The award titled 'The Collections Award: Recognising, Responding, Reimagining' joins Historic Houses' iconic award programme and aims to honour the creators, owners, curators, researchers and conservators who preserve, augment, restore, interpret these beautiful and significant objects, enabling the public to understand and enjoy them and the stories they tell.

Recognising, responding, reimagining

All the collections in Historic Houses member places are unique, priceless, and inseparable from the individuals and families who have brought and kept them together. Each year our judges will choose a collection that best exemplifies the way that those who care for our independent heritage:

• Recognise and research the significance and stories of their artefacts;
• Respond to new imperatives and challenges, both social and technical;
• Reimagine the composition or presentation of the collection for a new generation.

The winner will be announced in November 2022 but, in the meantime, we look forward to sharing further updates about shortlists and judges throughout the year.

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