1001 Inventions declared "Best Touring Exhibition 2011"
May 2011
The internationally renowned 1001 Inventions exhibition was crowned Best Touring Exhibition of the year at the annual Museums and Heritage Excellence Awards today at a glittering gala ceremony in central London. Other big winners at the awards were the Historic Royal Palaces in the UK, the National Trust for Scotland and the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
Hundreds of professionals from the Museums and Exhibitions industry were there to witness the 1001 Inventions exhibition's greatest triumph to date. The awards ceremony was hosted by comedienne Sue Perkins and recognised the achievements of the exhibitions industry over the past 12 months. Also nominated in the Touring category were exhibitions by the British Library, Imperial War Museum and the National Museums Liverpool.
Prof. Salim Al-Hassani, Chairman of 1001 Inventions, commented: "Our whole team is humbled by this recognition. The Museums and Heritage Excellence Awards are considered the 'Oscars' of the exhibitions industry and we are
delighted to have been named Best Touring Exhibition by our peers. Hundreds of people were involved in bringing this project to fruition and they all deserve our thanks. Our sponsors ALJ Community Initiatives, the academic network that put together the content, the writers who made the exhibition accessible to a broad audience, the exhibition designers and Beck Interiors who built the modules to an extraordinarily high standard all played their part in reaching this milestone.
"We’ve already catered for English-language and Turkish-language visitors, and we are in the process of translating the exhibition into other languages too, including Arabic. Our goal is to highlight the cultural roots of science to enhance social cohesion and inter-cultural respect. In particular we uncover astounding contribution that Muslim civilisation has made in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and how those advances still affect our lives today. More than a million people have already visited the 1001 Inventions exhibition during the first year of its global tour and that is the greatest endorsement we could ever hope for."
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