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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.
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