A MUSEUM in Wales, St Fagans National Museum of History, has won the £100,000 museum of the year award.
The V&A Dundee, short listed for the prize, has lost out to the museum near Cardiff.
David Anderson, director General of National Museums Wales, was presented with the £100,000 prize by artist Jeremy Deller at a ceremony in London.
St Fagans is the first Welsh winner of Art Fund Museum of the Year and Wales’ most visited heritage attraction.
The winner was chosen from five finalists: HMS Caroline in Belfast, Nottingham Contemporary, Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, St. Fagans National Museum of History and V&A Dundee.
Each of the other finalist museums receives a £10,000 prize in recognition of their achievements.
Stephen Deuchar, Art Fund director and chair of the judges for Art Fund Museum of the Year 2019 said: "St Fagans lives, breathes and embodies the culture and identity of Wales.
"A monument to modern museum democracy, it has been transformed through a major development project involving the direct participation of hundreds of thousands of visitors and volunteers, putting the arts of making and building into fresh contexts – social and political, historic and contemporary.
"This magical place was made by the people of Wales for people everywhere, and stands as one of the most welcoming and engaging museums anywhere in the UK."
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