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Awards
Museum of the Year Awards
In 1973 National Heritage introduced the first annual awards for museums. The scheme ran for 28 years, and was succeeded in 2002 by the Gulbenkian Museum Prize, which is the largest arts award in the United Kingdom. The Museum of the Year Award undoubtedly helped stimulate the dramatic improvements that took place in museum and gallery presentation in the last quarter of the twentieth century. It also inspired the launching of many new museums and galleries during this period.
Winners of the NH Museum of the Year Awards were:
- 1973 Abbot Hall Museum of Lakeland Life and Industry, Kendal
- 1974 The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
- 1975 The Weald & Downland Open Air Museum, Singleton
- 1976 The Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent
- 1977 The Ironbridge Gorge Museum, Telford
- 1978 Erddig Hall Wrexham and The Museum of London
- 1979 Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery
- 1980 British Museum (Natural History), London
- 1981 The Hunday Farm Museum, Stocksfield
- 1982 The City Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
- 1983 The Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Holywood
- 1984 Quarry Bank Mill, Styal
- 1985 The Burrell Collection, Glasgow
- 1986 Beamish: The North of England Open Air Museum
- 1987 Manchester Museum
- 1988 National Museum of Photography, Film & Television
- 1989 National Portrait Gallery at Bodelwyddan Castle
- 1990 The Imperial War Museum, London and the Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
- 1991 The National Railway Museum, York
- 1992 Manx National Heritage
- 1993 Jersey Museum
- 1994 The Tower Museum, Derry
- 1995 Ryedale Folk Museum, Hutton le Hole
- 1996 Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury and National Trust Royal SunAlliance Exhibition, Uppark
- 1997 Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury
- 1998 The House of Manannan: Manx National Heritage Museum and The Maritime Museum, Jersey
- 1999 The River and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames
- 2000 The British Museum, London
Photo: Bright, young star near Eagle Nebula. NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
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