Judges’ Special Recognition Award
The Winner
Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester
2024 Winners
Judges’ Special Recognition Award
The Winner
National Museum of the History of Ukraine | Ukraine - Crucifixion
2023 Winners
Innovator of the Year
The Winner
PinPoint Visualisation Ltd. Voyager Art
Shortlisted
- TM Lighting TM MasterLight
- Fortecho Solutions Fortecho TGAI Tag
- Look2Innovate Twister Hifi, The All in One Headset Audioguide Solution
- Give A Little Affordable, flexible and easy-to-use cashless fundraising
- National Collection of Aerial Photography, Historic Environment Scotland The DOS Project: Automated Digitisation Using Collaborative Robots
- Bev/Art Bev/Art Custodian: small, smooth and secure museum monitoring
2024 Winners
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
Innovator of the Year
Shortlisted
- TM Lighting TM MasterLight
- Fortecho Solutions Fortecho TGAI Tag
- PinPoint Visualisation Limited Voyager Art
- Look2Innovate Twister Hifi, The All in One Headset Audioguide Solution
- Give A Little Affordable, flexible and easy-to-use cashless fundraising
- National Collection of Aerial Photography, Historic Environment Scotland The DOS Project: Automated Digitisation Using Collaborative Robots
- Bev/Art Bev/Art Custodian: small, smooth and secure museum monitoring
2024
Sponsored by
Innovation of the Year
The Winner
14-18 NOW and Imperial War Museums They Shall Not Grow Old
Highly Commended
- Scottish Submarine Trust Inside Out - Scottish Submarine Centre
Shortlisted
- Natural History Museum in partnership with Factory 42, SKY VR and Sir David Attenborough Hold the World
- Royal Museums Greenwich Space Lives
- Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum of Wales in partnership with Jam Creative Studios Museum ExplorAR augmented reality experience
- National Museums Liverpool China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors
2019
Innovator of the Year
The Winner
Meyvaert Kaap Skil, oxygen-free conservation showcases
Shortlisted
- YourTour Tourgether | Live-guided 360° video Virtual Visits
- 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 Winners
Sector Support Award
The Winner
Kids in Museums
Highly Commended
- Arts Marketing Association Digital Heritage Hub
Shortlisted
- National Trust Heritage Open Days
- Arts&Heritage
- Sam Bowen SEND in Museums
2023 Winners
Sector Impact Award
Shortlisted
- Group for Education in Museums (GEM) Transforming Museums, Enriching Lives: GEM's Trailblazing Impact in Inclusive Learning for All
- National Museums Liverpool House of Memories
- The Heritage Alliance The Heritage Alliance: Championing the breadth of the sector and growing confidence, connections and skills across the Heritage Workforce
- Leeds Museums and Galleries Leeds Museums and Galleries Learning and Access Team
- Sam Bowen Sam Bowen: SEND in Museums - inclusion for everyone
- Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester Trans-Inclusive Culture
2024
Sector Impact Award
The Winner
Sam Bowen. SEND in Museums - inclusion for everyone
Highly Commended
- Leeds Museums and Galleries Leeds Museums and Galleries Learning and Access Team
Shortlisted
- Group for Education in Museums (GEM) Transforming Museums, Enriching Lives: GEM's Trailblazing Impact in Inclusive Learning for All
- National Museums Liverpool House of Memories
- The Heritage Alliance The Heritage Alliance: Championing the breadth of the sector and growing confidence, connections and skills across the Heritage Workforce
- Research Centre for Museums and Galleries, University of Leicester Trans-Inclusive Culture
2024 Winners
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
The Winner
Museum of North Craven Life | The Folly Coffee House: A Year in the Life
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
- National Trust for Scotland The Hill House Café
2023 Winners
Café or Restaurant of the Year
Shortlisted
- American Museum & Gardens American Garden Deli
- The Bowes Museum Café Bowes
- Thackray Museum of Medicine Thackray Cafe: Explore Beyond Medicine
2024
Café or Restaurant of the Year
The Winner
The Bowes Museum. Café Bowes
Shortlisted
- American Museum & Gardens American Garden Deli
- The Bowes Museum Café Bowes
- Thackray Museum of Medicine Thackray Café: Explore Beyond Medicine
2024 Winners
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
The Winner
The Scottish Crannog Centre | Welcome to the Scottish Crannog Centre!
Highly Commended
- Wardlaw Museum 100% satisfaction, 100% empowered
Shortlisted
- Queer Britain Museum Queer Britain
- Wardlaw Museum 100% satisfaction, 100% empowered
- Brunel Museum
2023 Winners
Sponsored by
Visitor Welcome Award
Shortlisted
- Gloucester Cathedral A world class welcome awaits you at Gloucester Cathedral!
- Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
- St Mary’s Guildhall A Warm Welcome at St Mary's Guildhall
- National Museums Liverpool Visitor Experience Team
- The Real Mary King's Close
2024
Sponsored by
Visitor Welcome Award
The Winner
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Highly Commended
- Gloucester Cathedral A world class welcome awaits you at Gloucester Cathedral!
Shortlisted
- St Mary’s Guildhall A Warm Welcome at St Mary's Guildhall
- National Museums Liverpool Visitor Experience Team
- The Real Mary King's Close
2024 Winners
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
Joint Winners
Food Museum | Hedgerow
and
SS Great Britain Trust Voyage to Carbon Neutral
Shortlisted
- Royal West of England Academy RWA Sustainability
- 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 Winners
Sponsored by
Sustainable Project of the Year
Shortlisted
- Art Fund (on behalf of 530 participating museums) The Wild Escape
- Manchester Museum and Museum Development North West (MDNW) Roots and Branches
- Cairngorms National Park Authority, Balmoral Estate, Lateral North Cairngorms Capercaiilie Project - Capercaillie lek experience
- The Scottish Crannog Centre 1000 Fingerprints 1000 Voices
- Yorkshire and North East Film Archives Nature Matters
- The Story Museum Brilli-ANT: How someone small changed a big story
2024
Sponsored by
Sustainable Project of the Year
Joint Winners
Manchester Museum and Museum Development North West (MDNW) - Roots and Branches
and
The Scottish Crannog Centre - 1000 Fingerprints 1000 Voices
Shortlisted
- Art Fund (on behalf of 530 participating museums) The Wild Escape
- Cairngorms National Park Authority, Balmoral Estate, Lateral North Cairngorms Capercaiilie Project - Capercaillie lek experience
- Yorkshire and North East Film Archives Nature Matters
- The Story Museum Brilli-ANT: How someone small changed a big story
2024 Winners
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
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
Sponsored by
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
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
Sponsored by
Sustainable Project of the Year
The Winner
Jubilee Pool Penzance Ltd, Jubilee Pool Penzance - first geothermal heated pool in the UK
Highly Commended
- Derby Museums Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill
Shortlisted
- Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museums Wales GRAFT: a soil based syllabus
- Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds Museums and Galleries Natural Encounters Exhibition Leeds Art Gallery
- Froglife London T.O.A.D (Tails of Amphibian Discovery)
2021
Sponsored by
Best Use of Digital – International
The Winner
Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Studio Louter and Kiss the Frog | Film Catcher
Highly Commended
- City of Kortrijk 1302 – Opstand, slag, keerpunt (Revolt, Battle, Turning point)
Shortlisted
- ReReeti Foundation: Revitializing Museums in India Un.Divided Identities
- Agència Catalana del Patrimoni Cultural Giravolt. Spreading 3D technologies in the cultural heritage sector
- Museum of Literature Ireland Digital at MoLI
2023 Winners
Best Use of Digital – International
Shortlisted
- Histovery Notre-Dame de Paris, the Augmented Exhibition
- Museum Odense and Event Carl Nielsen Museum
- Trinity College Dublin The Book of Kells Experience
- Museum of Abandonment, Romania UNBOXING Live Museum
- Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT) Stories from the skies: Te Kōtiu immersive projection experience
2024
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 – International
The Winner
Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT)- Stories from the skies: Te Kōtiu immersive projection experience
Shortlisted
- Histovery Notre-Dame de Paris, the Augmented Exhibition
- Museum Odense and Event Carl Nielsen Museum
- Trinity College Dublin The Book of Kells Experience
- Museum of Abandonment, Romania UNBOXING Live Museum
2024 Winners
Sponsored by
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
Best Use of Digital – International
The Winner
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Met Stories
Highly Commended
- Untitled Workers Club on behalf of Visit Flanders The Stay At Home Museum
Shortlisted
- History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff 300 Photos in 30 Days: A Candid Look at Covid-19
- National Museums Liverpool with National Heritage Board, British Council Singapore and Agency for Integrated Care House of Memories Singapore
- National Museum of Korea SNMK (Smart National Museum of Korea) Project
2021
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
Best Use of Digital – UK
The Winner
The Mary Rose Trust - Dive 4D: The Mary Rose Museum
Shortlisted
- University of Bristol Cultural Collections (with Library Research Support) The Uncertain Space: a virtual museum
- English Heritage, Brunel University, London and University of Essex Sancho's Journey - Decolonising heritage sites using Mixed Reality performances
- Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum - mused
- National Portrait Gallery Schools hub
2024 Winners
Best Use of Digital – UK
Shortlisted
- The Mary Rose Trust Dive 4D: The Mary Rose Museum
- University of Bristol Cultural Collections (with Library Research Support) The Uncertain Space: a virtual museum
- English Heritage, Brunel University, London and University of Essex Sancho's Journey - Decolonising heritage sites using Mixed Reality performances
- Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum - mused
- National Portrait Gallery Schools hub
2024
Best Use of Digital – UK
The Winner
StoryFutures | StoryTrails
Highly Commended
- Barnsley Museums Elsecar 1880: A Village Re-Imagined
Shortlisted
- Research Centre for Museums and Galleries & National Trust Everywhere and Nowhere: Exploring histories of disability across the National Trust
- 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 Winners
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
2022 Winners
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
Best Use of Digital – UK
The Winner
National Portrait Gallery Hold Still: A Portrait of our Nation in 2020
Highly Commended
- Barnsley Museums Going Digital: Barnsley Museums in COVID and Smartify CIC with Playdead and National Galleries of Scotland Ray Harryhausen at The National Galleries of Scotland
Shortlisted
- London Transport Museum Hidden London Hangouts and Virtual Tours
- non zero one and the National Trust in partnership with Heritage Open Days DAWNS
- The British Museum Expanding Samsung Digital Discovery Centre Virtual Visits
2021
Team of the Year
The Winner
National Museums Liverpool | Housekeeping Team
Highly Commended
- The Coffin Works Jack of All Trades, Masters of Many: The Coffin Works Staff Team
Shortlisted
- UK Parliament Business Support Team (Bookings)
- Dulwich Picture Gallery The Operations Team
- The British Museum Gallery Management Programme
2023 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
Team of the Year
The Winner
The Powell-Cotton Museum Skulls on the move!
