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Museum of the Year

Tristram Hunt presents coverage of the Museum of the Year Award 2017 and visits the finalists, which include London's Tate Modern and the Hepworth Wakefield.

Join Tristram Hunt for coverage of the Art Fund Museum of the Year Award 2017. As the newly appointed director of the Victoria and Albert Museum, winner of last year's award, Tristram has to prove his mettle running such a large institution, with tips and advice garnered from his visits to the 2017 finalists - London's Tate Modern and Sir John Soane's Museum, the Lapworth Museum of Geology in Birmingham, the Hepworth Wakefield and the National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art in Newmarket.

This year's list of nominees showcases yet again the extraordinary range of museums across the UK, with temples to science, history, sculpture and modern art all making the cut. By visiting them each in turn ahead of the announcement of the winner, Tristram learns just how the sector is in such fine fettle this year.

30 minutes

Last on

Thu 3 Aug 2017 08:00

Music Played

  • 补濒迟鈥怞

    3WW

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Xerxes: Largo

  • Mogwai

    Heard About You Last Night

  • The Knife

    Silent Shout

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto For Flute, Violin, Harpsichord, Bwv 1044: I. Allegro

  • Solomon Grey

    Choir to the Wild

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Tristram Hunt
Executive Producer Janet Lee
Director John O'Rourke

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