Main Image: One of the shortlistees for the Marketing award for this year's Museums + Heritage Awards
The Museums + Heritage Awards, now in their 16th year, continue to generate public recognition for the winners and shortlistees and have been instrumental in helping many to secure funding and support from key stakeholders
The Museums + Heritage Awards, recognise the innovators and leaders of the UK and international museums, galleries and heritage visitor attractions and there are 13 awards are up for grabs this year. Following the 1 February deadline, which saw hundreds of entries, the judging panel, made up of five sector leaders, has deliberated long and hard over this year’s M+H Awards entries to make its final shortlist.
Judges include Bernard Donoghue, Director of ALVA, Diane Lees, Director General of the Imperial War Museums, Matthew Tanner, Chief Executive of the SS Great Britain Trust, Stephen Duncan, Commercial and Tourism Director for Historic Scotland and Maggie Appleton, Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Museum. Bernard Donoghue said of this year’s applications: “The entries have been amazing; outstanding examples of clever, creative, provocative story-telling and partnerships with audiences.”
The award winners will be announced at a glittering ceremony at the historic staterooms of 8 Northumberland Avenue on 16 May where more than 300 industry professionals will converge in the heart of London to find out who has triumphed.
Among last year’s big winners were National Museums Scotland, who picked up the Permanent Exhibition award and Helsinki City Museum who were recognised as the International winner for their new museum.
Museums + Heritage Awards 2018 Shortlist
Project on a Limited Budget
Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, Illustrating Harry Potter
Maidstone Museums, Research & Display of Mummified Remains for ‘Ancient Lives’
Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, The Whale Weekender
The Natural History Museum at Tring, Dodos: Old Bird, New Tricks
Heritage Learning with Ferens Art Gallery, Explore Art (Under 5s and Families Gallery)
Supported by Arts Council England
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
People’s History Museum, Never Going Underground: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights
The Salisbury Museum, Terry Pratchett: HisWorld exhibition
National Trust, Prejudice & Pride
Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Eric Gill: The Body
Science Museum, London (as part of the Science Museum Group), Robots: The 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human
Victoria and Albert Museum, You Say You Want a Revolution?
National Museums Liverpool / Arts Council Collection, Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity
Sponsored by Displayways
The International Award
Museum of South East Demark, Vikingeborgen/The Viking Fortress
Canadian Museum of History, Canadian History Hall
Holland Open Air Museum and Kossmann.dejong, The Canon of Dutch History
Vardemuseum in co-operation with Tinker imagineers, TIRPITZ – hidden stories on Danish west coast
Denis Byrne Architects (Architects/Project Leaders) Thirty Three Trees Landscape Design, Derrigimlagh: The Marconi Station / Alcock & Brown Landing Site
The Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museu, Berlin State Museums, The Syria Initiative – Museum as Mediator of Shared Heritage
Volunteers of the Year Award – Team
Old Royal Naval College, Painted Hall Conservation Volunteers
Scottish Football Museum, Football Memories Volunteer Network
National Trust – Buckland Abbey, Buckland Abbey Art Ambassador Volunteers
Century of Stories – Leicestershire County Council, Bosworth Tommies
Ripon Museum Trust, The Refurbishment Team
Holocaust Survivors’ Friendship Association (HSFA) HSFA survivor speakers
In Partnership with Association of Independent Museums
Volunteer of the Year Award – Individual
National Football Museum, Allan Maull
The Mid Hants Railway (the Watrecress Line) Ltd, Miss Jessica Arnold
Canal & River Trust, National Waterways Museum, Barry Green
Museum of London, Claire Madge
Cornwall’s Regimental Museum, Jenny Simmons
In Partnership with Association of Independent Museums
Innovation
Museum of London Archaeological Archive, #ArchiveLottery
Tate, Preloaded and HTC VIVE, Modigliani VR: The Ochre Atelier
Canal & River trust, National Waterways Museum and Jam Creative Studios, Boats of Every Description: An Interactive Journey
Science Museum Group, Space Descent VR with Tim Peake
National Gallery with Van Gogh Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Seiji Togo Memorial and Facebook, #SunflowersLive
Sponsored by The Hub
Permanent Exhibition
Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Museums & Galleries, The David Hockney Gallery
National Army Museum, National Army Museum Permanent Galleries
National Science and Media Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, Wonderlab
Brooklands Museum, The Brooklands Aircraft Factory & Flight Shed
Haley Sharpe Design (hsd) on behalf of The Postal Museum, The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, The Ashmolean Story
The Natural History Museum, Hintze Hall
Best Shop under £500k
National Museums Liverpool (NML Trading Ltd), World Museum’s Newly Redeveloped Shop
Bury Art Museum, Bury Art Shop
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, The Shop at RAMM
Brontë Parsonage Museum, Brontë Parsonage Museum Shop
Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, The University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre Shop
Best Shop over £500k
The Hepworth Wakefield Enterprises Ltd, The Hepworth Wakefield
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), YSP Shop
British Library, British Library Retail
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge ‘Gift Shop Redesign’
Educational Initiative
Leeds Museums and Galleries, Exceed Expectations … with objects and artworks
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Sharing Shakespeare’s Story
The Royal Parks, Speak Up! The Hyde Park Debating Challenge
UCL Museums and Collections, Museums on Prescription
Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Summer Club
Chiltern Open Air Museum, Literacy Theme Days for Primary Schools
Sponsored by Volunteer Makers
Marketing Campaign
Victoria Art Gallery, Here Be Dragons marketing campaign
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity
The Postal Museum, Launching The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
Oxford University Gardens, Libraries & Museums, Mindgrowing Campaign
Bristol Aero Collection Trust, Aerospace Bristol
Sponsored by BDRC
Fundraising Initiative of the Year
Friends of RvCP + The Royal Victoria Chapel, Raise the Roof
Haslemere Educational Museum, Museum in a Million
National Museums of Scotland, Save the Galloway Hoard
Watts Gallery – Artists’ Village, #YayNotNeigh
Gairloch + District Heritage Co Ltd, Our Land, Our People, Our Story
Restoration or Conservation
National Museums Liverpool, Murillo’s Virgin and Child in Glory Conserved
Royal Museums Greenwich, Armarda Portrait of Elizabeth I
Norfolk Museums Service – Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nelson & Norfolk
The Royal Parks, Brompton Cemetery Conservation Project
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, London Mithraeum
Sponsored by Each Art Unique
