These were the 13 museum and gallery entries selected by our judges to form the Long List for the 2004 Gulbenkian Prize.

Thinktank, Birmingham for its Futures Gallery – a cutting-edge and challenging exhibition at Birmingham’s museum of science and discovery

Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh for the dramatic Landform by Charles Jencks – part sculpture, part garden, part land-art

Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow for Sanctuary, a thought-provoking project that used contemporary art to address human rights and the plight of asylum seekers

National Trust, Sutton House, Hackney for Black History Month 2003, a pioneering project for the NT in the oldest domestic residence in London’s East End

Henry Moore Institute in association with Leeds Museums and Galleries, Leeds for Sculpture in 20th-century Britain , a landmark exhibition examining how we understand sculpture

Royal Armouries, Leeds for The Knight is Young /Princely Weapons and Armour of Childhood, a fascinating exhibition both for and about children

National Gallery, London for Titian and ‘Titian After Dark’ – one of the most high profile and highly acclaimed exhibitions of 2003

Prescot Museum, Merseyside for Creating History – The Story of a Lifetime, a joint exploration of local history by former Merseyside factory workers and school children

Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle upon Tyne for Reticulum, an innovative partnership between local schools and museum staff

Pembrokeshire Museum Service, Wales for Varda, a travelling exhibition based in a Gypsy caravan that explores local Romany history and culture

Clifton Park Museum, Rotherham for its Heritage Education Project, a community and oral history project meeting Basic Skills needs

Norton Priory Museum, Runcorn for Positive Partnerships, working with people with learning disabilities, as featured in BBC 2 “Hidden Gardens” Medieval Herb Garden project

Tyne & Wear Museums, Segedunum, Wallsend for Pontis, an innovative and witty public art project that captured the public’s imagination

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