COMPTON Verney won £15,000 after being named a finalist in the prestigious Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025 – the world’s largest museum prize.
The country house gallery and park near Wellesbourne was one of five shortlisted for projects and activity over the 12 months to last winter. Judges also highlighted the people, including museum staff and volunteers, who bring museums to life by engaging with visitors, artists and creatives.
Beamish, The Living Museum of the North (County Durham) was named overall winner – and a prize of £120,000 – at a ceremony at the Museum of Liverpool
Others nominated included Chapter (Cardiff), Golden Thread Gallery (Belfast) and Perth Museum (Perth).
CEO Geraldine Collinge said: “I am so proud and delighted that Compton Verney is a finalist for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025. Being a finalist is a wonderful recognition of our 20th anniversary year and celebrates all the incredible work that our staff, volunteers, trustees, artists and educators put into creating such an extraordinary, creative space — as well as, of course, our visitors and supporters, without whom none of this could have happened.
Established in 2004, Compton Verney is home to six art collections, housed in the grade I-listed Robert Adam mansion, and a sculpture park, all set within 120 acres of Capability Brown parkland.
In 2024, Compton Verney unveiled its Sculpture in the Park exhibition featuring
works by acclaimed artists and complemented by a new site-specific commission by Brazilian artist Erika Verzutti.
It also continues to stage a diverse and innovative range of exhibitions, which this summer will include a large scale multimedia exhibition of work by Emma Talbot, assembling the artist’s recent work investigating the experience of life from cradle to grave.
