Art Fund Prize

The Art Fund Prize, formerly known as the Gulbenkian Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a museum or gallery in the United Kingdom for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence". A single award of £100,000, Britain's biggest single art prize,^[1] is presented to a museum or gallery, large or small, anywhere in the UK, whose entry, in the opinion of the judges, best demonstrates a track record of imagination, innovation and excellence through work mainly undertaken during the previous calendar year.^[2] The prize was first awarded in 2003.^[2] The principal sponsor from 2003 to 2007 was the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation of Lisbon, Portugal, but since 2008 the prize has been sponsored by the Art Fund.^[3]

List of winners and short-listed entries

2003

• National Centre for Citizenship, Galleries of Justice, Nottingham, winner^[4]
• Collections, Communities and Memories Community Project Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham
• Darwin Centre Phase One, Natural History Museum, London
• RRS Discovery, Discovery Point, Dundee^[5]

2004

• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, winner^[6]
• Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne
• Pembrokeshire Museum Service, Wales
• Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn^[7]

2005

• Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon, Wales, winner^[8]
• Coventry Transport Museum
• Time and Tide Museum, Great Yarmouth
• Locomotion: the National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham^[9]

2006

• SS Great Britain, Bristol, winner^[10]
• Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London
• The Collection: Art and Archeology, Lincolnshire
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park, near Wakefield^[11]

2007

• Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, West Sussex, winner^[12]
• Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
• Kew Palace, Historic Royal Palaces, London
• Weston Park Museum, Sheffield^[13]

2008

• Lightbox gallery and museum, Woking, winner^[14]
• Breaking the Chains, British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, Bristol
• Shetland Museum and Archives, Shetland
• Wellcome Collection, London^[15]

2009

• Wedgwood Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, winner^[16]
• Centre of New Enlightenment at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Glasgow
• Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
• Ruthin Craft Centre: Centre for the Applied Arts, Denbighshire^[17]

2010

• Ulster Museum, Belfast, winner^[18]
• Ashmolean Museum, Oxford University
• Blists Hill Victorian Town, Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
• Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Coventry^[19]

2011

• A History of the World in 100 Objects, British Museum, London, winner^[20]
• Polar Museum, University of Cambridge
• Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway
• Roman Baths Museum, Bath^[21]

See also

• European Museum of the Year Award
• Europa Nostra

References

1. ^ Sean Clarke (2005-01-14). "Industrial Museums Vie for £100,000 Gulbenkian Prize". The Guardian. http://arts.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,11711,1390668,00.html. Retrieved 2008-03-18. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Museums Get £100,000 Prize". BBC. 2002-09-16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2261745.stm. Retrieved 2008-03-18. 
3. ^ "Judges announced for Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries". The Art Fund. 26 October 2007. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2008/press-release-071026.php. 
4. ^ "Winner 2003". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2003/winner.htm. 
5. ^ "Short List 2003". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2003/shortlist.htm. 
6. ^ "Winner 2004". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2004/winner.htm. 
7. ^ "Short List 2004". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2004/shortlist.htm. 
8. ^ "Winner 2005". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2005/winner.htm. 
9. ^ "Short List 2005". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2005/shortlist.htm. 
10. ^ "Winner 2006". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2006/winner.htm. 
11. ^ "Short List 2006". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2006/shortlist.htm. 
12. ^ "Winner 2007". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2007/winner.htm. 
13. ^ "Short List 2007". http://www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk/2007/shortlist.htm. 
14. ^ "Museum inspired by community campaign scoops £100,000 prize". The Art Fund. 22 May 2008. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2008/press-release-080522.php. 
15. ^ "Short list for The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries announced". The Art Fund. 18 April 2008. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2008/press-release-080418.php. 
16. ^ "Wedgwood Museum scoops The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries". The Art Fund. 18 June 2009. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2009/press-release-090618.php. 
17. ^ "The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries short list for UK’s largest arts prize announced". The Art Fund. 6 May 2009. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2009/press-release-090506.php. 
18. ^ "Ulster Museum wins £100,000 Art Fund Prize". The Art Fund. 30 June 2010. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2010/press-release-100630.php. 
19. ^ "Short list for The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries announced". The Art Fund. 18 April 2008. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2008/press-release-080418.php. 
20. ^ "British Museum scoops £100,000 Art Fund Prize and is crowned 'Museum of the Year'". The Art Fund. 15 June 2011. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/art-fund-prize-winner-announced.php. 
21. ^ "Four museums short listed for £100,000 Art Fund Prize". The Art Fund. 19 May 2011. http://www.artfundprize.org.uk/press/2011/press-release-110519.php. 

External links

• The Art Fund Prize
• The Gulbenkian Prize