Shortlisted
- Foundling Museum The Operations Team
- Tower Bridge Technical Team
- No.1 Royal Crescent Front of House Team
- Whitchurch Silk Mill Weaving Team
2024 Winners
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
Sponsored by
In partnership with
Team of the Year
Shortlisted
- Foundling Museum The Operations Team
- Tower Bridge Technical Team
- The Powell-Cotton Museum Skulls on the move!
- No.1 Royal Crescent Front of House Team
- Whitchurch Silk Mill Weaving Team
2024
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
2022 Winners
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
Fundraisers of the Year
The Winner
Charleston Save and Reopen Charleston
Highly Commended
- The Cartoon Museum COVID-19 survival fundraiser
Shortlisted
- The BGI Save the National Videogame Museum Crowdfunding Campaign
- Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway The Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway 'Tracks' campaign
- The Tank Museum The Tank Museum Patreon
- RAF Museum Adopt an Artefact
2021
Community Engagement Programme of the Year
The Winner
The Cartoon Museum | Cartoon Museum Autism Programme
Highly Commended
- People's History Museum Nothing About Us Without Us
Shortlisted
- Museum of the Home What's your cup of tea?
- Erewash Museum Christmas Toy Bank
- Pallant House Gallery Community Programme 20th Birthday
2023 Winners
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
Community Engagement Programme of the Year
The Winner
History of Science Museum & Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford University) MultakaOxford
Highly Commended
- Wilberforce House Museum, Hull Museums - Changing Perspectives
Shortlisted
- National Galleries of Scotland and Rowan Alba Enriching Lives and Supporting Recovery
- Imperial War Museum Perspectives: Remembrance
- Warwick Arts Centre Playing Out in Canley
2024 Winners
Community Engagement Programme of the Year
Shortlisted
- National Galleries of Scotland and Rowan Alba Enriching Lives and Supporting Recovery
- History of Science Museum & Pitt Rivers Museum (Oxford University) Multakaoxford
- Imperial War Museum Perspectives: Remembrance
- Warwick Arts Centre Playing Out in Canley
- Wilberforce House Museum, Hull Museums Changing Perspectives
2024
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
2022 Winners
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
Community Impact Award
The Winner
Colchester + Ipswich Museums Museum From Home activity packs
Highly Commended
- The Scottish Crannog Centre Dig the New Breed!! Apprentices and the local community
Shortlisted
- Royal Mint Museum Reminiscence Box Project
- English Heritage Reverberate
- Heritage Doncaster Finding History, Health and Happiness in lockdown
2021
Sponsored by
International Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Vardemuseerne, Tinker imagineers | FLUGT - Refugee Museum of Denmark
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
- Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum National Air and Space Museum West End Renovation
2023 Winners
Sponsored by
International Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam - Mission Masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum - Are you discovering a new masterpiece?
Highly Commended
- The Danish Welfare Museum - Placed in Care (Anbragt)
Shortlisted
- The Franklin Institute Wondrous Space
- Swiss Alpine Museum Home. Tracing the Story of Mitholz
- Royal Court Affairs and Event Oman Across the Ages
2024 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
International Exhibition of the Year
Shortlisted
- The Franklin Institute Wondrous Space
- Swiss Alpine Museum Home. Tracing the Story of Mitholz
- Royal Court Affairs and Event Oman Across the Ages
- The Danish Welfare Museum Placed in Care (Anbragt)
- Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam Mission Masterpiece at the Rijksmuseum - Are you discovering a new masterpiece?
2024
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
Sponsored by
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
Category Sponsor
International Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
MAS Antwerpen 100 x Congo. A century of Congolese art in Antwerp
Highly Commended
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art About Time: Fashion and Duration
Shortlisted
- Museum Southeast Denmark Holmegaard Værk
- Natural History Museum of Denmark King of Dinosaurs
- Centre Screen & Creo Industrial Arts on behalf of the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum United States Olympic & Paralympic Museum
- Tinker imagineers & Airborne Museum Hartenstein Airborne Experience
2021
In partnership with
Learning Programme of the Year
Shortlisted
- National Museums NI Museum on the Move
- Sainsbury Centre Art And...
- Real World Science partners and the Natural History Museum Explore: Urban Nature, UK-wide Learning Programme
- Horniman Museum and Gardens Secondary School Programme
- Brunel Museum Mud, Flood and Fire
2024
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
In partnership with
Learning Programme of the Year
The Winner
Horniman Museum and Gardens Secondary School Programme
Highly Commended
- National Museums NI - Museum on the Move
Shortlisted
- National Museums NI Museum on the Move
- Sainsbury Centre Art And...
- Real World Science partners and the Natural History Museum Explore: Urban Nature, UK-wide Learning Programme
- Brunel Museum Mud, Flood and Fire
2024 Winners
In partnership with
Learning Programme of the Year
The Winner
Learning without Borders - a collaboration between Brooklands Museum and Bourne Education Trust
Highly Commended
- Historic Royal Palaces Tower of London School Superbloom Project 2022
Shortlisted
- The National Archives 20sStreets
- Old Royal Naval College Hospital School Outreach Programme
- Roman Baths Unearthing Aquae Sulis: Schools Programme
2023 Winners
In partnership with
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
2022 Winners
In partnership with
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
Learning Outreach Award
The Winner
Leeds Museums and Galleries Closing the Covid gap: LMG Primary School Membership, curriculum planning and Recovery Curriculum
Highly Commended
- Council for British Archaeology, University of Lincoln Dig School: Enquiry-based learning in archaeology
Shortlisted
- Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children's Books Escape, Joy and Recovery: reinvention of a child-centred learning programme in a pandemic
- Waddesdon Manor When You Wish upon a Star
- Bumblebee Conservation Trust Bumblebee Education Experience (B.E.E.)
