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Leicestershire Museums Longlisted for Clore Award for Museum Learning

The longlist for the second Clore Award for Museum Learning has recently been announced.

Supported by the Clore Duffield Foundation, the £10,000 award recognises quality, impact and innovation in using museums and galleries for learning activities and initiatives.

In the East Midlands, Leicestershire County Council Heritage and Arts Service have been longlisted for their Held in the Hand and Touch Tables projects.

Other longlisted venues are: Camden Arts Centre for Get The Message; Florence Nightingale Museum for Our Generation's Re‐interpretation; Jersey Heritage for My History Scrapbooks and Discovery Days; Penlee House Gallery and Museum for Treasures from the Earth; the Geffrye Museum of the Home for Stories of the World: London; the Quilt Museum and Gallery for Unfolding the Quilts; the Whitworth Art Gallery for the Manchester Early Years Partnership; the Victoria and Albert Museum for its Schools Team Collaboration with Seymourpowell; and Yorkshire Museum for Celebrating Severus.

Added on: 13 February 2012

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