UK's Museum of the Year Award nominees

The following British museums are up for the 2012 Art Fund Prize, aka the 'museum of the year' award. The nominees are:

• Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Bucks.: The Life and Works of Alan Turing 
• M Shed, Bristol: A New Museum for Bristol 
• National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh: National Museum of Scotland Development 
• Riverside Museum, Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel, Glasgow: Riverside Museum Project 
• Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, Devon: RAMM Development Project 
• The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: The Hepworth Wakefield 
• The Holburne Museum, Bath, Somerset: The Holburne Museum Development Project 
• The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh: Portrait of the Nation 
• Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent: Turner Contemporary 
• Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey: The Watts Gallery Hope Project

Scottish Television has coverage on the Scottish entrants at http://news.stv.tv/scotland/296659-three-scots-museums-running-for-prestigious-award/ (come on Glasgow!). For more information on all the nominees, and to have your say in who should win, visit www.artfundprize.org.uk.

(With thanks to STV)

Chris