2021
Partnership of the Year
The Winner
Colchester + Ipswich Museums | Joy at the Jobcentre
Highly Commended
- National Justice Museum NJM on tour
Shortlisted
- Hampshire Cultural Trust with Ubisoft, Sugar Creative and Sarner International 878 AD: Step into Anglo-Saxon Winchester
- Delapré Abbey Preservation Trust Delapré Wellbeing
- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Ways to Play - free days out for families
2023 Winners
Partnership of the Year
Shortlisted
- Manchester Museum Pinc College and Manchester Museum
- Bletchley Park Trust AI Safety Summit
- Hampshire Cultural Trust in partnership with Hampshire CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Inspire, create and exchange: fostering positive mental health in young people through heritage
- Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens Ushaw Historic House & St Leonard's Catholic School
- Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: a partnership between the Mary Rose Trust and the National Museum of the Royal Navy
- Hackney Council & Pure Expression 1984 at Hackney Town Hall
2024
Partnership of the Year
The Winner
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard - Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: a partnership between the Mary Rose Trust and the National Museum of the Royal Navy
Shortlisted
- Manchester Museum Pinc College and Manchester Museum
- Bletchley Park Trust AI Safety Summit
- Hampshire Cultural Trust in partnership with Hampshire CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service) Inspire, create and exchange: fostering positive mental health in young people through heritage
- Ushaw Historic House, Chapels & Gardens Ushaw Historic House & St Leonard's Catholic School
- Hackney Council & Pure Expression 1984 at Hackney Town Hall
2024 Winners
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
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
2022 Winners
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
Partnership of the Year
The Winner
Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (University of Leicester) on behalf of QHCN Queer Heritage and Collections Network
Highly Commended
- National Museum of the Royal Navy, National Army Museum, RAF Museum, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Joint Operations - A Tri-Service Museum Partnership
Shortlisted
- Smartify CIC on behalf of The National Gallery and Royal Holloway University of London Exit through the digital gift shop: rapid research and development of a new museum marketplace
- Chichester Cathedral, Jacquiline Creswell, Ash Mills & 10 Partners The Chichester Nativity
- Ashmolean Museum with The Oxford Times 'Artists in Residence' Art Competition
2021
The Pandemic Pivot Award (fewer than 20 paid FTE employees)
The Winner
Gloucester History Trust Gloucester Looking Up
Highly Commended
- Thelma Hulbert Gallery The Creative Cabin - art and nature on tour
Shortlisted
- Nothe Fort Demonstrating how heritage sites have an important role to play during the pandemic
- Chawton House Transforming Chawton House: the Covid year
- South West Museum Development Pest Partners project
2021
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
The Winner
Cleveland Pools Trust | Cleveland Pools Restoration
Highly Commended
- Hay Castle Trust and MICA Architects The Regeneration of Hay Castle
Shortlisted
- 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 Winners
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
In partnership with
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
Shortlisted
- The Bowes Museum The Silver Swan; Bring Back the Magic
- University of St Andrews, Libraries and Museums Toxic Books: Detecting arsenic in 19th century book covers
- UK Parliament Elizabeth Tower; Restoring an Icon
- The Churches Conservation Trust Bees, Bodies, Bodley - The (Re)Birth of Sudbury Arts Centre
- Historic England#Rooswijk1740 - Conservation of artefacts from the protected wreck of the Rooswijk
- Hardwick Hall, National Trust A Stitch in Time: Conserving the Gideon Tapestries
2024
In partnership with
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
The Winner
The Churches Conservation Trust Bees, Bodies, Bodley - The (Re)Birth of Sudbury Arts Centre
Highly Commended
- University of St Andrews, Libraries and Museums - Toxic Books: Detecting arsenic in 19th century book covers
- Hardwick Hall, National Trust - A Stitch in Time: Conserving the Gideon Tapestries
Shortlisted
- The Bowes Museum The Silver Swan; Bring Back the Magic
- UK Parliament Elizabeth Tower; Restoring an Icon
- Historic England#Rooswijk1740 - Conservation of artefacts from the protected wreck of the Rooswijk
2024 Winners
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'
2022 Winners
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
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
Joint Winners
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings SPAB Old House Project
and
National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth City Council, D Day Story Landing craft tank LCT 7074 -Rescuing a D-Day Hero
Shortlisted
- St Alfege Church Heart of Greenwich Place and People Project
- Hampshire Cultural Trust Mr Simpson's Teddy Bears - a bit of joy in dark times
- Derby Museums on behalf of the project delivery Alliance Partners Restoring Derby Silk Mill to create the UK’s first Museum of Making
- Cliveden Conservation and Dorset Museum Reinstallation of Fordington Roman mosaic, Dorset Museum
2021
Shop of the Year
The Winner
Bletchley Park Shop
Highly Commended
- Blenheim Palace Blenheim Palace Shop
Shortlisted
- Museum of the Home Museum of the Home Shop
- Beamish, The Living Museum of the North Jubilee Confectioners
- Bath Preservation Trust No. 1 Royal Crescent
2023 Winners
Shop of the Year
The Winner
Shakespeare's Globe - The Globe Shop
Highly Commended
- The Postal Museum - The Postal Museum Shop
Shortlisted
- Young V&A Young V&A Shop
- Ashmolean Museum Ashmolean Museum Shop
- English Heritage Trust Stonehenge Shop
2024 Winners
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
Shop of the Year
Shortlisted
- The Postal Museum The Postal Museum Shop
- Young V&A Young V&A Shop
- Ashmolean Museum Ashmolean Museum Shop
- English Heritage Trust Stonehenge Shop
- Shakespeare's Globe The Globe Shop
2024
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
2022 Winners
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
Shop of the Year
The Winner
The Tank Museum The Tank Museum Online Shop
Highly Commended
- London Transport Museum London Transport Museum's Online Shop
Shortlisted
- The Box, Plymouth City Council The Box Shop
- Vagina Museum The Vagina Museum shop
- National Museums Liverpool National Museums Liverpool Online Shop
2021
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year
Joint Winners
Individual Volunteer: David Jutson | Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery
and
Group of Volunteers: Preservative Party, Leeds City Museum | Leeds Museums and Galleries
Shortlisted
- English Heritage Marble Hill Volunteers
- Norfolk Heritage Centre Adam Baker - Queer Norfolk
- Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery Hilary Waugh - One Woman Wonder
- Deal Museum Suzanne Green
2023 Winners
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year
The Winner
Suffolk Archives/Suffolk County Council - Kamal Faizi - Suffolk Archives and Volunteering Matters
Shortlisted
- Royal Air Force Museum Roy Martin, Royal Air Force Museum Engineering Volunteer
- Manchester Museum Team Joe lead the way
- The Coffin Works Museum Vickie Jones: Volunteer, Friend and Coffin Works' Champion
- St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery Prue Baker
- Cadw Welsh Government Cadw North Wales Project Volunteers - Pod's Pilgrimage
2024 Winners
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year
Shortlisted
- Royal Air Force Museum Roy Martin, Royal Air Force Museum Engineering Volunteer
- Manchester Museum Team Joe lead the way
- The Coffin Works Museum Vickie Jones: Volunteer, Friend and Coffin Works' Champion
- St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery Prue Baker
- Cadw Welsh Government Cadw North Wales Project Volunteers - Pod's Pilgrimage
- Suffolk Archives/Suffolk County Council Kamal Faizi - Suffolk Archives and Volunteering Matters
2024
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
In partnership with
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
2022 Winners
In partnership with
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
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year
The Winner
Harry and Julian Young The Lion Salt Works Museum
Highly Commended
- Capturing Lives in Scotland's Communities - Student Mentors University of Edinburgh Museums
Shortlisted
- The Powderham Volunteers Powderham Castle
- Terry Woolliscroft's Bottle Oven Art Club Gladstone Pottery Museum, Stoke-on-Trent City Council
- Bawdsey Radar online retail team Bawdsey Radar Trust
2021
COVID Special Recognition Award
The Winner
Bernard Donoghue, ALVA
Shortlisted
- Pippa Pickles, Colchester + Ipswich Museums
- David Green, Florence Nightingale Museum
- Victoria Ryves, Heritage Doncaster, Doncaster Council
- Rachel Mackay's Recovery Room
- Ngaire Bushell, IWM
2021
COVID Supplier of the Year
The Winner
Tricolor Associates: recovery support for many
Shortlisted
- Formed UK: COVID-safe re-opening of museums
- The Radical Tea Towel Company: showing Solidarity
- Decision House: visitor recovery insight for ALVA
- Julius Rutherfoord & Co: COVID-safe re-opening of museums
2021
Best Use of Social Media
The Winner
Black Country Living Museum BCLM on TikTok
Highly Commended
- York Museums Trust #CuratorBattle
Shortlisted
- The Tank Museum TANKFEST Online
- The Coffin Works Museum Closed but connected: Taking Risks to Open Up Our Collection
- National Museums Liverpool International Slavery Museum's Social Media
2021
Sponsored by
Exhibition of the Year – UK
The Winner
Garden Museum Derek Jarman: My Garden’s Boundaries are the Horizon
Highly Commended
- The Box, Plymouth City Council Permanent Galleries
Shortlisted
- Horniman Museum and Gardens From Birth til Death: Scrolled Life Stories
- Salisbury Cathedral Celebrating 800 years of 'Spirit and Endeavour'
- Nerve Centre and National Museums NI Culture Lab
2021
The Pandemic Pivot Award (more than 20 paid FTE employees)
The Winner
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North
Highly Commended
- Birmingham Museums Trust Sarehole Mill - Community Shop and Bakehouse
- National Trust for Scotland Burn's Big Night In
Shortlisted
- Lichfield Cathedral A beacon of hope during a pandemic
- Museum of London Project Doors Stay Open
- Imperial War Museum Victory 75
2021
Sponsored by
Innovation of the Year
The Winner
Harewood House Trust with Davy and Kristin McGuire A Night at the Mansion
Shortlisted
- Blast Theory Gift
- English Heritage Rembrandt #nofilter
- Imperial War Museums Field Music's Making a New World
- Sound View Media & Heritage Ability in association with Geevor Tin Mine Geevor Mine Interactive Accessible VR Tour
2020
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
National Trust | The Children's Country House at Sudbury
Highly Commended
- Glasgow Life, Event & Beck Interiors The Burrell Collection
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
2023 Winners
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Manchester Museum - South Asia Gallery: a British Museum partnership
Highly Commended
- Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd - Kilmartin Museum's Permanent Exhibition
Shortlisted
- Historic Royal Palaces The Crown Jewels Exhibition
- Titanic Belfast The Titanic Experience Reimagined
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
2024 Winners
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
Shortlisted
- Manchester Museum South Asia Gallery: a British Museum partnership
- Historic Royal Palaces The Crown Jewels Exhibition
- Titanic Belfast The Titanic Experience Reimagined
- Kilmartin Museum Company Ltd Kilmartin Museum's Permanent Exhibition
- The Royal College of Surgeons of England The Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England
2024
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
Sponsored by
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
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
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
SS Great Britain Trust Being Brunel
Highly Commended
- National Maritime Museum Endeavour Galleries Project
Shortlisted
- Horniman Museum and Gardens World Gallery
- RAF Museum RAF Museum RAF Centenary Programme
- Portsmouth Museums The D-Day Story
- Bolton Museum with The Creative Core Bolton's Egypt
- V&A Dundee with ZMMA Scottish Design Galleries
2019
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year
Joint Winners
Navrang Arts Rebuilding Lives: 50 Years of Ugandan Asians in Leicester
and
English Heritage The future belongs to what was as much as what is.
