# Wedgwood Museum wins £100,000 Art Fund Prize

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/25/wedgwood-museum-wins-100000-art-fund-prize/
- Published: 2009-06-25T10:38:29+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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”.

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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.

 

In the final shortlist the [Wedgwood Museum](http://www.wedgwoodmuseum.org.uk) 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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