VOTE Rbt Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrs.

[Geoff]

Vote for your favourite long listed museum telling the judges who you think should win the £100,000 Art Fund Prize:

www.artfundprize.org.uk/2011/vote/index.php

RBBM is sitting in 2nd place at the moment.

The reinterpretation of a 10-acre multi-destination site and creation of a new museum to house the Robert Burns Collection.

The conservation and promotion of Robert Burns's birthplace as a place of inspiration – including Burns Cottage, Burns Monument & Gardensm the historic landmarks of Alloway Auld Kirk and Brig o'Doon and the world's principal Robert Burns collection (including the largest and most significant collection of original Burns manuscripts).

The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum, Alloway, Ayrshire
is less than six miles from
The Robert Burns International Airport, Prestwick, Ayrshire.

[Geoff]

[the winning museum must have "clearly won the support and enthusiasm of its visitors and users".]
I wrote this week:

The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum could be in line for a single award of £100,000 presented to the museum or gallery whose entry (in the opinion of the judges) best meets the Prize criteria
"The Art Fund Prize for museums and galleries is to recognise and stimulate originality and excellence in museums and galleries in the UK, and increase public appreciation and enjoyment of all they have to offer."
There are five criteria which the judges take into account, one of which is that the winning museum must have "clearly won the support and enthusiasm of its visitors and users". The online poll is intended to help the judges to assess that aspect with regard to your particular choice. All votes and comments are considered by the judges in their decision-making but cannot decide the final outcome because the judges visit all ten museums and evaluate them against the full set of criteria.
The Art Fund Prize 2011 winner will be announced on Wednesday 15 June 2011 live on BBC Radio 4's Front Row from 7.15pm.
The public voted:
Robert Burns Birthplace Museum (39.8%)
Roman Baths Museum (31.4%)
The British Museum (17.6%)
The Polar Museum (11.3%)
www.artfundprize.org.uk/2011/vote/poll-results.php

The British Museum won by an almost unanimous vote from the judges it was announced on Wednesday 15th June.