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News 2012

Art Fund Prize judging panel announced for 2012
Lord Smith of Finsbury will chair a panel of seven high profile judges to pick the winner of The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries 2012, in the tenth year of awarding the UK's largest single arts prize.
7/11/11

Judges announced for Clore Award for Museum Learning 2012
Dame Vivien Duffield and Sally Bacon will co-chair a panel of five expert judges to pick the winner of the Clore Award for Museum Learning 2012, an award that sits under the umbrella of the Art Fund Prize.
7/11/11

Ten museums in the running to win £100,000 as Art Fund Prize 2012 longlist is announced
Four newly opened museums, three Scottish museums, and everything from cryptography and transport to local history and contemporary sculpture feature on 'museum of the year' longlist.
7/2/12

Art Fund Prize 2012 reveals the nation’s ten Unsung Museum Heroes
To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries, the Museum Prize Trust launched in March a nationwide search for the UK’s Unsung Museum Heroes, ten everyday individuals who have made a truly memorable contribution to museums and galleries. Today, these ten Heroes are revealed.
1/6/12

Exeter's 'magical' Royal Albert Memorial Museum crowned Museum of the Year, winning £100,000 Art Fund Prize
Following a six month nationwide search, and with tough competition from a shortlist consisting of three other widely-praised and much-loved museums, the Royal Albert Memorial Museum has this evening been named as the winner of the 2012 Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries.
19/6/12