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Stephen\u00a0Deuchar, Art Fund director and chair of the judges, said: \u2018The V&A experience is an unforgettable one.\u00a0Its recent exhibitions,\u00a0from Alexander\u00a0McQueen\u00a0to The Fabric of India, and the opening of its new Europe 1600\u20131815 galleries, were all exceptional accomplishments \u2013 at once entertaining and challenging, rooted in contemporary scholarship, and designed to reach and affect the lives of a large and diverse national audience.\u00a0It was already one of the best-loved museums in the country:\u00a0this year it has indisputably become one of the best museums in the world.’<\/p>\n
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The Victoria & Albert Museum has pledged to support smaller museums across the country after being named the Museum of the Year 2016.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Martin Roth, the V&A’s director, said he was \u2018totally overwhelmed\u2019 at the win and that it was a compliment to the work of museum’s staff.<\/p>\n \u2018There are a lot of smaller museums that do any amazing job,\u2019 he told the guests in the Natural History Museum’s Hintze Hall, home to the cast of the famous Diplodocus skeleton.<\/p>\n \u2018We thought it’s great to be there on the shortlist, but the other ones deserve the prize and the money.\u2019<\/p>\n Find out more at BBC news<\/a>\u00a0and at ArtFund<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" London’s iconic museum of art and design was announced as the winner of the \u00a3100,000 Art Fund Museum of the Year prize by HRH The Duchess of Cambridge at a ceremony at the Natural History Museum. ArtFund writes: Stephen\u00a0Deuchar, Art … Continue reading