2023 Shortlist
Huge congratulations to our amazing shortlistees!
The winners will be announced at a glittering live ceremony on Wednesday 10 May.
SELECT Category | 2023
Innovator of the Year
Shortlisted
- YourTour Tourgether | Live-guided 360° video Virtual Visits
- Meyvaert Kaap Skil, oxygen-free conservation showcases
- Power Tap Systems Power Tap® removes the need for wires
- Articheck Save time, money and carbon with Articheck, all while enhancing protection of objects.
- Rubber Cheese Visitor Attraction Website Report
- Info Point Wildfi Rewarding visitors for visiting.
2023
Sector Support Award
Shortlisted
- National Trust Heritage Open Days
- Kids in Museums
- Arts&Heritage
- Arts Marketing Association Digital Heritage Hub
- Sam Bowen SEND in Museums
2023
Café or Restaurant of the Year
Shortlisted
- The Weston at Yorkshire Sculpture Park The Restaurant at The Weston
- Dulwich Picture Gallery Flotsam & Jetsam at Dulwich Picture Gallery
- Derby Museums The River Kitchen at the Museum of Making
- Museum of North Craven Life The Folly Coffee House: A Year in the Life
- National Trust for Scotland The Hill House Café
2023
Sponsored by
Visitor Welcome Award
Shortlisted
- Queer Britain Museum Queer Britain
- The Scottish Crannog Centre Welcome to the Scottish Crannog Centre!
- Wardlaw Museum 100% satisfaction, 100% empowered
- Brunel Museum
2023
Sponsored by
Sustainable Project of the Year
Shortlisted
- Royal West of England Academy RWA Sustainability
- SS Great Britain Trust Voyage to Carbon Neutral
- Food Museum Hedgerow
- The Exchange Exchange Project
- Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Once Upon A Planet
- Leeds Museums and Galleries The 'Life on Earth' gallery at Leeds City Museum
2023
Sponsored by
Best Use of Digital – International
Shortlisted
- ReReeti Foundation: Revitializing Museums in India Un.Divided Identities
- Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Studio Louter and Kiss the Frog Film Catcher
- City of Kortrijk 1302 – Opstand, slag, keerpunt (Revolt, Battle, Turning point)
- Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural Giravolt. Spreading 3D technologies in the cultural heritage sector
- Museum of Literature Ireland Digital at MoLI
2023
Best Use of Digital – UK
Shortlisted
- Barnsley Museums Elsecar 1880: A Village Re-Imagined
- Research Centre for Museums and Galleries & National Trust Everywhere and Nowhere: Exploring histories of disability across the National Trust
- StoryFutures StoryTrails
- University of Bristol Theatre Collection, Bristol Old Vic and Zubr Curio Making A Scene
- Mary Rose Museum Trust and Picture This Productions Time Detectives: The Mystery of the Mary Rose
2023
Team of the Year
Shortlisted
- UK Parliament Business Support Team (Bookings)
- Dulwich Picture Gallery The Operations Team
- The British Museum Gallery Management Programme
- National Museums Liverpool Housekeeping Team
- The Coffin Works Jack of All Trades, Masters of Many: The Coffin Works Staff Team
2023
Community Engagement Programme of the Year
Shortlisted
- Museum of the Home What's your cup of tea?
- Erewash Museum Christmas Toy Bank
- Pallant House Gallery Community Programme 20th Birthday
- People's History Museum Nothing About Us Without Us
- The Cartoon Museum Cartoon Museum Autism Programme
2023
Sponsored by
International Exhibition of the Year
Shortlisted
- Swiss Alpine Museum Let’s Talk about Mountains. A filmic approach to Noth Korea
- Toronto History Museums Dis/Mantle: Welcome to Mrs Pipkin’s Manor
- National Council of Science Museums (India), Guangdong Science Center (China), Science Museum Group Injecting Hope
- Vardemuseerne FLUGT - Refugee Museum of Denmark
- Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum National Air and Space Museum West End Renovation
2023
In partnership with
Learning Programme of the Year
Shortlisted
- The National Archives 20sStreets
- Historic Royal Palaces Tower of London School Superbloom Project 2022
- Old Royal Naval College Hospital School Outreach Programme
- Learning without Borders - a collaboration between Brooklands Museum and Bourne Education Trust
- Roman Baths Unearthing Aquae Sulis: Schools Programme
2023
Partnership of the Year
Shortlisted
- Hampshire Cultural Trust with Ubisoft, Sugar Creative and Sarner International 878 AD: Step into Anglo-Saxon Winchester
- Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust Delapré Wellbeing
- Colchester + Ipswich Museums Joy at the Jobcentre
- National Justice Museum NJM on tour
- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Ways to Play - free days out for families
2023
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
Shortlisted
- Hay Castle Trust and MICA Architects The Regeneration of Hay Castle
- Cleveland Pools Trust Cleveland Pools Restoration
- Dean and Chapter of Canterbury The Canterbury Journey
- Culture Perth & Kinross Kahu kākāpō conservation project
- Drakon Heritage and Conservation & Friends of Whitchurch Road Cemetery, Wem Conservation of Marram Grass Panels: a rare survivor
2023
Shop of the Year
Shortlisted
- Museum of the Home Museum of the Home Shop
- Beamish, The Living Museum of the North Jubilee Confectioners
- Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace Shop
- Bletchley Park Bletchley Park Shop
- Bath Preservation Trust No. 1 Royal Crescent
2023
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year
Shortlisted
- English Heritage Marble Hill Volunteers
- Norfolk Heritage Centre Adam Baker - Queer Norfolk
- Leeds Museums and Galleries Preservative Party, Leeds City Museum
- Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery Hilary Waugh - One Woman Wonder
- Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery David Jutson
- Deal Museum Suzanne Green
2023
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
Shortlisted
- Bletchley Park The Intelligence Factory
- The Science Museum Technicians: The David Sainsbury Gallery
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council, Kent County Council and Metaphor The Amelia Scott
- National Trust The Children's Country House at Sudbury
- Glasgow Life, Event & Beck Interiors The Burrell Collection
2023
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year
Shortlisted
- English Heritage The future belongs to what was as much as what is
- Historic Royal Palaces and the University of Leicester Permissible Beauty
- Migration Museum Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain
- London Transport Museum Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce exhibition
- Navrang Arts Rebuilding Lives: 50 Years of Ugandan Asians in Leicester
2023
Sponsored by
Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
Shortlisted
- Royal Air Force Museum Midlands Operation: Airwaves
- Tate Liverpool Turner Prize 2022
- Castle Howard Estate Ltd Christmas at Castle Howard
- Imperial War Museums War Games: Real Conflicts | Virtual Worlds | Extreme Entertainment at IWM London
- Historic England Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings Opening Campaign
2023