Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Awards 2008

2008 Heritage Awards

The 2008 Leicestershire and Rutland Renaissance Heritage Awards have now closed. The awards will be presented at a ceremony in Hallaton on Thursday 24 July. The categories for the awards include:

• Best Event
• Best Exhibition
• Inspiration Award for Best Special Project
• Museum of the Year

For more information about the award categories, entry forms and the latest news, visit:  the Heritage Awards page on the Leicestershire County Council website.

The 2007 Award winners

The 2007 Leicestershire and Rutland Heritage Awards happened at Sir John Moore Heritage Centre, despite heavy rain and local flooding.

The awards were judged by Mike Jones CC, chairman of the County Council, Cynthia Brown, local historian, and Martin Peters, chief executive of LeicesterShire Promotions, and the judges highlighted the excellence of all the entries and why their job was so difficult.

And the winners were ...

In each of the awards categories there was a winner and a highly commended.  Each winner received a plaque and a cheque for £100 and the highly commended received a certificate.

Best Event
Highly commended - Castle Donington Museum
Highly commended - Grace Dieu Priory Trust and Friends

Winner - Ullesthorpe Preservation Trust

Best Exhibition
Highly commended - Hallaton Museum

Joint winner - Whitwick Historical Group

Joint winner - Wigston Framework Knitters Museum

Inspiration Award for Best Special Project
Highly commended - Ullesthorpe Preservation Trust

Winner - Railway Vehicle Preservation

People's Choice Award - in partnership with the Leicester Mercury
Runner up - Lutterworth Museum 
Runner up - Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum
Runner up - Foxton Canal Museum 
Runner up - Abbey Pumping Station

Winner - Loughborough War Memorial Museum

Museum of the Year 
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Museum