Wedgwood Museum wins £100,000 Art Fund Prize
Howard Lake | 25 June 2009 | News
The Wedgwood Museum in Stoke-on-Trent has won the £100,000 Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries.
The judges, who included artist Grayson Perry, mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, and film-maker David Puttnam praised the way the museum uses its internationally-renowned collection to “take visitors on a 250-year tour of British social, design and industrial history, while remaining firmly embedded in the local community”.
This year’s award included public voting for the first time. Over 27,000 people voted on guardian.co.uk, also choosing The Wedgwood Museum as their winner.
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In the final shortlist the Wedgwood Museum beat Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow; Orleans House Gallery in Twickenham; and Ruthin Craft Centre in North Wales.
In addition to the cheque for £100,000, The Wedgwood Museum will also receive the Art Fund Prize Bowl, enamelled in silver by the craftsman Vladimir Böhm, which they can display for one year.
www.artfundprize.org.uk
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