Many congratulations to The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge in Canterbury! Their Happy Museum sponsored exhibition, “The Paper Apothecary,” is up for a prestigious Collections Trust: Excellence in Collections Management award. The Paper Apothecary was funded by the Happy Museum Project during our second round of commissions. In addition to The Beaney, other Participatory Practice Award nominees include the Luton Culture for the “Museum in a Box” project, Glasgow Museums for the “Curious” project, and Orleans House for “Big 4.0”. The competition winners will be announced during the conference reception at OpenCulture 2013 on Tuesday 2 July.

Full details of the nominations and the background information on the Collections Trust Awards.

To read more about The Paper Apothecary and The Beaney’s involvement with The Happy Museum.

Best of luck Beaney!

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The Paper Apothecary Paper Sign