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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