The prize rewards a space for children that “will cement museums as places they belong and feel welcome as they grow up, regardless of their background”

Spurred by a rise in hate crime in the region, The MAC has been collaborating with five charities to open the museum to minority groups

The country-park-based collection has returned with a new mission to create more diverse audiences and abandon preconceptions

Winner of the Art Fund's Museum of the Year prize will receive a £120,000 award at a ceremony on 17 July

Uruguayan-born architect had an acute understanding of the visual arts and produced prize-winning buildings

With cuts both to creative education in schools and learning departments in museums, its time for institutions to find vital new purposes, says Art Fund UK director Jenny Waldman

The five finalists for Museum of the Year 2022 are changing the world around them, says Jenny Waldman, Art Fund director and jury chair for the £100,000 prize

Built as a multi-storey car park, this redeveloped Wrexham centre has found its focus on textiles, artists and local groups and offers children’s play and workshops

This Manchester museum, which has the world’s largest collection of protest banners, is empowering locals

From digital poohsticks to Mr Tumnus’s snowy footprints, this Oxford space is a place of great adventures

At this former mill you can learn about manufacturing history and make something new somewhere old

The south London institution has been examining its complicated history, listening and reaching out to diverse communities

The small contemporary art organisation was awarded the £100,000 prize for its work during the pandemic and engagement with the local community

The Centre for Contemporary Art filled the lockdown gap with online conversations and social media takeovers

The gallery located in the town hall is a true “museum of and for the people”

The Colchester art gallery celebrates its tenth anniversary this year

The Leeds institution is making—and collecting—history

Museum of the Year 2021 celebrates the sector’s triumphs in the face of adversity, says Jenny Waldman, Art Fund director and jury chair for the £100,000 prize

Centre for Contemporary Art Derry-Londonderry, Experience Barnsley, Firstsite, Thackray Museum of Medicine and Timespan chosen as five finalists for Art Fund's coveted £100,000 prize

Firelei Báez, Dineo Seshee Bopape, Meiro Koizumi, Beatriz Santiago Muñoz, Prabhakar Pachpute and Carrie Mae Weems each win £10,000 in latest example of award-sharing

Aberdeen Art Gallery, Gairloch Museum, the Science Museum, South London Gallery and Towner Eastbourne will share £200,000 award

Museum of the Year prize has been changed from £140,000 awards and the shortlist will be announced in October

The Cardiff museum is the first Welsh winner of the £100,000 prize, beating other finalists including V&A Dundee and Pitt Rivers Museum

Northern Ireland's HMS Caroline and V&A Dundee among five finalists for the Art Fund's annual prize

Judges praise “breathtakingly beautiful” extension and the way the museum is “embedded in its community”

Hull gallery more than tripled visitor numbers during UK City of Culture year after “Herculean” renovation

Being part of the Museum of the Year brings kudos and a big PR boost, but some finalists have still found the financial going tough

After a bumpy start, the extension to the Tate’s westernmost outpost has been welcomed and is now enabling the gallery to reach its full potential

The newly opened museum takes visitors on a journey underground and reflects major shifts in the nature of human connection

The library shows that grassroots museums can take a gutsy stand and contribute to global debates