FAMILY FRIENDLY MUSEUM AWARD 2015 LAUNCHED
What's your favourite family friendly museum? The 2015 Telegraph Family
Friendly Museum Award is launched - giving you the chance to say which
museum, gallery, heritage site, science centre or historic home in Britain
gives the warmest welcome to families.
It can be a giant national museum or a tiny two-room local gallery. It can
be volunteer-run or boast a team of curators. It can be best known for its
outstanding collection of French 19th century porcelain or be alive with
high-tech interactives. What matters most is what families think of it.
Because the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is the biggest museum
award in Britain and the only one judged by families. The Award is sponsored
by the Telegraph Newspaper Group and run by charity Kids in Museums.
Kids in Museums Patron historian and broadcaster Dan Snow says,
'As a father, I have been reminded of the joy of Britain's museums,
galleries, parks and castles. Dinosaurs, steam trains and siege catapults
are once again central to my life. I can honestly say that my three-year-old
daughter and I spend our happiest moments together in museums.
We are blessed here in the UK to have perhaps the world's finest assortment
of heritage attractions. They educate and entertain us Britons while drawing
in millions of foreign visitors - a stunning resource that, both spiritually
and financially, enrich our lives.'
Who can make a nomination?
Families - Anyone can make a nomination - children, parents, grandparents,
cousins, uncles, neighbours. You just have to tell us why your favourite
museum should win. The more details you give about your visit, the better
chance your museum has to make it to the longlist. So tell us as much as you
can. We want all the details of why you want it to win.
Museums - Anyone can nominate the museum they work in - curators,
volunteers, front of house, education officers, marketing people. You just
have to argue passionately that your museum should win, telling us why. The
more you tell us, the better chance your museum will make it to the
longlist. Be sure to include as many visitor comments and support for your
nomination as possible. It's a great chance to ask your visitors what they
think.
Anyone!
Where do I send a nomination?
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Post: Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award, Kids in Museums, Can
Mezzanine, 49-51 East Road, London N1 6AH
Deadline for nominations 10 May 2015.
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Display our Quentin Blake illustrated Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award
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Want to find out more?
For further information about the Award and previous winners go to
<http://www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk/award> www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk/award or
<http://www.telegraph.co.uk/museumawards> www.telegraph.co.uk/museumawards
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