The National Museum of Ireland – Country Life is home to the national collection of objects representing the traditional way of life in Ireland since 1850. Winner of Sandford Award 2004.
The Sandford Award is an independently judged, quality assured assessment of education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the British Isles.
More than 350 sites - including historic houses, museums, galleries, places of worship, gardens, landscapes and collections – have received an Award since the scheme began in 1978. They include Hampton Court Palace, Brunel’s ss Great Britain in Bristol, Fota Wildlife Park in Eire, Edinburgh Castle, and Big Pit - the National Mining Museum of Wales.
National Media Museum
The National Media Museum covers seven floors of a city centre building in Bradford. It offers permanent interactive galleries about photography, television and animation, three cinemas including an IMAX showing the latest 3D films, two special exhibition galleries, the BBC’s Bradford radio, TV and online studio – a real, working exhibit within the Museum. Winner […]
National Maritime Museum And The Queen's House
In 1616 James I’s wife Anne of Denmark commissioned Inigo Jones to design her a new pavilion at Greenwich. It would become the first fully Classical building seen in England. From 1673 studio space in the House was allocated to the van de Veldes, father and son Dutch marine artists. In 1805, George III granted […]
National Maritime Museum Cornwall
The Museum’s Collections consist of a range of objects, boats, art, books and archives in support of its mission to promote an understanding of small boats and their place in people’s lives, and of the maritime Heritage of Cornwall. Winner of Sandford Award 2007.
National Galleries Of Scotland
Magnificent galleries in Edinburgh, located on three sites, each home to special exhibitions and different parts of the national collection of fine art. The collection is free to the public, open daily and amongst the best in the world. Masterpieces from the early Renaissance to the present day by some of the most important artists […]