Highly Commended
- Historic Royal Palaces and the University of Leicester Permissible Beauty
Shortlisted
- Migration Museum Taking Care of Business: Migrant Entrepreneurs and the Making of Britain
- London Transport Museum Legacies: London Transport's Caribbean Workforce exhibition
2023 Winners
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget over £80k
Shortlisted
- Fitzwilliam Museum Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
- Migration Museum Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS
- The Natural History Museum Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur
- Irish in Britain Look Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of the Irish in Britain
- MK Gallery Beyond The Page South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now
2024
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget under £80k
Shortlisted
- Northampton Museums and Art Gallery Punk: Rage & Revolution
- Leeds Museums and Galleries and the Leeds Hip Hop Historian Society A Hip Hop Journey: 50 Years of Kulture
- Thackray Museum of Medicine Private Parts
- Garden Museum Frank Walter: Artist, Gardener, Radical
- Historic Royal Palaces The Indian Army at the Palace
2024
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget under £80k
The Winner
Leeds Museums and Galleries and the Leeds Hip Hop Historian Society A Hip Hop Journey: 50 Years of Kulture
Highly Commended
- Northampton Museums and Art Gallery Punk: Rage & Revolution
Shortlisted
- Thackray Museum of Medicine Private Parts
- Garden Museum Frank Walter: Artist, Gardener, Radical
- Historic Royal Palaces The Indian Army at the Palace
2024 Winners
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
In partnership with
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year – budget over £80k
The Winner
Migration Museum - Heart of the Nation: Migration and the Making of the NHS
Highly Commended
- Fitzwilliam Museum - Black Atlantic: Power, People, Resistance
Shortlisted
- The Natural History Museum Titanosaur: Life as the Biggest Dinosaur
- Irish in Britain Look Back to Look Forward: 50 Years of the Irish in Britain
- MK Gallery Beyond The Page South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now
2024 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
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
2022 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
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
Sponsored by
In partnership with
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
Sponsored by
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
Florence Nightingale Museum Spanish Flu: Nursing During History's Deadliest Pandemic
Highly Commended
- National Museums Liverpool China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors
- The Foundling Museum Ladies of Quality & Distinction
Shortlisted
- Science Museum Group The National Tour of Tim Peake’s Spacecraft
- Salisbury Cathedral Michael Pendry's 'Les Colombes' #SalisburyCityofDoves
- Museum of London Fatberg!
2019
Limited Budget Project of the Year
The Winner
Herschel Museum of Astronomy, Bath, Wonder Women of Space Exhibition
Highly Commended
- The Novium Museum, Chichester Roman Week 2018
Shortlisted
- National Museums Liverpool, Happy Older People
- University of Cambridge Museums, Climate Hack
- Studio Evans Lane as part of Historic England's "Immortalised" exhibition" The Checks", Commemorating the Mining Communities of Kent
2019
The International Project of the Year – more than £1m
The Winner
The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Heavenly Bodies: Fashion and the Catholic Imagination
Shortlisted
- Haley Sharpe Design Ltd Museum at the Gateway Arch redevelopment, St Louis
- The Commonwealth Government of Australia Sir John Monash Centre
- National Library of Ireland Seamus Heaney: Listen Now Again
- Royal Alberta Museum Royal Alberta Museum Renewal
2019
The International Project of the Year – less than £1m
The Winner
Australian National Maritime Museum Gapu-Monuk Saltwater: Journey to Sea Country
Highly Commended
- Fries Museum /XPEX Experience Experts Escher Op Reis / Escher's Journey
Shortlisted
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution Hirshhorn Eye
- MAS in Young Hands, 16 young volunteers aged 16 to 26 Instinct, a beastly exhibition
2019
In partnership with
Volunteer of the Year
The Winner
Joseph Stuart Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Highly Commended
- Lin Wylie Thame Museum
- Nick Thompson The Lightbox
Shortlisted
- Veronika Pudilova National Trust
- Miriam Museum of Oxford
2020
In partnership with
Volunteer Team of the Year
The Winner
Worsbrough Mill Youth Action Volunteers Barnsley Museums
Highly Commended
- The Pickling Project Volunteers St Albans Museums
Shortlisted
- Bridging Binaries Volunteers University of Cambridge Museums
- Martin and Anne Buck National Trust
- Volunteer Youth Explainers The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
- Stonehenge Neolithic Carpentry Team The English Heritage Trust
2020
In partnership with
Sustainable Project of the Year
The Winner
Museum of Oxford Queering Spires: a history of LGBTIQA+ spaces in Oxford
Highly Commended
- Natural History Museum Ornithological building at Tring
Shortlisted
- The National Trust Ty Mawr Museum Climate Adaptation/Mitigation project
- Imperial War Museums Collections storage building at Duxford
- Free Practise Ltd on behalf of The British Museum Disposable? Rubbish and us
- Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales Dinosaurs and activism? Yes please!
2020
Sponsored by
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
London Transport Museum Hidden London Exhibition
Highly Commended
- Royal Collection Trust Leonardo da Vinci: Life in Drawings
- Ceredigion Museum Sheep
Shortlisted
- Royal College of Nursing The Wandering Womb: Women's Health Nursing Past and Present
- Tate, Artangel and A New Direction Steve McQueen Year 3
- Jewish Museum London Jews, Money, Myth
2020
Shop of the Year – turnover more than £500k
The Winner
The National Trust for Scotland Transforming Retail at Culloden Battlefield
Shortlisted
- MoMA, NYC Flagship Store
- Science Museum Group Science Museum Main Shop
- Bletchley Park Trust Gift Shop
2020
Shop of the Year – turnover less than £500k
The Winner
The Charleston Trust Created for Charleston
Highly Commended
- Old Operating Theatre Museum and Herb Garret The OOT Shop
Shortlisted
- Old Royal Naval College The Painted Hall Shop
- National Museums Liverpool Double Fantasy - John & Yoko shop at Museum of Liverpool
2020
Restoration/Conservation Project
The Winner
Plymouth City Council (The Box) and Orbis Conservation The Box Naval Figureheads Collection
Highly Commended
- Didcot Railway Centre 2999 "Lady of Legend" - Recreating a GWR "Saint" Class Loco
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust The Fitted Rigging House
Shortlisted
- Aberdeen City Council Museums and Galleries Aberdeen Art Gallery - Inspiring Art and Music
- Palace of Westminster, Cologne University of Applied Sciences, Perry Lithgow Partnership and Opus Conservation Conservation of two waterglass wall paintings by Daniel Maclie's in the Royal Gallery
2020
Permanent Exhibition of the Year
The Winner
English Heritage Tintagel Castle Bridge & Landscape Project
Highly Commended
- Aberdeen City Council Museums and Galleries Aberdeen Art Gallery - Inspiring Art and Music
Shortlisted
- Birmingham Museum Trust Mini Brum
- The Science Museum Group Medicine: The Wellcome Galleries
- Wellcome Collection Being Human
2020
Partnership of the Year
The Winner
York Art Gallery and Kaiser Chiefs When All is Quiet: Kaiser Chiefs in Conversation with York Art Gallery
Highly Commended
- Oxford University Gardens, Libraries & Museums (GLAM) GLAM and Iffley Academy Partnership
Shortlisted
- Royal Collections Trust, The Barber Institute of Fine Arts and The University of Birmingham The Paper Museum: the Curious eye of Cassiano dal Pozzo
- Lichfield Cathedral Journeys Through Space Light & Time
- National Galleries Scotland and North Ayrshire Health & Social Care Partnership Beings & Thinking Different/Doing Better
2020
Sponsored by
Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
The Winner
Castle Howard Estate Ltd Christmas at Castle Howard
Shortlisted
- Royal Air Force Museum Midlands Operation: Airwaves
- Tate Liverpool Turner Prize 2022
- Imperial War Museums War Games: Real Conflicts | Virtual Worlds | Extreme Entertainment at IWM London
- Historic England Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings Opening Campaign
2023 Winners
Sponsored by
In partnership with
Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
The Winner
The Tank Museum - YouTube & The Creator Economy
Highly Commended
- National Portrait Gallery - The new National Portrait Gallery - Reopening Communications Campaign
Shortlisted
- The British Museum The Citi exhibition China's hidden century
- Wellcome Collection The Cult of Beauty
- V&A Dundee Tartan - a campaign for the 21st century
- Black Country Living Museum 75 babies - bringing the Black Country's past and present together
2024 Winners
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
Sponsored by
In partnership with
Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
Shortlisted
- The British Museum The Citi exhibition China's hidden century
- Wellcome Collection The Cult of Beauty
- The Tank Museum YouTube & The Creator Economy
- V&A Dundee Tartan - a campaign for the 21st century
- National Portrait Gallery The new National Portrait Gallery - Reopening Communications Campaign
- Black Country Living Museum 75 babies - bringing the Black Country's past and present together
2024
Marketing + Communications Campaign of the Year
Joint Winners
Kiplin Hall and Gardens Kiplin goes local
and
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
2022 Winners
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
Marketing + Communications Strategy of the Year
The Winner
Imperial War Museum North Yemen: Inside a Crisis
Highly Commended
- Castle Howard Skelf Island - The Launch of a New Adventure Playground
Shortlisted
- Historic Royal Palaces: The Tower of London Tower Escape
- The Bronte Society & Bronte Parsonage Museum Charlotte's 'Little Book' Campaign
- Tate Liverpool Keith Haring
2020
Limited Budget Project of the Year
The Winner
Horniman Museum and Gardens Beat Plastic Pollution
Highly Commended
- Bailiffgate Museum and Gallery 100 Years of Fashion
Shortlisted
- Bristol Museum & Art Gallery Extinction Voices
- The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge Pop-up Egyptians Coffins Project
- The Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL Culture, UCL Displays of Power: A Natural History of Empire
2020
Learning Programme of the Year
The Winner
Leeds Museums and Galleries Careers for All: meaningful work experience for young people with additional needs
Highly Commended
- National Justice Museum Choices and Consequences
Shortlisted
- The Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways NLHF funded - FFWHR Heritage Skills Training Programme
- South East Museum Development Programme SEND in Museums partnership project
- The Alnwick Garden Drugs Prevention Education
- Nottingham Contemporary Loudspeaker
2020
The International Project of the Year > £1m
The Winner
OMM - Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Shortlisted
- Municipality of Leiden, Museum De Lakenhal, HappelCornelisseVerhoeven, Julian Harrap Architects Restoration and Expansion of Museum de Lakenhal
- Barker Langham on behalf of The National Museum of Qatar National Museum of Qatar
- Museum of Literature Ireland
- Liget Budapest Project House of the Hungarian Millennium.
