act 1784

19th century

• British Museum Act 1805
• British Museum Act 1807
• British Museum Act 1816
• British Museum Act 1824
• British Museum (No. 2) Act 1824
• British Museum Act 1832
• Museums Act 1845
• National Gallery and Museums (Scotland) Act 1850
• National Gallery of Ireland Act 1854
• National Gallery of Ireland Act 1855
• National Museum of Industry for Scotland and General Register House Act 1855
• National Gallery Act 1856
• Industrial Museum (Scotland) Act 1860
• Sir J. Soane's Museum Act 1862
• Dublin National Gallery Act 1865
• National Gallery Enlargement Act 1866
• National Gallery Enlargement Act 1867
• London Museum Site Act 1868

• Public Parks, Schools, and Museums Act 1871 (34 & 35 Vict. c. 13)
• National Gallery (Loan) Act 1883
• Dublin Science and Art Museum Act 1884
• National Portrait Gallery Act 1889

• Museums and Gymnasiums Act 1891 (54 & 55 Vict. c. 22)
• British Museum (Purchase of Land) Act 1894

20th century

• National Gallery (Purchase of Adjacent Land) Act 1901
• British Museum Act 1902
• National Galleries of Scotland Act 1906
• National Gallery and St. James's Park Act 1911

• Public Libraries (Art Galleries in County Boroughs) (Ireland) Act 1911 (1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 9)
• Royal Scottish Museum (Extension) Act 1912
• Copyright (British Museum) Act 1915
• Imperial War Museum Act 1920
• National Maritime Museum Act 1934
• National Gallery (Overseas Loans) Act 1935
• Wellington Museum Act 1947
• National Gallery and Tate Gallery Act 1954
• National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland Act 1954
• Imperial War Museum Act 1955
• National Galleries of Scotland Act 1959
• British Museum Act 1963
• Public Libraries and Museums Act 1964
• Museum of London Act 1965

• Museums and Galleries Admission Charges Act 1972 (c. 73)
• National Theatre and Museum of London Act 1973
• Museum of London Act 1986
• National Maritime Museum Act 1989
• Museums and Galleries Act 1992

21st century

• none

• British Museum Act