LAST YEAR’S WINNERS

Huge congratulations to the winners of the 2022 Museums + Heritage Awards.
The winners were announced at a glittering live ceremony in London on Wednesday 11 May.

SELECT Category | 2022

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Café or Restaurant of the Year

The Winner

Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum Café


Highly Commended

  • Kiplin Hall and Gardens Growing at Kiplin

Shortlisted

  • English Heritage Stonehenge Café
  • Whitchurch Silk Mill Whitchurch Silk Mill Riverside Café
  • The Black Watch Castle and Museum Bistro @ The Castle

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Visitor Welcome Award

The Winner

History of Science Museum, University of Oxford History of Science Museum Front of House Team


Highly Commended

  • Derby Museums Museum of Making
  • Beamish, The Living Museum of the North Putting the Visitor First at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North

Shortlisted

  • London Transport Museum Welcoming visitors to LTM
  • Bristol Culture and Creative Industries Bristol Culture and Creative Industries Front of House Team

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Sustainable Project of the Year

The Winner

Discovering42 CIC Reimagining Reality


Highly Commended

  • Wright & Wright Architects on behalf of Museum of the Home Museum of the Home

Shortlisted

  • Wakefield Museums & Castles A World of Good
  • Dundee Museum of Transport How can museums support the move to climate-friendly technology and lifestyles? UN COP-26, Glasgow Science Centre

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Best Use of Digital – International

The Winner

DMW Creative, on behalf of The Irish National Stud Company, Ireland Irish Racehorse Experience


Highly Commended

  • UNIT9 and Verizon on behalf of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA The Met Unframed

Shortlisted

  • 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

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Best Use of Digital – UK

The Winner

Commonwealth War Graves Commission War Graves Week


Highly Commended

  • London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE Tour Roman Londinium Live! Virtual Education Sessions

Shortlisted

  • Bradford Cathedral Bradford Cathedral: A Hidden Gem Revealed
  • The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings SPAB Repair Course
  • Brunel Museum Tunnelling through Time

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Fundraisers of the Year

The Winner

Fashion Museum Bath Buy a Bag Campaign


Highly Commended

  • Foundling Museum Foundling Portraits Campaign

Shortlisted

  • Derby Museums Derby Ram Trail
  • Horniman Museum and Gardens London Road Tree Planting Appeal

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Community Engagement Programme of the Year

The Winner

York Archaeological Trust Archaeology on Prescription


Highly Commended

  • Leeds Museums and Galleries Wellbeing, Belonging and Creativity. Community Relationships at Leeds Museums and Galleries

Shortlisted

  • Heritage Doncaster History, Health and Happiness
  • English Heritage Shout Out Loud, English Heritage’s National Youth Engagement Programme
  • Hastings Museum & Art Gallery What's in the box?
  • Royal Shakespeare Company THREADS

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International Exhibition of the Year

The Winner

Casa Batlló Casa Batlló Immersive Experience


Highly Commended

  • AlfaVision on behalf of Saint Bavo’s Cathedral Ghent The Ghent Altarpiece Visitor Centre: Saint Bavo’s Cathedral Ghent

Shortlisted

  • Tinker imagineers on behalf of National Monument Kamp Amersfoort, Netherlands National Monument Kamp Amersfoort
  • Museum Hof van Busleyden, Belgium Renaissance Children
  • Event on behalf of H. C. Andersen House, Denmark H. C. Andersen House

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Learning Programme of the Year

The Winner

Foundling Museum Tracing Our Tales


Highly Commended

  • Leeds Museums and Galleries Breaking the mould: co-creating arts savvy initial teacher training
  • National Museums Liverpool Lockdown learning: Virtual classrooms

Shortlisted

  • The Novium Museum Virtual Field Trips
  • Heritage and Culture Warwickshire and Rebecca Bell, Integrate Education Narrative Immersion - Creating the Wow moment

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Partnership of the Year

The Winner

Oxford University Museum of Natural History Meat the Future: A partnership to feed minds and bodies


Highly Commended

  • Bristol Culture & Creative Industries with We Are Bristol History Commission The Colston Statue: What Next

Shortlisted

  • Roundhouse Birmingham x Don't Settle Birmingham by Night, Herstory of Birmingham & My Voice, My Path
  • 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

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Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year

The Winner

The Churches Conservation Trust in partnership with Mosedale Gillatt Architects and Historic Properties Restoration Ltd Turning a dream into a reality - restoring 1719, Sunderland



Highly Commended

  • Sally Strachey Historic Conservation Ltd on behalf of National Trust The Wellington Monument, Somerset

Shortlisted

  • Wright & Wright Architects Museum of the Home
  • Aerospace Bristol Aerospace Bristol Conservation Workshop
  • The Wallace Collection Conserving Fragonard's 'The Swing'

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Shop of the Year

The Winner

Beamish, The Living Museum of the North 1900s Town Market Stalls at Beamish, The Living Museum of the North


Highly Commended

  • Yorkshire Sculpture Park Yorkshire Sculpture Park Shops

Shortlisted

  • Tate Tate Edit x Chila Kumari Singh Burman
  • The Old Operating Theatre Museum & Herb Garret The Old Op Apothecary Shop
  • English Heritage Eltham Palace

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Volunteers of the Year

The Winner

Cleveland Pools Volunteer Team Cleveland Pools Trust


Highly Commended

  • Jennifer Morgan Museum of Bath Stone
  • Plas Mawr Volunteer Team Cadw, Welsh Government - Plas Mawr Tudor House

Shortlisted

  • Anand Mangal: Our Culture, Our Journey Leicestershire County Council Participation Team and Museums Service
  • Harry Pearson North York Moors National Park
  • Neolithic Longhouse at La Hougue Bie volunteers Jersey Heritage

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Permanent Exhibition of the Year

The Winner

Imperial War Museums Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries


Highly Commended

  • David Livingstone Trust David Livingstone Birthplace

Shortlisted

  • The Wordsworth Trust Wordsworth Grasmere
  • The Story Museum Building a World of Stories
  • Derby Museums and the Alliance Board for the Museum of Making Museum of Making - The Assemblage
  • Manchester Jewish Museum Manchester Jewish Museum

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

The Winner

Museum of Homelessness Secret Museum


Highly Commended

  • SS Great Britain Trust Iron Island

Shortlisted

  • 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

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

The Winner

Colchester + Ipswich Museums Power of Stories


Highly Commended

  • V&A Alice Curiouser & Curiouser

Shortlisted

  • 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

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Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year

Joint Winners

Kiplin Hall and Gardens Kiplin goes local

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Imperial War Museums IWM London's Second World War and The Holocaust Galleries


Shortlisted

  • Durham Cathedral Museum of the Moon
  • Historic England Uncover More: the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage

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