Welsh museum on UK shortlist
A FIVE-STRONG shortlist for Art Fund’s museum of the year prize has been revealed.
Among those competing for the world’s largest museum prize are Ty Pawb in Wrexham, the Story Museum in Oxford and the People’s History Museum Manchester.
The Museum of Making in Derby and London’s Horniman Museum and Gardens complete the list.
Art Fund director Jenny Waldman said: “An abundance of applications to be Art Fund Museum of the Year 2022 shows the creativity and resilience of museums right around the country, despite the immense challenges of the last two years.”
The winning museum will be announced at a ceremony at the Design Museum in London on July 14 and will receive £100,000.
The other nominees will each be given £15,000.
Last year, Firstsite in Colchester, Essex, was crowned museum of the year.