Two Scottish museums honoured with prestigious international prize
Aberdeen Art Gallery and Gairloch Museum have been named as two of the five winners of Art Fund Museum of theYear 2020, the most prestigious museum prize in the world.
The two attractions joined Science Museum (London, England); South London Gallery (London, England);Towner Eastbourne (Eastbourne, England) on this year’s roll of honour, with the £200,000 prize fund shared equally between the five winners. Liz Forgan, chair of the judges, Art Fund Museum of theYear 2020, said: ‘My genius grandfather took me to museums before I could talk so they are among the joys of my life. Art Fund Museum of theYear rewards people and institutions who have that same genius and who use it to make their collections exceptionally understandable and inspiring for their visitors. They are to be found in every size and sort of museums and galleries and it is a delight to applaud them’.