SELECT Category | 2025
Innovator of the Year
The Winner
Anoxart Ltd Insect Eradication for Artworks and Heritage Collections
Shortlisted
- Podego B.V. Personalize AI Audio Guides for Museums
- Digital Venue Digital Venue - We empower many to see more
- StaffSavvy Shift Deployments
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Visitor Accessibility Award
The Winner
Wellcome Collection Putting accessibility at the heart of Wellcome Collection
Highly Commended
- Chiltern Open Air Museum
Shortlisted
- Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery Accessibility Champions
- National Galleries of Scotland Making art work for everyone
- Royal Collection Trust Expanding accessibility at the Palace of Holyroodhouse
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Sector Impact Award
The Winner
Heritage Open Days 30 years of England’s largest festival of history and culture: a platform of consistent sector support cultivating nationwide community engagement
Shortlisted
- University of Westminster, Royal Holloway University of London, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery The Workshop for Inclusive Co-created Audio Description (W-ICAD): Enhancing museum equity, diversity and inclusion through audio interpretation
- Westminster Adult Education Service Cultural Heritage apprenticeships: new accessible and inclusive routes into the sector
- Serendipity Institute for Black Arts and Heritage Unearthed: Forgotten Histories
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Visitor Welcome Award
The Winner
Migration Museum Welcome to the Migration Museum
Highly Commended
- Derby Museums Trust Visitor Experience Team, Museum of Making
Shortlisted
- Nothe Fort operated by Weymouth Civic Society Wanting to make a difference: -Visitor Experience at Nothe Fort
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust The Historic Dockyard Chatham
- Young V&A Young V&A Front of House Team
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Sustainable Project of the Year
Joint Winners
Railworld Wildlife Haven Entertain and Educate about our Amazing Planet we all call ’Our Home’
and
Stourbridge Glass Museum Eco-friendly Upcycled Glass Exhibition in New Eco Museum
Highly Commended
- The Arkwright Society Water Power Project at Cromford Mills
Shortlisted
- The Natural History Museum The Urban Nature Project
- Good Journey Cutting carbon with car-free travel to the National Trust
- Culture Perth and Kinross Waters Rising Exhibition at Perth Museum
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Best Use of Digital – International
The Winner
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center/East City Films The Journey Back - VR Experiences
Highly Commended
- Mauritshuis X Jongsma ONeill LOOT - 10 stories
Shortlisted
- Ah Amália - Living Experience Immersive biography of Amália Rodrigues and Fado
- Kunstsilo Tivoli; an art museums first immersive multimedia production on a work in their collection.
- Musea Brugge Closer to Memling: New Visitor Experiences through Innovative Technologies
- Museums Victoria, Melbourne Museum Antopia: Explore a World of Secret Senses
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Best Use of Digital – UK
The Winner
London Museum London Museum’s new website - using AI to power content relationships between objects & stories
Highly Commended
- Natural History Museum and SAOLA Studio Visions of Nature
Shortlisted
- Royal Armouries Digital Playground part of the National Lottery Heritage Funded Digital Vision Project
- Darlington Borough Council in partnership with PLB ’Experiment!’ Hopetown Darlington
- Culture Perth and Kinross The Stone of Destiny Experience at Perth Museum
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Team of the Year
The Winner
National Galleries of Scotland People Team
Highly Commended
- Glasgow Life Museums Commercial Development and Programming Team
Shortlisted
- Aerospace Bristol Facilities and Operations Team
- National Museums Liverpool Visitor Experience Admin Team
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Community Engagement Programme of the Year
The Winner
Suffolk Archives (Suffolk County Council) Arrivals: Celebrating Migration to Suffolk
Highly Commended
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust Ghost Ships at The Historic Dockyard Chatham
Shortlisted
- Manchester Museum Manchester Museum Celebrates
- The Landmark Trust Calverley Old Hall: Crafting Cultures
- Historic England Historic England Young Advisers
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International Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) Te Puawānanga Science and Technology Centre
Highly Commended
- Grand Egyptian Museum Main Galleries
Shortlisted
- The Kaj Munk Museum, Ringkøbing Fjord Museums Whatever happened? A theatrical soundscape at The Kaj Munk Museum
- National Holocaust Museum, Studio Louter, OPERA Amsterdam, Office Winhov National Holocaust Museum, Amsterdam
- AGB Creative Pty Ltd & Western Australian Maritime Museum Empress Josephine’s Garden
- The Museum of Pop Culture Massive: The Power of Pop Culture
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Learning Programme of the Year
The Winner
Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester SENsory Atelier programme
Highly Commended
- International Slavery Museum International Slavery Museum on Tour
Shortlisted
- Chatsworth House Trust The Big Chatsworth Takeover
- Historic Royal Palaces Access Fund for Schools
- Bletchley Park Learning Programme
- Natural History Museum Natural History Museum & the LEGO Group: Build the Change programme
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Partnership of the Year
The Winner
Pitt Rivers Museum, University of Oxford The Maasai Living Cultures project
Highly Commended
- National Museums NI, African Caribbean Support Organisation NI and Northern Ireland Museums Council Global Voices Local Choices – a decolonisation partnership.
