The Gulbenkian Prize for museum and galleries is administered by The Museum Prize, a charitable company created in 2001 by representatives of National Heritage, the Museums Association, the National Art Collections Fund and the Campaign for Museums. Click here for Museum Prize Charity page.

Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

The principal funder of the Prize is the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation whose headquarters are based in Lisbon, where the Gulbenkian Museum is recognised as one of the world's best small museums.

The UK Branch of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation has been a pioneering funder and promoter of the arts, social welfare and education in the UK for the past 50 years, playing an active role in encouraging artists and arts organisations, including museums, to find original and inventive ways of developing their practice. The UK Branch is responsible for grant aid in the UK and Republic of Ireland and runs funding programmes in arts, social welfare, education and Anglo-Portuguese cultural relations.

The Foundation is supporting The Gulbenkian Prize by guaranteeing prize money of £100,000 a year over five years; it is also providing most of the funding for administration.

The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a season of special events throughout 2006 highlighting the work of the Foundation in the UK.

The programme includes sole support for the Tate Triennial 2006: New British Art exhibition, an association that marks a long history of collaboration between the Foundation and Tate and draws attention to the UK Branch’s continued support of new and original art-making. There will also be a display at Tate Britain of British works from the Foundation’s Modern Art Centre in Lisbon (one of the largest collections of contemporary British art outside the UK); the publication of a new book on the history of the Foundation’s UK Branch; and the 2006 Atlantic Waves Festival featuring world-class Portuguese musicians.

www.gulbenkian.org.uk/pressf.htm

Other supporters of the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries 2006

The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is the national development agency working for and on behalf of museums, libraries and archives and advising government on policy and priorities for the sector. MLA supports the Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year under Renaissance, its ground-breaking programme to transform England’s regional museums. For the first time ever, investment from central government is enabling regional museums across the country to raise their standards and deliver real results in support of education, community development and economic regeneration.

www.mla.gov.uk/website/programmes/renaissance

Public funding support has also been provided by
The Welsh Assembly Government

www.wales.gov.uk/wag/wag.htm

The Museum Prize Trustees are grateful to:

Blackwall Green (Jewellery and Fine Art)
Specialist insurance brokers to museums and galleries, both in the United Kingdom and Europe, for sponsoring the 2006 Long List leaflet.

Consensus Business Group for assisting with the staging costs of the 2006 award ceremony.

www.consensusbusiness.com

Boneca Vasconcellos

and

Gulbenkian Prize Patrons 2006

The Arbib Foundation

Antenna Audio
The world leader in the field of audio and multimedia interpretation, providing the highest quality programming, equipment solutions and service, with the goal of creating an emotionally and intellectually engaging experience for visitors to museums, galleries, historic sites, and attractions.

www.antennaaudio.com

Hanwell Instruments Ltd
10 years of expertise in the design of data acquisition products, enabling users to seamlessly combine standalone dataloggers, radio telemetry and bus-based instrumentation for use by museums and galleries, large or small.

www.hanwell.com/conservation-products.html

Wragge & Co
International Business Lawyers

www.wragge.com

and to our

Supporters in kind

24 Hour Museum



www.24hourmuseum.org.uk

DFJ Vinhos Lda – ‘The New Portugal’ UK Office – D & F Wines



www.dfjvinhos.com

Farrer & Co



www.farrer.co.uk

Inn Supplies

Chiltern Railways

http://www.chilternrailways.co.uk

Markimeld Ltd/Lisboa Portuguese Bakers