kids in Museums logoNow's your chance to nominate a museum you think is particularly family friendly – may be a small, local museum, or a large and lofty national. It can contain absolutely anything. It just has to be especially welcoming to everyone, of every age.

Perhaps it’s the notice by the meteorite saying, "This is the oldest object you will ever touch." Or a toddler being invited to roar at a ruff-collared duke’s portrait in the 17th century gallery to show early appreciation of art? Or the quiet chat about a wartime childhood between a grandparent and grandchild over a 1940s record player on display? More and more museums are welcoming noisy, nosey families of all ages. It’s visitors who bring a museum alive.

Now it’s families chance to say where they do this best. Previous winners include a tiny two-room art gallery in Cornwall, a University natural history collection in Oxford and an open-air museum with a mineshaft in the Pennines. It’s not what’s in the cabinets that counts, but how a family feels when they walk in the door.

Nominations for the Award close on 3 December 2010.

Nominations can be made by email: award@kidsinmuseums.org.uk or by post: Guardian Family Friendly Museum Award,
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