2020
The International Project of the Year < £1m
The Winner
Studio Louter, OPERA Amsterdam and The Mauritshuis Shifting Image - In Search of Johan Maurits
Highly Commended
- The Partition Museum, Amritsar and Manchester Museum Jallianwala Bagh 1919: Punjab Under Siege
Shortlisted
- The National Archives of the Netherlands Who Am I, Who Were You?
- Science Museum Group Superbugs Touring Exhibition
- #ArtUnited_be Art United at Pukkelpop Pop & Rock Festival
2020
Sponsored by
Restoration or Conservation Project of the Year
The Winner
Old Royal Naval College Painted Hall Project
Highly Commended
- Austin-Smith:Lord on behalf of Historic Royal Palaces Kew Gardens Great Pagoda
- Donald Insall Associates on behalf of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Temperate House Precinct Project
Shortlisted
- English Heritage Iron Bridge Conservation Project
- Plowden & Smith Ltd and Norfolk Museums Service Saving Samson
- St Albans Museums St Albans Museum + Gallery
2019
Sponsored by
Marketing Campaign of the Year
The Winner
The Museum of English Rural Life Look at this Absolute Unit
Highly Commended
- The McManus: Dundee's Art Gallery & Museum, Leisure & Culture Dundee Bash Street's Back at The McMenace
Shortlisted
- Ashmolean Museum Spellbound: Magic, Ritual & Witchcraft
- Natural History Museum Come to Life
- Royal Museums Greenwich New Galleries
2019
Supported by
Partnership of the Year
The Winner
Natural History Museum, Dorset County Museum and Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Ulster Museum in Belfast Dippy on Tour, a natural history adventure
Highly Commended
- Oxford University Gardens, Libraries & Museums Multaka-Oxford
Shortlisted
- Bristol Old Vic, Bristol Archives and the Theatre Collection Protecting and sharing the Heritage of Britain's Oldest Theatre
- Museum of London, Cranfield University & Thames Water Finding Fatberg: Investigation and analysis of the Whitechapel Monster
- Imperial War Museums First World War Centenary Partnership
- Tempo & Tower Bridge Recognising Volunteers in the City of London and across the UK
2019
Best of the Best
The Winner
Oxford University Museum of Natural History
Acceptance Quote
To take the award at the end of the night was a huge thrill and surprise, especially against such stiff competition. These prizes reward an astonishing period of creativity and hard work since our museum re-opened in 2014 and I am very proud of everyone involved.Professor Paul Smith, Director, Oxford University Museum of Natural History
2016
Sponsored by
Customer Service
The Winner
Birmingham Conservation Trust | Customer Service to Die For: The Coffin Works Birmingham
Highly Commended
- The Houses of Parliament, Visitor Services Team
Shortlisted
- Heritage Learning, See, Touch, Live, Learn: Developing the Customer Experience
2016
Supported by
Special Recognition Award
The Winner
The Wolfson Foundation
Acceptance Quote
Our success is your successPaul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive, Wolfson Foundation
2018
Supported by
Project on a Limited Budget
The Winner
Hallaton in the Great War Research Group, Hallaton in the Great War - Tales of the Unexpected
Highly Commended
- - Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Association, Ridgewell Airfield Commemorative Association Museum
Shortlisted
- - Kettering Museum and Art Gallery, Collections Connections
- - Clumber Park, National Trust, Lost Treasures, The Imagined Mansion
- - University of Oxford Gardens, Libraries and Museums group and Bate Collection, Out in Oxford
2017
Project on a limited budget
The Winner
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Dodo Roadshow
Highly Commended
- West Cheshire Museums & Big Heritage, Chester Unlocked
Shortlisted
- The Novium Museum, 24 Hour Inventive Factory
- Gallery Oldham, Go Bay/Go Explorers
- Jewish Museum London, Your Jewish Museum: Love
2016
Supported by
Project on a Limited Budget
The Winner
Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, The Whale Weekender
Highly Commended
- Heritage Learning with Ferens Art Gallery, Explore Art (Under 5s and Families Gallery)
Shortlisted
- Bailiffgate Museum & Gallery, Illustrating Harry Potter
- Maidstone Museums, Research & Display of Mummified Remains for 'Ancient Lives'
- The Natural History Museum at Tring, Dodos: Old Bird, New Tricks
2018
Shop of the Year – t/o over £500k
The Winner
BALTIC Shop, BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Shop Refurbishment
Shortlisted
- Lumsden Design for V&A Dundee V&A Dundee Shop
- Japan House London The Shop at Japan House London
- RAF Museum RAF Centenary Programme
- National Museums Liverpool China's First Emperor and the Terracotta Warriors exhibition shop at World Museum
2019
Shop of the Year – t/o under £500k
The Winner
Florence Nightingale Museum Retail Transformation
Shortlisted
- Royal Museums Greenwich Insight Investment Photography Shop
- Aerospace Bristol Gift Shop
- Florence Nightingale Museum Retail Transformation
2019
Educational Initiative of the Year
The Winner
Leeds Museums & Galleries Leeds Curriculum
Highly Commended
- London Transport Museum Battle Bus
- Royal Air Force Museum STAAR - Summer Time Advanced Aerospace Residency
Shortlisted
- The Postal Museum
- Aerospace Bristol The Aerospace Bristol Learning Programme
- Maidstone Museum Learning Team Green Spaces, Natural Faces
2019
Sponsored by
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
The Fitzwilliam Museum and the Hamilton Kerr Institute, Restoration of Sebastiano's Adoration of the Shepherds
Highly Commended
- - National Museums Liverpool, Lady Lever Art Gallery South End Galleries Development
Shortlisted
- - The Natural History Museum, The Blue Whale Project
- - Museum of London, Restoration of 17th century fire engine
- - Royal Museum's Greenwich, Conservation of the King's Presence Chamber ceiling
- - Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Command of the Oceans
2017
Sponsored by
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
Beck and Cheshire West and Chester Council, Lion Salt Works Restoration
Highly Commended
- Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire County Council, Lincoln Castle Revealed: Ten Year £22m Restoration
Shortlisted
- National Trust, Dyrham Park Roof Conservation Project
- Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, Bone Idols: Protecting Our Iconic Skeletons
- Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham, Conservation of the Birmingham Qur'an Manuscript
- Bodleian Libraries, Conservation of famous Elizabethan Tapestry map, the Sheldon Tapestry of Worcestershire
Acceptance Quote
The Museum + Heritage awards are central to our industry and an important part of the annual calendar. At BECK we are always pleased to be recognised for our efforts, of course we could not do it without the design teams the specialist sub trades and obviously the clients themselves, who go to unordinary efforts to ensure that their projects are a success and can bring pleasure to the public who visit. BECK are sometimes seen as a large scale contractor, so winning an award which identifies our ability and that of our group, to undertake all projects large and small, is a great achievement. Conservation and restoration is at the very roots of our sector and we are thrilled for the entire team.Graham Wakeford, Managing Director, BECK
2016
Sponsored by
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
The Salisbury Museum, Terry Pratchett: His World
Highly Commended
- Science Museum, London, Robots: The 500-Year Quest to Make Machines Human
Shortlisted
- People's History Museum, Never Going Underground: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights
- National Trust, Prejudice & Pride
- Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft, Eric Gill: The Body
- Victoria and Albert Museum, You Say You Want a Revolution?
