As you are probably aware The Polar Museum has made the Art Fund prize long list. Yesterday the judges, Michael Portillo, artist Jeremy Deller, Guardian journalist Charlotte Higgins, museums consultant Kathy Gee and Lola Young, Baroness Young of Hornsey came to SPRI to look around the museum, archives, library and stores.
There was a lot of coverage in the press, including an article and video on the Cambridge Evening News website interviewing Michael Portillo about the visit.
The judges also popped into the Conservation Workshop and I spoke to them about conserving the Terra Nova model. Maybe I should start a visitor’s book …
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