Clore Award Long List 2011

Congratulations to these ten museums and galleries that have been long listed for the Art Fund Prize by the 2011 Clore Award Judges:

• The Courtauld Gallery, London for Animating Art History – an ongoing project which combines art history & animation for 6th Form & BTEC students from families with no prior engagement in higher education.
• Edward Jenner Museum, Gloucestershire for Ghosts in the Attic – From Smallpox to MMR: an attic room exhibition/installation uniting contemporary art & science
• The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh for Air lomlaid / On Exchange – an artist-led exhibition/education project, involving children from Skye & Edinburgh exploring their language, culture and environment and sharing their experience and inspiring schools throughout Scotland
• Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow for Touching Lives – exploring access to collections for visually impaired young people
• Keats House, London for Stories of the World – young people exploring world cultures at Keats House and Garden
• Museums Sheffield Weston Park, Sheffield for With Sheba and Arwa (Belonging) – Engaging communities and young people in a programme of learning and co-curation inspired by the legacy of two great Yemeni queens, Bilqis (Queen of Sheba) and Arwa (Sayyida Hurra), and modern day experiences of UK-Arabic women
• National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth for Face to Face: Documenting experiences of conflict – An innovative film project with primary pupils and veterans exploring the impact of war
• The Pitt Rivers and the Oxford University Museum of Natural History, Oxford for Making Museums – children design and make their own museums, from acquisition to exhibition, celebrating their identities
• South London Gallery, London, Making Play – Adventures in creative play through contemporary art
• Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, Newcastle upon Tyne for Culture Shock – digital storytelling project in the North East