Kids in Museums

Is Your Favourite Museum on the Longlist for the TELEGRAPH FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSEUM AWARD?

The longlist for the Family Friendly Museum Award has been announced – and it covers the whole country and every kind of collection. Which just goes to prove – it’s not where you are, how big you are, or what you have in your cabinets that makes a museum family friendly. It’s being imaginative, innovative and inclusive. It’s making visitors of all ages feels as if they belong.

We received more nominations for this year’s Award than ever before. A panel of volunteers, including young people from the Stories of the World project, whittled over one hundred museums down to a 20-strong longlist. Here they are:

Brixham Heritage Museum, Devon

The Cardiff Story

Cumberland House Natural History Museum, Southsea

Geffrye Museum, London

Haslemere Educational Museum, Surrey

Jewish Museum, London

Manchester Museum

Museum of English Rural Life, West Berkshire

Museum of London and Museum of London Docklands

National Army Museum, London

National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh

Nottingham Contemporary

The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke on Trent

River and Rowing Museum, Henley on Thames

Tiverton Museum of Mid Devon

Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery, Cumbria

Wolverhampton Art Gallery

Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives

World Museum, Liverpool

Yorkshire Sculpture Park

About the Award

Kids in Museums joined forces with the Telegraph newspaper for the Family Friendly Museum Award. The Award was launched by poet and broadcaster Michael Rosen in the Life section of the Sunday Telegraph. Read how influential museums have been on Michael Rosen’s life and family here. Read about our longlist in the Telegraph here.

What Happens Next?

The longlist is discussed by a panel of distinguished judges, chaired by Jenny Abramsky, chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund. This panel draws up the shortlist.

April 2012:

The shortlist is announced in the Telegraph newspaper and on this website.

The shortlist is road-tested anonymously by families, who report back to Kids in Museums, marking the museums against the points on the Kids in Museums Manifesto. The museum with the best family reports and most points wins.

Would your family like to mystery museum judges for the Award? Just email award@kidsinmuseums.org.uk

May 2012:

The winner is announced at the Award Winners ceremony, in the Telegraph newspaper and on this website.

Want to find out more about the history of the Family Friendly Museum Award? Have a look at some of our previous winners.

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