Shortlisted
- Heritage Doncaster, Doncaster City Council Wildlife and Heritage: A Natural Partnership
- Discovery Museum, North East Museums Steam to Green at Discovery Museum
- English Heritage Stonehenge - a partnership with the universities of Bournemouth, Leicester and Oxford
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Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
Joint Winners
Crystal Palace Park Trust, London Borough of Bromley and Friends of Crystal Palace Subway Restoration of Crystal Palace Subway
and
The Landmark Trust Calverley Old Hall
Shortlisted
- National Trust, Hill Top Beatrix Potter’s Dolls’ House
- National Trust, Lanhydrock C:Up - The Long Gallery Ceiling Project at Lanhydrock
- National Museum of the Royal Navy HMS Victory
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Shop of the Year
The Winner
Portsmouth City Council - The D-Day Story D-Day 80 Shop Refit
Highly Commended
- National Football Museum
Shortlisted
- Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) DCA Shop
- The National Gallery Bicentenary Year Retail
- The Real Mary King’s Close Gift shop
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Volunteers of the Year
The Winner
Derbyshire Scout Archaeology Team Morgause Lomas
Highly Commended
- London Transport Museum Paul Furze - London Transport Museum’s Bus Man extraordinaire!
Shortlisted
- Shakespeare’s Globe Access Ambassadors
- The Box, Plymouth Windrush in the Far Southwest
- 11Arches, Kynren Kynren - An Epic Tale of England’s Volunteer Team (Archers)
- Cadw Welsh Government Dance, Dance wherever you may be! Plas Mawr Tudor dance group
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Permanent Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Showtown Blackpool with Casson Mann Showtown Blackpool
Highly Commended
- Museum of the Home Rooms Through Time: 1878-2049
Shortlisted
- The Bowes Museum The Curiosity Project
- Beckford’s Tower a Bath Preservation Trust Museum Beckford’s Tower: Our Tower
- M Shed A movement not a moment: Protest against racial injustice in Bristol
- Cornwall Museum and Art Gallery The Mineral Gallery
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Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget more than £80k
The Winner
British Library, University of Westminster and Freehaus Beyond the Bassline: 500 Years of Black British Music
Highly Commended
- Fitzwilliam Museum Glenn Ligon: All Over The Place
Shortlisted
- Manchester Museum Wild
- The Design Museum The World of Tim Burton
- National Trust, Stowe Gardens For Your Tomorrow
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Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget less than £80k
The Winner
Ferens Art Gallery Jason Wilsher Mills: Are We There yet
Highly Commended
- Leeds Museums and Galleries Living With Death: An exhibition exploring death, dying and bereavement
Shortlisted
- St Albans Museums Catching the Chain
- Horniman Museum and Gardens Chá, Chai, Tea
- Whitby Museum Our Lasses - Inspirational Women of Whitby
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Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
The Winner
Royal Armouries TikTok Debut
Highly Commended
- Bletchley Park Watch Closely Campaign
Shortlisted
- National Portrait Gallery Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens
- Fitzwilliam Museum Marketing and Communications Strategy
- The British Museum Legion: life in the Roman army
- Culture Perth and Kinross Perth Museum Opening Campaign
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