Museums are places to find belonging.
As part of #MuseumOfTheYear , Art Fund are shining a light on the value of museums, so we’re taking a look at what that means for our communities.
Here, artist Yan Preston talks about her work within our Chinese Culture Gallery.
Congratulations to the fantastic 5 shortlisted for Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear 2024 🎉
Craven Museum (@SkiptonTownHall), DCA, Manchester Museum, National Portrait Gallery & Young V&A
Leighton House was delighted to be a 2023 finalist! buff.ly/41hS7dy #TBT
Lovely spread in Times Travel on great places to visit: “Britains most exciting museums” - all five finalists for Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear 2024
Craven Museum Skipton Town Hall DCA Manchester Museum National Portrait Gallery Young V&A
🌟 It's the Oscars of the museum world! 🏆✨
Matt Damon and Emily Blunt crown the WINNER of the prestigious Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear . A huge congratulations to The Burrell Collection 👏 ✨
#TheOneShow
We’re delighted to announce that we have been nominated for Art Fund Museum of Year 2024. A massive congratulations to the shortlist - Craven Museum, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Manchester Museum and Young V&A. #MuseumoftheYear
As @ArtFund's #MuseumOfTheYear celebrates 10 years, we take a look at this year's new exciting shortlist, as well as taking a look back at the Art Fund's incredible contributions to the UK's cultural sector ➡️ goo.gle/3ovJm0m
Well done The Burrell Collection .. #MuseumOfTheYear !!
Think I can hear Laura Bauld and her colleagues screaming from here!!😂😂
Today we had the pleasure of spending the morning Skipton Town Hall celebrating with staff from Craven Museum who have been shortlisted for Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear Our children were interviewed by ITV and spoke with such confidence. We cannot wait to see them on the TV! ITVX
We're celebrating 120 years of @ArtFund! 🎉 #ArtFund120
To mark the SLG being named joint winners of Art Fund #MuseumOfTheYear 2020, poet Jude Yawson responded to the quote, ‘The Source of Art is in the Life of a People’, inlaid in the floor of our Main Gallery since 1897.
🗓️ With just 1 week until the #MuseumoftheYear 2024 shortlist is revealed, we wanted to introduce the 5 brilliant judges who will be deciding this year’s winner! 🏆
Meet Anupam Ganguli, Vick Hope, Tania Kovats, John Leighton and Art Fund’s Director, Jenny Waldman:
Incredible news yesterday that Scapa Flow Museum has been shortlisted for #MuseumOfTheYear . 16 years since the development and restoration was first mooted. Well done Orkney Museums and here’s a shout out to the staff team past and present who made it happen x
As one of the five finalists, we're excited to be attending the Art Fund #MuseumoftheYear Awards tonight.
🤞 Wish us luck, and tune into BBC The One Show at 7pm tonight to find out which museum wins!