The Museum of Making in Derby lost out to London's Horniman Museum at a ceremony last night
Chair of judges, Jenny Waldman, said the Horniman was "in many ways the perfect museum"The south-east London venue scooped the £100,000 prize during a ceremony at the Design Museum in London on Thursday.Jenny Waldman, chair of judges, said: "In many ways it's the perfect museum, and I would encourage everyone to go and experience all it has to offer."
The Horniman saw off competition from Derby Museums, Museum of Making, People's History Museum in Manchester, The Story Museum in Oxford and art gallery Ty Pawb in Wrexham.Image source,The director of Horniman, Nick Merriman, was presented with the cash prize by BBC Radio 6 DJ and judge Huw Stephens.
The museum said that, following a period of reflection prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate emergency and the murder of George Floyd, it "re-imagined the role [it] could play as a creative hub for their local community". It created a micro-forest to combat local air pollution and curated the 696 festival, incorporating the black British sounds of south-east London through gigs, installations, collaborations and a summer music festival., Essex, after it transformed into a food bank and helped serve free school meals during the pandemic.
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