- National Museums Liverpool / Arts Council Collection, Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity
2018
Sponsored by
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
- The Novium, Chichester District Council, Tim Peake: An Extraordinary Journey
Highly Commended
- - Leicester City Arts & Museums Service (Leicester City Council), Fearless Foxes': Leicester City FC and the Impossible Dream
Shortlisted
- - Royal Museum's Greenwich, Samuel Pepys: Plague, Fire, Revolution
- - Royal Pavilion & Museums, Brighton & Hove, Fashion Cities Africa
- - National Memorial Arboretum, Somme En Masse: Mass Installation
2017
Sponsored by
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
Victoria and Albert Museum, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Highly Commended
- The Museum of London, The Crime Museum Uncovered
- The Bowes Museum, Yves Saint Laurent: Style is Eternal
Shortlisted
- Bristol Culture, Bristol City Council, death: the human experience
- Durham University, Magna Carta & The Changing Face of Revolt
2016
The International Award
The Winner
Holland Open Air Museum and Kossmann.dejong, The Canon of Dutch History
Highly Commended
- The Museum of Islamic Art in the Pergamon Museum, Berlin State Museums,The Syria Initiative - Museum as Mediator of Shared Heritage
Shortlisted
- Museum of South East Demark, Vikingeborgen/The Viking Fortress
- Canadian Museum of History, Canadian History Hall
- Vardemuseum in co-operation with Tinker imagineers, TIRPITZ - hidden stories on Danish west coast
- Denis Byrne Architects + Thirty Three Trees, Derrigimlagh: The Marconi Station / Alcock & Brown Landing Site
2018
Sponsored by
The International Award
The Winner
- Helsinki City Museum, The New Helsinki City Museum
Highly Commended
- - Museum Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp, Have You Met Plantin Yet?
- - An Post - The Irish Postal Service, GPO Witness History Visitor Centre
Shortlisted
- - Casson Mann on behalf of La Cite du Vin - City of Bordeaux, La Cite du Vin Permanent Exhibition, Bordeaux, France
- - Maritime Museum Rotterdam and Kossmann.dejong, Offshore Experience - the search for energy
- - Tinker imagineers on behalf of the Fort Pannerden Foundation, Experience Fortress Pannerden
2017
The International Award
The Winner
Horsens Museum and Kvorning Design & Communication, Horsens Prison Museum
Highly Commended
- Museum of Natural Sciences, Brussels, The Gallery of Humankind - Our Evolution, Our Body
Shortlisted
- Naturalis Biodiversity Center, project LiveScience
- Australian National Maritime Museum, Action Stations Experience
- Art+Com, National Museum of Denmark, Veile Municipality, Experience Center Kongernes Jelling
- Kossmann.dejong on behalf of Tropenmuseum Junior, ZieZo Marokko
2016
Trading & Enterprise
The Winner
Black Country Living Museum, Forging a Culture of Enterprise & Self Reliance at BCLM
Highly Commended
- National Trust, Croome, Sky Café at Croome Court
Shortlisted
- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Enterprise Initiative
- The Whitworth, University of Manchester, Retail Shop
- Chester Cathedral Enterprises Ltd, The Gift Shop, Chester Cathedral
2016
Sponsored by
Innovation
The Winner
Museum of London Archaeological Archive, #ArchiveLottery
Highly Commended
- Science Museum Group, Space Descent VR with Tim Peake
Shortlisted
- Tate, Preloaded and HTC VIVE, Modigliani VR: The Ochre Atelier
- Canal & River trust, National Waterways Museum and Jam Creative Studios, Boats of Every Description: An Interactive Journey
- National Gallery with Van Gogh Museum, Neue Pinakothek, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Seiji Togo Memorial and Facebook, #SunflowersLive
2018
Sponsored by
Innovation
The Winner
- Historic Royal Palaces, The Lost Palace
Highly Commended
- - The National Holocaust Centre and Museum and designers Bright White Ltd, The Forever Project
Shortlisted
- - Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Revealed
- - Sennheiser on behalf of the V&A, Delivering new dimensions of sound for Records and Rebels 1966-1970
- - Hannah Bruce Company on behalf of Hoxton Hall, The Hoxton Hall Experience: A Collection of Small Choices
- - Llechwedd Deep Mine at The Slate Caverns, The Deep Mine Tour at Llechwedd Slate Caverns
2017
Sponsored by
Innovation
The Winner
Natural History Museum, David Attenborough's First Life: A Virtual Reality Experience
Highly Commended
- Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Lister Project
Shortlisted
- Signly on behalf of The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre, Signly at Roald Dahl
- Wellcome Collection, Digital Stories
2016
Fundraiser of the Year
The Winner
Biggar Museum Trust, Biggar & Upper Clydesdale Museum
Highly Commended
- People's History Museum, Sponsor a Radical Hero Campaign
Shortlisted
- National Trust, Dyrham Park Roof conservation Project
2016
Sponsored by
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
- 14-18 NOW, Jeremy Deller, Rufus Norris, National Theatre & Birmingham Rep, We're here because we're here'
Highly Commended
- - Royal College of Physicians, Scholar, Courtier, Magician: The Lost Library of John Dee
Shortlisted
- - Durham Cathedral, Durham Cathedral in Lego
- - Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Revealed
- - Creswell Heritage Trust, Craggy Elf
- - The Courtauld Gallery, Georgiana Houghton: Spirit Drawings
2017
Sponsored by
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
WINNER Bodleian Libraries, Promotion of Bodleian Libraries' 12 millionth book - the 'lost Shelley Poem'
Highly Commended
- Victoria and Albert Museum, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty
Shortlisted
- Royal Air Force Museum, Entrant for National Lottery Awards 2015
- The Courtauld Gallery, Egon Schiele: The Radical Nude
- Lincoln Castle, Lincolnshire County Council, Re-opening after £22m restoration
2016
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
Brooklands Museum, The Brooklands Aircraft Factory & Flight Shed
Highly Commended
- Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford Museums & Galleries, The David Hockney Gallery
- The Natural History Museum, Hintze Hall
Shortlisted
- National Army Museum, National Army Museum Permanent Galleries
- National Science and Media Museum, part of the Science Museum Group, Wonderlab
- Haley Sharpe Design on behalf of The Postal Museum, The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
- Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford, The Ashmolean Story
- The Natural History Museum, Hintze Hall
2018
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
- National Museums Scotland, Ten New Galleries at the National Museum of Scotland
Highly Commended
- - Mary Rose Trust, Mary Rose Revealed
- - IWM (Imperial War Museum), American Air Museum, IWM Duxford
Shortlisted
- - National Trust - Croome, The Return of the Croome Collection
- - The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare's New Place
- - National Museums Liverpool, Lady Lever Art Gallery South End Galleries Development
2017
Sponsored by
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, The Lister Project
Highly Commended
- English Heritage, Re-presenting Eltham Palace - Hear more about this project at the M+H Show
Shortlisted
- Coventry Transport Museum (Culture Coventry), The International Transport Museum
- ZMMA on behalf of V&A, V&A Europe Galleries
- Stanton Williams on behalf of British Museum, Waddesdon Bequest Gallery
2016
Educational Initiative
The Winner
- National Trust - Croome, Potter & Ponder: Sensory Experiences
Highly Commended
- Heritage Learning, The Hull Curriculum
Shortlisted
- - Horniman Museum and Gardens, Transforming our service for SEND Schools
- - Bristol Culture Team, ESOL at Bristol Museums
- - National Museums Scotland, Science Engagement at the National Museum of Scotland
- - King's College London and Partners, My Primary School is at the Museum
2017
Educational Initiative
The Winner
Historic Royal Palaces, Movie Maker Mission
Highly Commended
- Culture Coventry, Creative Bridges
Shortlisted
- Bolton Library & Museums Services; The Octagon Theatre; Ladywood School; Curious Minds, Smithills Hall - A House Through Time
- Royal Museums Greenwich and Punchdrunk Enrichment, National Maritime Museum, Against Captain's Orders
- Norfolk Museums Service, Norfolk Teaching Museum Traineeship Programme
2016
Best Shop under £500k
The Winner
Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, The Shop at RAMM
Highly Commended
- Brontë Parsonage Museum, Brontë Parsonage Museum Shop
Shortlisted
- National Museums Liverpool, World Museum Shop Redeveloped
- Bury Art Museum, Bury Art Shop
- Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, The University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre Shop
2018
Best Shop over £500k
The Winner
Tower Bridge, Tower Bridge 'Gift Shop Redesign'
Shortlisted
- The Hepworth Wakefield Shop, The Hepworth Wakefield
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), YSP Shop
- British Library, British Library Retail
2018
Culture Pros Pick
The Winner
Grant Museum of Zoology, London
Shortlisted
- Amlwch Copper Bins, Anglesey
- Dorking Museum & Heritage Centre, Surrey
- Museum of London, City of London
- Stow Maries Aerodrome, Essex
2013
Sustainability Award
The Winner
Science Museum
Shortlisted
- Southend-on-Sea Borough Council, Going Green at Prittlewell Priory
- Museum of British Surfing, Sustainability Policy
