Shortlist For The Fine Art Fund Museum Of The Twelvemonth Abide By 2015

Six museums convey been shortlisted for the Museum of the Year and 3 of them are focused on fine art or are are fine art related.

This is the Michelin Star rating for Museums in addition to thence existence shortlisted is an abide by - but winning it is something else!

The Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year annually surveys museums in addition to galleries across the UK, awarding 1 outstanding winner a prize of £100,000.

The judges are:

Stephen Deuchar - Director of the Art Fund
Michael Landy, artist
Alice Rawsthorn, pattern critic
Fiammetta Rocco,The Economist books in addition to arts editor and
Axel Rüger, manager of the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

The winner volition survive announced at a ceremony at Tate Modern on Midweek 1 July 2015, following the Museum of the Year Debate.

The "Art" Museums

HM Tower of London (Historic Royal Palaces) (Shortlist page)

Blood Swept Lands in addition to Seas of Red on the morn of tenth Nov 2014

Last twelvemonth the Tower displayed the stunning installation Blood Swept Lands in addition to Seas of Red: 888,246 ceramic cherry poppies representing fallen British in addition to Colonial serviceman.

I visited the display the 24-hour interval earlier Armistice Day - in addition to the sight was stunning in addition to actually brought domicile simply how British in addition to colonial fatalities at that topographic point were. See my 2 weblog posts:

This video explains HM Tower of London - which volition survive interesting to whatever visitors to London.

See the comments from Blue Planet in addition to stance the numbers that visited - v 1 1000 one thousand inwards total - inwards this adjacent video.

For me this is the best video I've seen to engagement well-nigh this installation - it's a floor of connectedness, community in addition to commemoration.

Given Blue Planet answer to this installation and commemoration it'll survive a really potent candidate which beats it.

The Whitworth, Manchester (Shortlist page)

This is an fine art museum which I used to expire every unmarried 24-hour interval on my means to in addition to from school. I've non notwithstanding been to it since its transformation but I know that it's been really good received.

In 2014 the gallery underwent a radical £15m transformation, doubling inwards size – in addition to piece it was closed, ran a serial of experimental pop-up events.

The MAC, Belfast (Shortlist page)

I visited the Mac inwards March - albeit entirely to convey lunch. It looked a really impressive edifice which is situated correct adjacent to the Art School. It's business office of an maiden to regenerate Belfast.

Belfast’s novel arts venue presented an outstanding programme inwards 2014 in addition to established itself every bit a world-class contemporary fine art gallery.

The other short-listed museums

The curt listing pages in addition to their videos are embedded inwards the names of the remaining museums on the shortlist.

Dunham Massey (National Trust), Altrincham

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 house I know good in addition to 1 which I may endeavour in addition to view adjacent calendar week when I become to meet my mother.

To grade the First World War centenary, this beautiful Georgian mansion was transformed dorsum into Stamford Military Hospital, alongside alive recreations of stories from its archives.

IWM London

Following an incredible £40m renovation, London's flagship country of war museum reopened inwards July 2014, 100 years later the First World War began.

Oxford University Museum of Natural History

The museum reopened inwards 2014 later a spectacular renovation of its neo-Gothic building, in addition to alongside a lively novel world engagement programme.

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