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Museum Development Midlands is thrilled to open entries for the Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards 2025 – a celebration of the creativity, innovation and impact of museums and heritage organisations across the Midlands. These awards recognise the people and projects that are pushing boundaries, making a difference, and inspiring their communities.
Power of Place: Midlands Museum Awards
Nominations now OPEN!
We invite museums of all sizes to showcase their achievements by entering one or more of the following categories. To be eligible, applicants must be Midlands-based museums with publicly accessible collections that are publicly funded, charitable, or not-for-profit. Projects submitted must take place between April 2024 and September 2025, be either completed or ongoing:
The Inclusive Impact Award
The Green Spark Award
The Creative Collections Award
The Next-Level Award
The Bridge Builder Award
This is your chance to put your museum in the spotlight. Whether your success has been bold or small-scale, long-running or brand new, we want to hear how you are harnessing the power of place to inspire and engage your audiences.
Full details of award criteria, key dates and how to apply are available at:
www.mdmidlands.org.uk/power-of-place.
And don’t miss our Power of Place event on Wednesday 12 November at Thinktank, Birmingham – a vibrant day of inspiration, connection and celebration, where the winners will be revealed.
Key Dates
• Applications close: Monday 29 September, 9am
• Shortlisting announced: Friday 3 October
• Awards presented: Wednesday 12 November at Thinktank, Birmingham
Tickets are now available to book.
We look forward to celebrating your work and sharing your successes across the region!
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