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Awards

At the Museum we work hard to provide all our visitors with excellent customer service. It's great to know that other people think we're good too.
Awards
VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction

We are an accredited attraction under the VisitEngland Quality Assured Visitor Attraction Scheme.

 

Visit England Best Told Story 2024, 2023, 2019 and 2014

In 2024, 2023, 2019 and 2014 we received VisitEngland’s Best Told Story accolade, awarded to attractions which communicate their story effectively and offer visitors ‘an interesting and entertaining experience’.

A logo for Visit England's Best Told Story Award. There's a graphic of a red rose on a white background at the top and a red block at the bottom with 'Best Told Story' written on it.

 

Sandford Award 2018 and 2023

The prestigious annual Sandford Awards are independently judged, recognising excellence in education programmes at heritage sites, museums, archives and collections across the UK.  We were delighted to receive a Sandford Award 2018-2023 and more recently for 2023-2028 for our schools programme.

The Sandford award logo. A blue rectangle with two horizontal and three vertical white marks.

 

School Travel Organiser Awards 2023

We were thrilled to win the ‘Best Museum Visit’ award 2023 in the School Travel Organiser Awards, as voted for by the readers of School Travel Organiser.

Logo for the School Travel Organiser Awards. A green apple sits on the left, with a red and white banner on the right.

 

VisitEngland Gold Accolade 2018

In 2018 we were one of only 16 visitor attractions awarded a VisitEngland Gold accolade as voted for by members of the board’s Visitor Attraction Quality Scheme. The Gold accolade is awarded to attractions that demonstrate excellence across all areas.

 

Jodi Award 2017

In 2017, Signly, an app created by Intermedia, and Deafax in in conjunction with the Museum, for d/Deaf British Sign Language users, won the highly-respected Jodi Award.  Winners were chosen from a shortlist of museums, galleries, archives, libraries and heritage sites that make best use of technology to widen access for disabled people and those with sensory impairment.

 

Other awards
  • Tiquets Remarkable Venue Awards – Best Hidden Gem 2021.
  • Little Ankle Biters Awards 2023, 2022, 2020 and 2019 – winner, Best Museum in Buckinghamshire.
  • The Hoop Awards 2019 – winner, Best Holiday Workshops.
  • South Sustainable Tourism Award 2011 – highly commended.
  • VisitEngland’s Best Small Visitor Attraction 2008.
  • Tourism South East’s ExSEllence Award for Best Small Tourist Attraction 2007.
  • Civic Trust Award 2007 – longlisted.
  • European Museum of the Year Award 2006 – highly commended.
  • British Guild of Travel Writers’ Best Tourism Project 2006.
  • Gulbenkian Prize 2006 – longlisted.