How To Enter - Museums & Heritage Sector Awards Entry Information

How To Enter the 2012 Awards

Click Here to download the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence 2012 Entry form and Criteria.

Good luck!

Have you ...

Worked on a project that exceeded expectations?
Achieved outstanding results on the smallest of budgets?
Introduced a new and exciting initiative which has allowed you to reach new audiences?

Then don't miss out on your opportunity to enter these prestigious awards, have your hard work rewarded and get the recognition you deserve.

With eleven categories to choose from the Museums + Heritage Awards for Excellence offer everyone the opportunity to enter - no matter what your budgets are, how many visitors you attract or high profile the project. The deadline for entries is Friday 10 February 2012 and you can download the entry form and criteria here.

The Awards are open to museums, galleries and heritage visitor attractions. Entries from outside contractors and suppliers are also welcomed but where the entry relates to a specific attraction it must only be submitted with the prior consent of the client concerned. All work entered into the categories must be carried out in the UK, except where the category indicates overseas applications. Where both a museum, gallery or heritage attraction and their supplier or contractor enter the same project into a category, the two entries will be treated as a joint entry for the purposes of judging. Companies, organisations or individuals may submit entries on behalf of themselves or others and may enter any number of categories, but no single project may be entered into more than three categories.

The rules state that the judges will look for evidence of ‘outcome, creativity, relation to objective and cost effectiveness’. Winning entries will show all of this but they will also have to demonstrate something extra - true excellence! Industry professionals will judge the final category, as readers of Museums & Heritage Magazine seeks to find the UK’s most popular museum, gallery or heritage attraction.

The entry categories confirmed for 2012 are:

•Marketing Campaign

•Permanent Exhibition sponsored by Service Graphics

•Temporary or Touring Exhibition

•Educational Initiative

•Project on Limited Budget

•Innovations Award

•Winstan Bond Trophy for the Entrepreneurial Museum of the Year, sponsored by AIM.

•Classic Award

•International Award

•Restoration & Conservation

•Sustainability Award sponsored by PLB