These were the 10 museum and gallery entries selected by our judges to form the Long List for the 2005 Gulbenkian Prize.

The shortlist (in alphabetical order by city) is as follows:

The Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon – Shapland & Petter of Barnstaple: 150 years. A research and community access project that has enabled this small local authority museum to enhance and present an important furniture- manufacturing archive with the support and involvement of members of the local community.

Back to Backs, Birmingham – The National Trust The restoration of the very last surviving courtyard of 19th century ‘back to back’ houses in Birmingham. Visitors move through interiors furnished to reflect the varied cultures, religions and professions of the families who lived here from 1840 to 1977.

The Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge The museum’s major Courtyard redevelopment has provided new space and facilities, fresh educational opportunities and a contemporary dimension to one of England’s major regional museums.

Compton Verney, Warwickshire The transformation of a derelict Robert Adam mansion, set in over 120 acres of classical landscape designed by ‘Capability’ Brown, into a new art gallery of international standing.

Coventry Transport Museum The redevelopment of a museum that houses the largest road transport collection in the world. Its new look has captured the imagination of young and old and put the Museum firmly on the national and international map.

Time and Tide: The Museum of Great Yarmouth Life, Great Yarmouth Set in a restored herring curing factory, every aspect of this new museum – from its name to the stories it tells – is the result of a unique collaboration with the local community.

Taigh Chearsabhagh Museum & Art Gallery, Lochmaddy, North Uist Based on the Hebridean island of North Uist, off the Scottish west coast, Taigh Chearsabhagh is a small community museum that has developed its own unique approach to involving local people in representing their history.

The Foundling Museum, Brunswick Square, London This new museum tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, London’s first home for abandoned children and Britain’s first ever public art gallery, its founder, Thomas Coram, and its benefactors, William Hogarth and George Frederic Handel.

Locomotion: the National Railway Museum at Shildon, Co Durham This new railway museum celebrates Shildon's history as one of the world's oldest railway towns and is the first national museum in the north east of England.

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