2022 Shortlist

Huge congratulations to our amazing shortlistees! 
The winners will be announced at a glittering live ceremony on Wednesday 11 May.

SELECT Category | 2022

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YEAR: 2022

Sustainable Project of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Discovering42 CIC Reimagining Reality
  • Wakefield Museums & Castles A World of Good
  • Wright & Wright Architects on behalf of Museum of the Home Museum of the Home
  • Dundee Museum of Transport How can museums support the move to climate-friendly technology and lifestyles? UN COP-26, Glasgow Science Centre

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Visitor Welcome Award

Shortlisted

  • History of Science Museum, University of Oxford History of Science Museum Front of House Team
  • Derby Museums Museum of Making
  • Beamish, The Living Museum of the North Putting the Visitor First at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  • London Transport Museum Welcoming visitors to LTM
  • Bristol Culture and Creative Industries Bristol Culture and Creative Industries Front of House Team

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Café or Restaurant of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum Café
  • English Heritage Stonehenge Café
  • Whitchurch Silk Mill Whitchurch Silk Mill Riverside Café
  • Kiplin Hall and Gardens Growing at Kiplin
  • The Black Watch Castle and Museum Bistro @ The Castle

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Best Use of Digital – International

Shortlisted

  • UNIT9 and Verizon on behalf of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA The Met Unframed
  • Øhavsmuseet, Denmark Time machine
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art, USA Revealing Krishna: Journey to Cambodia’s Sacred Mountain
  • Het Kabouterhuis, Netherlands Living Story, BitSpecial and Groeneveld Castle
  • DMW Creative, on behalf of The Irish National Stud Company, Ireland Irish Racehorse Experience

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Best Use of Digital – UK

Shortlisted

  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission War Graves Week
  • London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE Tour Roman Londinium Live! Virtual Education Sessions
  • Bradford Cathedral Bradford Cathedral: A Hidden Gem Revealed
  • The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings SPAB Repair Course
  • Brunel Museum Tunnelling through Time

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Fundraisers of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Derby Museums Derby Ram Trail
  • Fashion Museum Bath Buy a Bag Campaign
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens London Road Tree Planting Appeal
  • Foundling Museum Foundling Portraits Campaign

2022

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Community Engagement Programme of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Heritage Doncaster History, Health and Happiness
  • English Heritage Shout Out Loud, English Heritage’s National Youth Engagement Programme
  • Leeds Museums and Galleries Wellbeing, Belonging and Creativity. Community Relationships at Leeds Museums and Galleries
  • Hastings Museum & Art Gallery What's in the box?
  • Royal Shakespeare Company THREADS
  • York Archaeological Trust Archaeology on Prescription

2022

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YEAR: 2022

International Exhibition of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Tinker imagineers on behalf of National Monument Kamp Amersfoort, Netherlands National Monument Kamp Amersfoort
  • Museum Hof van Busleyden, Belgium Renaissance Children
  • AlfaVision on behalf of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral Ghent The Ghent Altarpiece Visitor Centre: Saint Bavo’s Cathedral Ghent
  • Event on behalf of H. C. Andersen House, Denmark H. C. Andersen House
  • Casa Batlló Casa Batlló Immersive Experience

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Learning Programme of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Foundling Museum Tracing Our Tales
  • The Novium Museum Virtual Field Trips
  • National Museums Liverpool Lockdown learning: Virtual classrooms
  • Leeds Museums and Galleries Breaking the mould: co-creating arts savvy initial teacher training
  • Heritage and Culture Warwickshire and Rebecca Bell, Integrate Education Narrative Immersion - Creating the Wow moment

2022

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Partnership of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Roundhouse Birmingham x Don't Settle Birmingham by Night, Herstory of Birmingham & My Voice, My Path
  • Oxford University Museum of Natural History Meat the Future: A partnership to feed minds and bodies
  • Natural History Museum, Warner Bros. Themed Entertainment and the BBC Studios Natural History Unit. Brought together by On Purpose Group Fantastic Beasts: The Wonder of Nature
  • Science Museum Group and Cancer Research UK Cancer Revolution: Science, innovation and hope
  • Jewish Museum London Life with Loss: Helping Children to Understand Grief
  • Bristol Culture & Creative Industries with We Are Bristol History Commission The Colston Statue: What Next

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year

Shortlisted

  • The Churches Conservation Trust in partnership with Mosedale Gillatt Architects and Historic Properties Restoration Ltd Turning a dream into a reality - restoring 1719, Sunderland
  • Wright & Wright Architects Museum of the Home
  • Aerospace Bristol Aerospace Bristol Conservation Workshop
  • Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Ltd on behalf of National Trust The Wellington Monument, Somerset
  • The Wallace Collection Conserving Fragonard's 'The Swing'

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Shop of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Tate Tate Edit x Chila Kumari Singh Burman
  • The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret The Old Op Apothecary Shop
  • Beamish, The Living Museum of the North 1900s Town Market Stalls at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
  • English Heritage Eltham Palace
  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shops

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Volunteers of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Anand Mangal: Our Culture, Our Journey Leicestershire County Council Participation Team and Museums Service
  • Jennifer Morgan Museum of Bath Stone
  • Plas Mawr Volunteer Team Cadw, Welsh Government - Plas Mawr Tudor House
  • Harry Pearson North York Moors National Park
  • Cleveland Pools Volunteer Team Cleveland Pools Trust
  • Neolithic Longhouse at La Hougue Bie volunteers Jersey Heritage

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Permanent Exhibition of the Year

Shortlisted

  • The Wordsworth Trust Wordsworth Grasmere
  • The Story Museum Building a World of Stories
  • David Livingstone Trust David Livingstone Birthplace
  • Derby Museums and the Alliance Board for the Museum of Making Museum of Making - The Assemblage
  • Imperial War Museums Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries
  • Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year (budget greater than £80,000)

Shortlisted

  • Colchester + Ipswich Museums Power of Stories
  • V&A Alice Curiouser & Curiouser
  • Natural History Museum Our Broken Planet: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix It
  • Blenheim Palace & Blenheim Art Foundation Tino Sehgal at Blenheim Palace

2022

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YEAR: 2022

Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year (budget under £80,000)

Shortlisted

  • SS Great Britain Trust Iron Island
  • Museum of Homelessness Secret Museum
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens Dance Can't Nice: Exploring London’s Black music spaces
  • English Heritage Trust Liberty & Lottery: Exploring the Legacy of the Transatlantic Slave Trade at Brodsworth Hall and Gardens
  • Historic Royal Palaces George III: The Mind Behind The Myth
  • Old Royal Naval College Gaia in the Painted Hall

2022

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Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year

Shortlisted

  • Durham Cathedral Museum of the Moon
  • Historic England Uncover More: the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage
  • Kiplin Hall and Gardens Kiplin goes local
  • Imperial War Museums IWM London's Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries

2022