Shortlist announced for prestigious Museums & Heritage Awards for Excellence 2011
Museums and visitor attractions across the UK and Europe have been shortlisted to receive prestigious industry awards at the national Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence ceremony in May.
Innovative and groundbreaking exhibitions have been selected from more than 300 entries across 10 hard-fought categories.
National treasure, comedienne and broadcaster Sue Perkins will announce the 11 lucky winners at the Awards ceremony on Wednesday 11 May at Church House, Westminster.
The Awards applaud projects ranging from groundbreaking achievements of national institutions to those crafted with limited resources and budget. The winners are selected by a panel of sector judges including: Diane Lees, Director General, Imperial War Museums; Sam Mullins, Director, London Transport Museum and other leading sector professionals.
Diane Lees, Director General of Imperial War Museums, said: “The Museums & Heritage Awards is the only scheme which recognises the breadth of scope and scale of operation in museums across the globe. In times of budget cuts they inspire museums and their partner providers to continue to achieve great things and recognise the success of their efforts. They also raise the profile of the participants with their stakeholders which is also critical during times of difficulty.”
The shortlisted projects are:
| Company Name | Project title | Category | Town |
| Martello Media Ltd | Glasnevin Museum, Dublin | International | Dublin |
| Studio Adrien Gardère | The Museum of Islamic Art - Cairo - Egypt | International | Paris |
| Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios | Valence House Museum | Restoration/Conservation | Bath |
| Brunel’s ss Great Britain | 40th Homecoming Anniversary/Lets Celebrate | Marketing | Bristol |
| Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge | The Polar Museum: Promoting Britain's Polar Heritage | Permanent | CAMBRIDGE |
| Chelmsford Borough Council | Chelmsford Museum & The Essex Regiment Museum | Winstan Bond | Chelmsford |
| Barleylands Farm Museum | Barleylands Education Programme | Educational | Billericay |
| Coventry Transport Museum | Ghost Town? | Limited Budget | Coventry |
| Coventry Transport Museum | Driving Conferences Forward |
Winstan Bond | Coventry |
| BRC Imagination Arts | Exloration Space: Explorers Wanted | International | DURHAM |
| The Bowes Museum | Fashion & Textile Gallery | Permanent | Barnard Castle |
| Discover Children’s Story Centre | Facing Forward | Limited Budget | LONDON |
| GR/DD | 'Carbon Cycle' for the Atmosphere gallery, Science Museum | Innovations | London |
| Museum of London | Galleries of Modern London | Marketing | LONDON |
| Museum of London | Galleries of Modern London | Permanent | London |
| Historic Royal Palaces | Enchanted Palace, Kensington Palace | Marketing | LONDON |
| Museums Galleries Scotland | Remembering Scotland At War | Educational | Edinburgh |
| Glasgow School of Art Enterprises Ltd | The Glasgow School of Art | Winstan Bond | Glasgow |
| Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects | Bury Mount and the Watermeadows | Restoration/Conservation | Towcester |
| Historic Royal Palaces | Henry VIII's Tapestries Revealed | Innovations | London |
| Beck Interiors Ltd | 1001 Inventions | Temp/touring | London |
| National Museums Liverpool | Merseyside Maritime Museum | Classic | LIVERPOOL |
| National Museums Liverpool | Plantastic! | Temp/touring - Plantastic | LIVERPOOL |
| Lakeland Arts Trust | Blackwell, The Arts & Crafts House | Classic | Cumbria |
| Mostyn | Mostyn Gallery Re-development | Classic | Llandudno |
| People's History Museum | The New Main Galleries - Peoples History Museum | Permanent | MANCHESTER |
| Imperial War Museum North | Shaped by War, Photographs by Don McCullin | Temp/touring | MANCHESTER |
| People's History Museum | Re-branding of the People's History Museum | Marketing | MANCHESTER |
| LAARC | Visitor Inclusion Project | Educational | LONDON |
| Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | The Late Shows | Marketing | NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE |
| The British Library | Evolving English: One language, many voices | Marketing | LONDON |
| The British Library | Evolving English: One language, many voices | Temp/touring | LONDON |
| Kilmartin House Trust | Kilmartin House Museum | Classic | Argyll |
| Imperial War Museum London | The Lord Ashcroft Gallery: Extraordinary Heroes | Permanent | LONDON |
| Drinkall Dean and Tim Hatley | Diaghilev & The Golden Age of The Ballets - Russes 1902 - 1929 | Temp/touring | London |
| Dulwich Picture Gallery | Good Times: Art for Older People | Educational | London |
| South London Art Gallery | The Expansion of the South London Gallery | Limited Budget | London |
| Westminster Abbey | Conservation of Westminster Cosmati Pavement | Restoration/Conservation | LONDON |
| Tate Gallery | The Tate Movie Project | Educational | London |
| Science Museum | Welcome Wing Redevelopment | Classic | LONDON |
| Science Museum | Antenna Science News Now | Innovations | LONDON |
| Natural History Museum | Who do you think you really are? | Innovations | LONDON |
| Shropshire Museum Service | Acton Scott Historic Working Farm | Classic | Ludlow |
| National Maritime Museum Cornwall | 150 years of the docks | Limited Budget | Falmouth |
| Wallace Collection | Bringing Music back into the Galleries | Innovations | LONDON |
| Historic Royal Palaces | The Enchanted Palace, Kensington Palace | Winstan Bond | London |
| The British Museum | Young Explorers | Educational | LONDON |
| Acoustiguide Ltd | Monet 1840-1926 Smartour App | Innovations | FRANCE |
| Wigan Leisure & Culture Trust | The Museum of Wigan Life | Limited Budget | Wigan |
| Farnham Castle | Farnham Castle: Keep Restoration | Restoration/Conservation | Farnham |
| Coniston Ltd | Closer to Home - Leighton House | Restoration/Conservation | London |
| Event Communications | The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum | Permanent | SCOTLAND |
| Beck Interiors Ltd | National Charter Monument Bahrain | International | BAHRAIN |
*The Winstan Bond Trophy is a special award for entrepreneurialism sponsored by the Association of Independent Museums
ENDS
Notes to editors:
The Museums & Heritage Awards were launched in 2003 by the organisers of The Museums & Heritage Show – the sector’s biggest trade event for museum and heritage/cultural visitor attraction professionals. The Museums & Heritage Show is an annual event and next takes place at Earls Court, London on 11 and 12 May, 2011.
Judging panel for the 2011 Museums & Heritage Awards:
Diane Lees, Director-General, Imperial War Museum
Bernard Donoghue, Head of Government and Public Affairs at VisitBritain
Sam Mullins, Director, London Transport Museum
Matthew Tanner, Director, ssGreatBritain
Marie Roberts, Editor, M&H Magazine
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Museums & Heritage Awards for Excellence 2011
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