A new heritage museum celebrates Great Yarmouth's past
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One of Norfolk's newest museums and one of the oldest in Cambridgeshire are among 10 projects shortlisted for the title of Museum of the Year.
The Time and Tide Museum, which is set in Great Yarmouth's restored herring curing works, could win �100,000 if named as the Gulbenkian Prize winner.
Also in contention is the Courtyard Development at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, founded in 1816.
The four finalists will be announced on 18 March and the winner on 26 May.
Rachel Kirk, the area museums officer for Norfolk County Council, said the shortlisting was reward for the hard work which had brought the town a top-class museum.
Chair of the judges Sir Richard Sykes said: "This year's shortlist proves again that throughout the country, museums and galleries, both large and small, are alive and well.
"Not only that, they are constantly looking to innovate, with new and imaginative offerings for the visiting public."
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