Museums & Heritage awards 2012 winners – in pictures
Classic Award winner: the Ironbridge Gorge Museum, celebrating the history of the Ironbridge Gorge world heritage site Photograph: M&H AwardsBest educational initiative: Historic Royal Palaces for All the King's Fools, featuring the Misfits theatre company of actors with learning difficulties Photograph: M&H Awards / HRP Best marketing campaign: the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, which tracked down original Athena tennis girl, Fiona Butler, for its Court on Canvas campaign Photograph: M&H Awards / Barber Institute
Permanent exhibition joint winner: the newly refurbished Holburne Museum in BathPhotograph: Museums & HeritagePermanent exhibition joint winner: National Museums Scotland, which has seen a 141% increase in visitors since reopening in July 2011Photograph: Museums & HeritageSustainability award joint winner: London's Garden Museum for its championing sustainability traineeship Photograph: Museums & HeritageSustainability award joint winner: Museum of Liverpool, which also opened last summer Photograph: M&H AwardsTemporary or touring exhibition winner: the Natural History Museum's Sexual Nature show, exploring the sex lives of animals in intimate detail Photograph: Derek Adams/Museums & HeritageWinstan Bond Trophy for Entrepreneurial Museum of the Year: Dundee Heritage TrustPhotograph: GSR PHOTOGRAPHIC/Museums & HeritageInternational award winner: Children's Centre for Civilisation & Creativity in Cairo (joint winner with Bolton Museum for its Quest for Immortality show)Photograph: Museums & Heritage
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