Press Release
17.09.10
For Immediate Release
East Midlands’ museums win awards
The winners of the inaugural Renaissance East Midlands Regional Heritage Awards were announced last night at an awards ceremony at Kelham Hall, Newark.
The excellent work of museums and heritage collections throughout the East Midlands was celebrated at the event with Creswell Crags being awarded the coveted Museum of the Year.
The 2010 winners are:
Best Event 2010
Winner: The Canal Museum at Stoke Bruerne for The Canal Village at War
Best Exhibition 2010
Winner: New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester for A Journey Out of Darkness
Inspiration Award for Best Special Project 2010
Winner: Northampton Museum and Art Gallery for Strut
Work with Children and Young People 2010
Joint winners: Snibston Discovery Museum for Museum Club for Young People
and Naseby Battlefield for The Sounds of Naseby Battlefield
Collections Care and Development 2010
Winner: Nottingham City Museums and Galleries for The John Player’s Project
Best Visitor Experience 2010
Winner: Bosworth Battlefield
Work with Volunteers 2010
Winner: Church Farm Museum, Skegness
Judges Special Award 2010
Winners: Long Whatton History Society and
Worcester and Sherwood Foresters Regimental Collections
Museum of the Year 2010
Winner: Creswell Crags
Claire Browne, Regional Museums Development Network Manager and the co-ordinator for the Awards, said: “We are delighted to present the very first Regional Heritage Awards in the East Midlands. These museums and heritage centres make a real difference to the communities they serve and this has been a wonderful opportunity to celebrate their excellence. The standard was extremely high and all finalists and winners deserve high praise for the work they do and its impact across the East Midlands.”
ENDS
Notes to Editors
This is the first year of the Regional Awards, supported by Renaissance East Midlands, which recognise excellence in museums and heritage across the region.
Renaissance is a £150 million programme to transform England’s regional museums. For the first time, investment from central government is helping regional museums across the country to raise their standards and deliver real results in support of education, learning, community development and economic regeneration. Renaissance is helping museums to meet people’s changing needs – and to change people’s lives.
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