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Volunteers honoured

2 museum volunteers who between them have clocked up over 50 years of dedicated service to museums in the South West have recently been honoured. Ann Healey recieved an MBE in the New Year Honours List for her contribution to Somerset Rural Life Museum. Maureen Tooze, a volunteer at Bodmin Museum and pictured left, scooped the 'Cornwall Celebrates Culture' prize at the inaugural Cornwall Celebrates Volunteers awards. Congratulations to both of them!

Vote for St Nicholas Priory

St Nicholas Priory in Exeter is one of 6 museums shortlisted for the Guardian Family Friendly Award 2009. A common feature of the museums is apparently that they provide sensual, hands-on experiences from which families emerge not only wiser, but grubbier.

Value your volunteers

The second British Museum / Marsh Trust Volunteers for Museum Learning Award is now open for applications. The award is open to all volunteers or groups of volunteers working directly with the public in museums and galleries. The award is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate the work and achievements of volunteers - and the prizes are pretty good too!