Front Row: Archive 2013 - Museum of the Year 2013

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John Wilson has news of the winner of the £100 000 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year, as he presents the programme live from the ceremony at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

The 10 contenders are:

BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead

Beaney House of Art and Knowledge, Canterbury

Dulwich Picture Gallery, London

The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield

Horniman Museum & Gardens, London

Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery, Glasgow

Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, Cambridge

Narberth Museum, Pembrokeshire

Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees

William Morris Gallery, London

John hears from each of the museums in the running, as well as speaking to the judges of the Prize, including Stephen Deuchar of the Art Fund, Bettany Hughes, Sarah Crompton and artist Bob and Roberta Smith.

Maria Miller, Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, discusses the current role of museums, and Ian Hislop will announce the winning museum live on the programme.

Producer Ella-mai Robey.

Published on Wednesday, 5th June 2013.

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