A newly refurbished Glasgow museum has won one of the world's most lucrative art awards.
The Burrell Collection has been named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, which comes with a prize of £120,000.
The winner was announced by artist Sir Grayson Perry at a ceremony at the British Museum in London on Wednesday.
The Burrells beat Leighton House (London), The MAC (Belfast), Natural History Museum (London) and Scapa Flow Museum (Orkney) to the title.
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The Burrell Collection at Pollok Country Park houses the collection of 9,000 objects of Sir William and Constance Burrell.
The collection - which includes objects from Europe and Asia - was donated to Glasgow by Sir William in 1944.
Sir Hector Hetherington, former Principal of the University of Glasgow, described the gift of the collection as "one of the greatest gifts ever given to a city in the world."
A newly refurbished Glasgow museum has won one of the world's most lucrative art awards.
The Burrell Collection has been named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2023, which comes with a prize of £120,000.
The winner was announced by artist Sir Grayson Perry at a ceremony at the British Museum in London on Wednesday.
The Burrells beat Leighton House (London), The MAC (Belfast), Natural History Museum (London) and Scapa Flow Museum (Orkney) to the title.
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The Burrell Collection at Pollok Country Park houses the collection of 9,000 objects of Sir William and Constance Burrell.
The collection - which includes objects from Europe and Asia - was donated to Glasgow by Sir William in 1944.
Sir Hector Hetherington, former Principal of the University of Glasgow, described the gift of the collection as "one of the greatest gifts ever given to a city in the world."
Image source, Janie Airey Art Fund 2023 
