This year’s shortlist for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is a reflection of all the different sorts of museums in Britain, and how each one can offer a wonderful welcome to families.
You can take a walk through three centuries of sitting rooms, dress up as a 17th century Scottish border bandit, or take a journey down into the depths of a coal mine. These extraordinary experiences happen in a historic engine house, a Venetian style mansion dedicated to Prince Albert, and a gun battery.
The 2015 shortlist for the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is:
The shortlist was picked from a 20-strong longlist by an expert panel of judges including historian and broadcaster Helen Castor, celebrity author and Kids in Museums Patron Damian Dibben and Sharon Heal, Director of the Museums Association.
The Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award is the biggest museum award in Britain and the only one where families pick the winner.
What happens next?
The shortlisted museums are road-tested anonymously by families. These families pick the winner. If your family would like to be mystery museum judge, email award@kidsinmuseums.org.uk.
The winner of the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award 2015 will be announced on Thursday 24 September 2015 at a ceremony at the Telegraph newspaper.
The Award is run by charity Kids in Museums, sponsored by the Telegraph Newspaper Group.
Find out more about the Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award – the biggest museum award in Britain and the only one judged by families – at www.kidsinmuseums.org.uk/award or www.telegraph.co.uk/museumawards