Sandford Award Winners 2016
Beaulieu
Bristol Museum and Art Gallery
The Captain Cook Birthplace Museum
Conisbrough Castle
Crich Tramway Village
Cromford Mills
DIG
The Dorman Museum
Durham Cathedral
Durham University Oriental Museum
Durham University Palace Green Library
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre
Haslemere Educational Museum
Head of Steam- Darlington Railway Museum
Helston Museum
Holkham Estate
Horniman Museum and Gardens
Kensington Palace
King Richard III Visitor Centre
Knebworth House
Layer Marney Tower
Lincoln Castle
Lismore Castle Arts
London Canal Museum
The Mary Rose Museum
Museum of Hartlepool
Museum of Lincolnshire Life
Museum of London
National Museum of the Royal Navy
The Rosslyn Chapel Trust
Selly Manor Museum
The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Stonehenge-English Heritage
Sudbury Hall and the National Trust Museum of Childhood
Sulgrave Manor
Tamworth Castle
Tower Bridge Exhibition
Tower of London
Worcester cathedral
York Art Gallery
York Castle Museum
The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (Sandford Award winner 2016)
DIG, York (Sandford Award winner 2016)
Lismore Castle Arts, Northern Ireland (Sandford Award winner 2016)
Testimonials from previous winners
The feedback that we receive from applicants shows how valuable they find the process:
“We gained ‘Quality Assurance’ from a well respected and widely acknowledged organisation.”
“A thorough process of evaluation and assessment by the judges that helped us analyse our education programmes for schools, to realise our achievements and to identify areas to improve.”
"The judge's report was very useful in order to evaluate our service and to show stakeholders what a good job we do."
“A thorough judging process. An award worth having.”
“It was a rigorous process for assessing the quality of the educational provision within the heritage sector, which could then be flagged up as a Quality Mark to our users, potential users and colleagues.”
"The judge's report was extremely useful, confirming good practice and suggesting ways to move forward."
"The judge was friendly, courteous, well prepared and very professional and spent a generous amount of time giving feedback"
Horniman Museum and Gardens, London (Sandford Award Winner 2016)
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