publication date: Feb 19, 2011
From the tip of
Scotland to the south west of
England, the
20 museums making it to the
Guardian Family Friendly Award longlist all share one thing – they go that extra mile to
welcome families.
Here are the
20 museums listed alphabetically:
- Abbey House Museum, Leeds
- At-Bristol
- Corinium Museum, Cirencester
- Crich Tramway Village, Derbyshire
- Geffrye Museum, London
- Gressenhall Farm and Workhouse, Norfolk
- Hands on History, Hull
- Haslemere Educational Museum, Essex
- Highland Folk Museum, Newtonmore
- Horniman Museum, London
- Kilmartin House Museum, Argyll
- The Lightbox, Woking, Surrey
- Manchester Art Gallery
- Mansfield Museum, Nottinghamshire
- Sulgrave Manor, Banbury, Oxfordshire
- The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent
- Thinktank, Birmingham Science Centre
- Woodhorn Museum and Archive, Northumberland
A panel of leaders in the
museum world, chaired by Jenny Abramsky, Chair of the
Heritage Lottery Fund, will draw up a
shortlist. This shortlist will be anonymously
roadtested by
families. It’s families who
nominate the museums, and it’s
families who decide the winner. The
Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award – the biggest award in Britain – is the only
award to be judged by
visitors.
Kids in Museums is a visitor-led charity working with
museums and galleries to make them more
family-friendly, in particular to those who have
never visited before.