- Event Communications, The Crystal
- KBW Ltd, BP Showcase Pavilion, Olympic Park
2013
Culture Pros Pick
The Winner
Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens, Kent
Shortlisted
- The Haslemere Educational Museum, Surrey
- Barts Pathology Museum, London
- Russell-Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth
- Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire
2014
Culture Pros Pick
The Winner
Peoples History Museum
Shortlisted
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton
- King Richard III Visitor Centre, Leicester
- Kelmscott Manor, Gloucestershire
- Haslemere Educational Museum, Surrey
2015
Sponsored by
Educational Initiative
The Winner
UCL Museums and Collections, Museums on Prescription
Highly Commended
- Leeds Museums and Galleries, Exceed Expectations … with objects and artworks
Shortlisted
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Sharing Shakespeare's Story
- The Royal Parks, Speak Up! The Hyde Park Debating Challenge
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Summer Club
- Chiltern Open Air Museum, Literacy Theme Days for Primary Schools
2018
Educational Initiative
The Winner
JOINT WINNERS:
Design Museum, Design Ventura
National Centre for Citizenship and the Law, I Pledge
Highly Commended
- Royal Pavilion & Museums Brighton & Hove, World Stories: Young Voices
Shortlisted
- The Wallace Collection, Journeys East: A Discovery of Hidden Treasures
- Pallant House Gallery, Outside In
2013
Educational Initiative
The Winner
National Museums Liverpool, House of Memories - Northern Model
Highly Commended
- ss Great Britain Trust, The Future Brunels Programme
Shortlisted
- Norfolk Museums Service and National Maritime Museum, Stories from the Sea
- Durham University, Lindisfarne Gospels Durham
- English Heritage & Arc School, Making Your Mark
2014
Educational Initiative
The Winner
JOINT WINNERS:
IWM, Transforming IWM London Learning Projects
Shakespeare Birthplace Trust, Shakespeare Week
Shortlisted
- Thackray Medical Museum in partnership with The Cupboard Young People’s Service, Health 4 All, Teen Time Travellers: a Teenage Health Project
- Derby Museums, Re:Make the Museum
- Bradford Museums & Galleries, BMDC The Art and Science of Noticing
- North of England Civic Trust, Heritage Skills Initiative
2015
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and GuM Design, William Morris Gallery
Highly Commended
- The Natural History Museum, Treasures
- Event Communications, Titanic Belfast
Shortlisted
- NORD Architecture Limited, V&A Furniture Galleries
- Birmingham Museums Trust, The Science Garden at Thinktank
- Pringle Richards Sharratt Architects and GUM Design, William Morris Gallery
- Cutty Sark, Cutty Sark
2013
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
The Mary Rose Trust, The New Mary Rose Museum
Highly Commended
- Bath Preservation Trust, No 1 Royal Crescent - The Whole Story
- Barnsley MBC Arts, Museums & Archives, Experience Barnsley Museum & Discovery Centre
Shortlisted
- Birmingham Museums Trust, We Made It: Nuts Bolts Gadgets and Gizmos at Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
- National Maritime Museum, Nelson, Navy, Nation
- Historic Royal Palaces and The Royal Mint Museum, Coins and Kings: The Royal Mint at the Tower
2014
Permanent Exhibition
The Winner
IWM London and Casson Mann, First World War Galleries
Highly Commended
- The National Trust for Scotland in Partnership with Historic Scotland & Designers Bright White Ltd, The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre
Shortlisted
- Leicester City Council, King Richard III Visitor Centre
- The Foundling Museum, Introductory Gallery
- Ditchling Museum of Art & Craft
2015
Sponsored by
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
The Postal Museum, Launching The Postal Museum and Mail Rail
Highly Commended
- Victoria Art Gallery, Here Be Dragons marketing campaign
Shortlisted
- Birmingham Museums Trust, Coming Out: Sexuality, Gender & Identity
- Oxford University Gardens, Libraries & Museums, Mindgrowing Campaign
- Bristol Aero Collection Trust, Aerospace Bristol
2018
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
Kiplin Hall, Plate Appeal - It's a Piece of Cake!
Highly Commended
- The Natural History Museum, Animal Inside Out
Shortlisted
- The National Football Museum, The New National Football Museum
- Cutty Sark, Cutty Sark
- Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Dinosaurs Uncovered
2013
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
Horniman Museum and Gardens, Walrus on the Move
Highly Commended
- Tricolor Ltd and The Royal Artillery Museum, Keeping it Social, Firepower
Shortlisted
- The Real Mary King's Close, Imagine…, The Real Mary King's Close
- Durham University, Lindisfarne Gospels Durham: One Amazing Book, One Incredible Journey
- The National Maritime Museum, Visions of the Universe: Amazing Photography of Space and the Stars
2014
Marketing Campaign
The Winner
Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Goes To Town
Highly Commended
- IWM, First World War Galleries
Shortlisted
- Luton Culture, Museums Makers
- National Maritime Museum, Ships, Clocks and Stars
- Woodhorn Museum, Retronaut
- The Natural History Museum, Britain: One Million Years of the Human Story
2015
Innovation
The Winner
ISO: The Gallery of Lost Art, Tate
Shortlisted
- North York Moors National Park Authority, Lime and Ice Exhibition
- The Natural History Museum, Interactive Visualisation Table for Science Uncovered
- Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service and University of Birmingham, Touch History, the Hive, Worcester
- ISO, The Gallery of Lost Art, Tate
- Manchester Museum, Virtual Object Handling, a Haptic Project Developed for the Visually Impaired User
2013
Innovation
The Winner
Victoria and Albert Museum, V&A Digital Explorer Map
Highly Commended
- Design Museum, The Future is Here: A New Industrial Revolution
Shortlisted
- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Half Memory
- The British Museum, Pompeii Live for Schools
- Jodrell Bank Discovery Centre, The Jodrell Bank Projections
- Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust, Land Design Studio and ISO, Hearts of Oak
2014
Innovation
The Winner
The National Trust for Scotland in Partnership with Historic Scotland & Designers Bright White Ltd, The Battle of Bannockburn Visitor Centre
Highly Commended
- Mather & Co on behalf of Manchester City Council, Archives +
Shortlisted
- Science Museum, Information Age
- Sing London in partnership with Antenna Lab, Talking Statues
- Centre Screen on behalf of English Heritage with Haley Sharpe Design and Studio Liddell, Stonehenge Exhibition and Visitor Centre 'Standing in the Stones'
- Culture24, www.vangoyourself.com
2015
The International Award
The Winner
Sarner International Ltd on behalf of Fram Museum, Oslo
Shortlisted
- Instituto Oi Futuro, Telecommunications Museum - an Experience that Never Repeats Itself in the Eyes of the Visitors
- Duncan McCauley, In the Light of Amarna.100 Years of the Nefertiti Discovery
- Waterford Museum of Treasures, The Viking Triangle
- Mishkat Interactive Center for Atomic + Renewable Energy, King Abdullah City for Atomic & Renewable Energy
- Antenna International, Multimedia Guide with In-House Localisation for the Heinz Nixdorf Museums Forum
2013
The International Award
The Winner
National Archives, The Netherlands, Het Geheugenpaleis, The Memory Palace - with your head in the archives
Highly Commended
- Kiss the Frog on behalf of Gemeentemuseum, The Netherlands, Wonderkamers
Shortlisted
- Paragon Creative Ltd on behalf of The International Olympic Committee, The Olympic Museum, Switzerland
- Mather & Co Ltd on behalf of the South African Rugby Union, Springbok Experience
- Museums and Heritage, Belgium, The Red Star Line Museum, Antwerp
2014
The Winstan Bond Trophy for Trading + Enterprise
The Winner
Titanic Belfast, The Titanic Store
Highly Commended
- Blenheim Palace, East Courtyard Visitor Centre Development
- Bury Art Museum, International Touring Exhibition Model
Shortlisted
- Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Victorian Christmas
- National Museums Liverpool, Conference & Events Business
2013
The Winstan Bond Trophy for Trading + Enterprise
The Winner
Museum of Brands, Packaging and Advertising, Developing the Gift Shop and Cafe
Highly Commended
- Glasgow Life, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Jack Vettriano: a Retrospective
Shortlisted
- National Museums Liverpool, Conference and Events Division - Christmas Party Package
- National Gallery Company Ltd, National Gallery Portico Shop Refurbishment
- Science Museum Group Enterprises with Levy Restaurants and SHH, National Railway Museum Commercial Catering Development Project
2014
The Winstan Bond Trophy for Trading + Enterprise
The Winner
Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Botanic Lights: Night in the Garden
Shortlisted
- Yorkshire Sculpture Park, YSP Shop
- Ampersand on behalf of the Museum of London Docklands, Ampersand Turns Rum & Sugar into Gold
- Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Twam's Rapid Enterprise Initiative
- The Galleries of Justice Museum, Special Events Calendar
2015
The International Award
The Winner
Tinker imagineers on behalf of the Stichting Domplein 2013 (Domplein Foundation), DOMunder: archaeological experience under the Domplein square
Highly Commended
