St Albans Museums has been shortlisted for a prestigious national award.
The 'Catching the Chain' exhibition at St Albans Museum + Gallery has been nominated for the Temporary or Touring Exhibition of the Year at the 23rd annual Museum + Heritage Awards.
This comes after a series of award wins at the Hertfordshire Association of Museums.
Catching the Chain explores the history of criminal justice and is on display at St Albans Museum + Gallery until Monday, April 21.
The Museum + Heritage Awards celebrate the best of museums, galleries, and cultural and heritage visitor attractions.
Other shortlisted museums across the 18 categories include the British Museum, the Natural History Museum, and Horniman Museum and Gardens.
At the Hertfordshire Association of Museums awards, the museums team picked up awards for two Arts Council England funded projects.
They won the Creative Health Award for their year-long Community in Residence programme with Hertfordshire ME/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Support Group.
Learning and engagement officer Danielle Cavender-Handley and archaeologist Tom Lucas each received a Heritage Hero award for their work on Digitising the Park, including the Tread the Past trail around Verulamium Park, Voicing Verulamium in the Hypocaust and the Roman Town House project with Passport to Leisure.
Councillor Paul de Kort praised the museums team as part of the leader’s announcements in this week’s St Albans City and District Strategy and Resource Committee meeting.
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Councillor Anthony Rowlands, lead for museums, said: "It is wonderful to see the hard work of the museums team being recognised both regionally and nationally.
"From year-long community focussed programmes to exhibitions and projects which bring history to life, the variety and breadth of what our museums can offer is something to be proud of.
"We thank Arts Council England for their generous NPO funding which has made each of these projects a possibility."
St Albans Museums is responsible for the St Albans Museum + Gallery in the city centre and Verulamium Museum.
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