At a packed-out glittering awards ceremony the winners of the 2018 Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence were announced.
Museum + Heritage Awards writes:
… As well as the 13 categories the judges presented a Special Recognition Award to The Wolfson Foundation, which was accepted by Chief Executive, Paul Ramsbottom. Huge congratulations to all of our winners.
- The International Award Winner was Holland Open Air Museum and Kossmann.dejong, The Canon of Dutch History
- Highly Commended: The Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin State Museums,The Syria Initiative – Museum as Mediator of Shared Heritage
- Innovation Winner: Museum of London Archaeological Archive, #ArchiveLottery
- Highly Commended: Science Museum Group, Space Descent VR with Tim Peake
- Best Shop over £500k Winner was Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge ‘Gift Shop Redesign’
- Fundraising Initiative of the Year Winner was Haslemere Educational Museum, Museum in a Million
- Highly Commended was Gairloch + District Heritage Co Ltd, Our Land, Our People, Our Story
- Best Shop under £500k Winner was Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, The Shop at RAMM
- Highly Commended was Brontë Parsonage Museum, Brontë Parsonage Museum Shop
- Educational Initiative Winner was UCL Museums and Collections, Museums on Prescription
- Highly Commended was Leeds Museums and Galleries, Exceed Expectations … with objects and artworks
- Permanent Exhibition Winner was Brooklands Museum, The Brooklands Aircraft Factory & Flight Shed
- Highly Commended was Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Museums & Galleries; The David Hockney Gallery; The Natural History Museum, Hintze Hall
- Marketing Campaign Winner was The Postal Museum, Launching The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
- Highly Commended was Victoria Art Gallery, Here Be Dragons marketing campaign