- Natura Artis Magistra, Micropia
Shortlisted
- Government of Catalonia Culture Department-La Caixa Fundation, #Taull1123 Immersive experience in a World Heritage Site
- Falkland Islands Museum & National Trust, Historic Dockyard Museum
- Ministry of Forest and Water Management – Orucoglu Sistem, Gallipoli Simulation Museum
2015
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
Natural History Museum, Scott's Last Expedition
Highly Commended
- Design Museum, Christian Louboutin Exhibition
- Wellcome Collection, Death: A Self-Portrait
Shortlisted
- Hypsos, The Olympic Journey - Story of the Games
- Artes Mundi Prize Limited and National Museum Cardiff, Artes Mundi 5
2013
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
Victoria and Albert Museum, David Bowie is
Highly Commended
- Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Caught in the Crossfire: Artistic Responses to Conflict, Peace and Reconciliation
Shortlisted
- Norfolk Museums Service, Frayed: Textiles on the Edge
- Leicester Arts and Museums Service, Richard III: Leicester's Search for a King
- The British Museum and Land Design Studio, Life and Death Pompeii and Herculaneum
- Museum of London, The Cheapside Hoard: London's Lost Jewels
2014
Temporary or Touring Exhibition
The Winner
Historic Royal Palaces in conjunction with Paul Cummins Ceramics, "The Tower Remembers” A First World War commemoration
Highly Commended
- The Royal Air Force Museum, Pilots of the Caribbean
Shortlisted
- Urban Salon, Rembrandt: The Late Works
- Jerwood Gallery, Jake and Dinos Chapman: In the Realm of the Unmentionable
- British Postal Museum & Archive, Last Post: Remembering the First World War
2015
Fundraising Initiative of the Year
The Winner
Haslemere Educational Museum, Museum in a Million
Highly Commended
- Gairloch + District Heritage Co Ltd, Our Land, Our People, Our Story
Shortlisted
- Friends of RVCP + The Royal Victoria Chapel, Raise the Roof
- National Museums Scotland, Save the Galloway Hoard
- Watts Gallery - Artists' Village, #YayNotNeigh
2018
Sponsored by
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
The Royal Parks, Brompton Cemetery Conservation Project
Highly Commended
- Norfolk Museums Service - Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery, Nelson & Norfolk: The conservation of the Ensign of Le Généreux
Shortlisted
- National Museums Liverpool, Murillo's Virgin and Child in Glory Conserved
- Royal Museums Greenwich, Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I
- London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE, London Mithraeum
2018
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
JOINT WINNERS:
Douglas D Kent, 25-27 Church Street, Saffron Walden: Conservation of Pargeting
The Landmark Trust, Astley Castle
Highly Commended
- London Transport Museum, Underground Pioneer
Shortlisted
- Abingdon County Hall Museum, Conservation of the Building
- Fairhurst Ward Abbotts, The Outs Project: Opening up the Soane - Phase 1
2013
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
The Mary Rose Trust, The Mary Rose Museum
Highly Commended
- Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Once in a Whale
Shortlisted
- East Durham Heritage Group, The George Elmy Heritage Project
- Martin Ashley Architects and Historic Royal Palaces, The Royal Kitchens at Kew
- Tate, The Conservation of Rothko's 'Black on Maroon' (1958)
- Birmingham Museums Trust, The Staffordshire Hoard Conservation Outreach Programme
2014
Restoration or Conservation
The Winner
Renfrewshire Council, The Grand Fountain Restoration, Paisley
Highly Commended
- Coventry Transport Museum, 1916 Maudslay Subsidy Chassis
Shortlisted
- Historic Royal Palaces, Cumberland Art Gallery
- The Prince's Regeneration Trust, Middleport Pottery
- Tate, The Conservation of Rothko's 'Black on Maroon' (1958)
- Bletchley Park Trust Ltd, Phase 1: Restoration of Bletchley Park - World War Two Heritage Site
2015
Project on a Limited Budget
The Winner
Dimbola Museum & Galleries, Mad Hatter Tearoom and Gift Shop Refurbishment
Highly Commended
- Derby Museums, The What If? Machine
- National Galleries of Scotland, The Nation//Live-Work
Shortlisted
- Pitzhanger Manor House & Gallery, These Boots Were Made For Walking
- The British Library, British Library Georeferencer
2013
Project on a Limited Budget
The Winner
Haslemere Educational Museum, The 125th Anniversary Campaign
Highly Commended
- Grant Museum of Zoology, UCL, The Micrarium
Shortlisted
- Derby Museums, The Dinosaur Museum
- Jewish Museum London, Objects in Focus: Teachers' Resources
- Russell-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, In Our Own Words: Soldiers' Thoughts from Afghanistan
2014
Project on a Limited Budget
The Winner
Black Country Living Museum, WW1 Greengrocers
Highly Commended
- Woodhorn Museum, Stand up for Woodhorn: Making a Case for Comedy in Museums
Shortlisted
- Victoria & Albert Museum, Architectural Drawing - Families Activity
- Barker Langham on behalf of the Drapers' Company, Root & Branch - 650 Years of the Drapers' Company
- Southend Museums Service, The London Shipwreck Project
2015
Customer Service
The Winner
National Trust, Ickworth Lives
Highly Commended
- Hertford Museum, Hertford Museum Front of House Team
- Glasgow School of Art Enterprises Ltd, The Glasgow School of Art
Shortlisted
- Canal & River Trust, Volunteer Lock-keepers
- Kent Life, More than a Guest, More than a Vision, More than a Job
2013
Customer Service
The Winner
Rochford District Council, Rayleigh Windmill
Highly Commended
- Edinburgh Museums & Galleries, Writers' Museum Volunteers
Shortlisted
- National Trust, Wordsworth House & Garden
- Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Libraries and Heritage Service, Preston Park Museum and Grounds
- Quarry Bank Mill, Cheshire, Channel 4's "The Mil"l: Fact v Fiction
2014
Customer Service
The Winner
Kent Life Heritage Farm Park, More than a Guest, More than a Vision, More than a Job
Highly Commended
- The Lightbox, The Lightbox Front of House Team
Shortlisted
- Turner Contemporary, Front of House; Turner Contemporary
- The Galleries of Justice Museum, The Front of House Team
2015
Outstanding Contribution by an Individual
The Winner
Historic Royal Palaces, Chief Executive, Michael Day
2015
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year Award – Team
The Winner
History of Science Museum and Pitt Rivers Museums, University of Oxford Museums Multaka-Oxford Volunteer Team
Highly Commended
- National Museums Liverpool Merseyside Maritime Museum Liverpool Women’s History Group
Shortlisted
- Leicestershire County Council Project Digby
- The Holburne Museum The Holburne Volunteers
- Calderdale Industrial Museum Volunteers of Calderdale Industrial Museum Association
2019
In partnership with
Volunteers of the Year Award – Team
The Winner
Scottish Football Museum, Football Memories Volunteer Network
Highly Commended
- Holocaust Survivors' Friendship Association Survivor speakers
Shortlisted
- Old Royal Naval College, Painted Hall Conservation Volunteers
- National Trust - Buckland Abbey, Buckland Abbey Art Ambassador Volunteers
- Century of Stories - Leicestershire County Council, Bosworth Tommies
- Ripon Museum Trust, The Refurbishment Team
2018
In partnership with
Volunteer of the Year Award – Individual
The Winner
The D-Day Story, Portsmouth Museums John Jenkins
Highly Commended
- National Museums Liverpool Carl Clee 'Our Bee Man'
- Pickering Beck Isle Museum Gordon Clitheroe
Shortlisted
- HMS Caroline, National Museum of the Royal Navy Katie Watt
- The D-Day Story, Portsmouth Museums John Jenkins
- Ravenglass Railway Museum Dave Simpson
2019
In partnership with
Volunteer of the Year Award – Individual
The Winner
The Mid Hants Railway, Miss Jessica Arnold and Museum of London, Claire Madge
Shortlisted
- National Football Museum, Allan Maull
- Canal & River Trust, National Waterways Museum, Barry Green
- Cornwall's Regimental Museum, Jenny Simmons
2018
Sponsored by
Volunteers of the Year Award
The Winner
JOINT WINNERS: Horniman Museum & Gardens, Bobby Ogogo
RNLI Henry Blogg Museum, RNLI Henry Blogg Museum volunteers
Shortlisted
- Somerset & Dorset Railway Trust, Nigel Smart
- Defford Airfield Heritage Group (supporter group) and the National Trust, Dr Robert (Bob) Shaw
- Chippenham Museum and Heritage Centre, Chippenham Town Council, Volunteers & Friends Group
- Glasgow Museums: Riverside Museum - Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel, Robert (Bob) James
- National Holocaust Centre and Museum, Holocaust Survivors
2016
In partnership with
Sponsored by
Volunteer of the Year Award – Individual
The Winner
Joint Winners Bailiffgate Museum, Mrs Jane Mann and - Museum of Oxford, Oxford City Council, Aaron Lee
Shortlisted
- - Sulgrave Manor Trust, William and Sue Rogers
- - Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Jean Liddy
2017
In partnership with
Sponsored by
Volunteers of the Year Award – Team
The Winner
- People's History Museum, Community Curators of Never Going Underground: The Fight for LGBT+ Rights
Highly Commended
- - The Musical Museum at Kew Bridge, The Volunteer Team at The Musical Museum
Shortlisted
- - Friends of Windmill Gardens, Friends of Windmill Gardens
- - Egypt Centre Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, Egypt Centre Volunteers
- - Bristol Aero Collection Trust - Aerospace Bristol, Bristol Aero Collection Trust (volunteer group)
- - National Museums Scotland, Young Demonstrators
2017