Kelvingrove Museum and Art Gallery has won another top award to add to its growing list of accolades.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors in Scotland has given the Glasgow museum its Building Conservation Prize at its annual awards ceremony.

Kelvingrove reopened two years ago following a £53m refurbishment, and has since become the most-visited tourist attraction in Scotland and is rapidly approaching its five millionth visitor since then.

The award will be accepted today by Liz Cameron, chairwoman of Culture and Sport Glasgow, the charitable trust responsible for the museum, on behalf of the design team who drew up the restoration.

The museum, which is ranked 14th most-visited in the world, will now go forward to the RICS Global Award finals in London later this year.

Visitor numbers at the museum have been boosted by a number of temporary exhibitions, including a display of clothes and memorabilia from Australian pop star Kylie Minogue as well as the numerous art treasures from around the world on the upper floors.

More than 160,000 people flocked to the Kylie exhibition in just four months. Next year a Doctor Who exhibition, believed to be the largest of its kind, is expected to prove equally popular and in 2010 a Glasgow Boys exhibition will show many examples of the group of artists, including James Guthrie, John Lavery and George Henry.

Ms Cameron said: "It is an honour that the hugely successful refurbishment of Kelvingrove has been recognised once again.

"The building is part of Glasgow's rich architectural heritage and it houses part of one of the great civic collections in the world.

"To be so close to five million visitors in the two years since it reopened is a special landmark that once again shows the high regard so many people have for Kelvingrove."

RICS praised the ability of the team in updating the landmark building while retaining its historic character.

Graeme Hartley, RICS Scotland director, said: "The judges were impressed by the scale and care taken to successfully deliver a very demanding project like Kelvingrove. As a category A-listed building, the team had to be careful to safeguard and enhance the building and its surroundings while bringing it into the 21st century.

"The number of visitors to Kelvingrove endorses the success of the project and makes it a well-deserved winner."

Kelvingrove has in the past two years won a host of awards including being named Best Designed Place, named a winner at the Glasgow Institute of Architecture, Design Awards and recognised by Royal Institute of Architects Scotland as a finalist in its best building category.