JUDGES yesterday travelled to Scotland's far north to inspect an exhibition in the running for this year's £100,000 Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries.
Francine Stock, the author and broadcaster who chairs this year's Gulbenkian judges, was in Thurso along with fellow judges TV historian Dan Snow, and scientist and director of the Materials Library, Dr Mark Miodownik.
They were there to see Anatomy Acts at the town's Swanson Gallery.
Designed to bring outstanding exhibits from Scotland's leading medical collections to a wider audience, the exhibition contains a host of fascinating items ranging from centuries old anatomical drawings to contemporary art and from wax models to modern imaging techniques.
The exhibition is part of Scotland and Medicine: Collections and Connections, one of only two Scottish projects on a long-list of 10 in the running for this year's Gulbenkian Prize.
The other Scottish contender is the New Century Project to restore and redisplay Glasgow's Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.
The projects are competing to be selected for the short-list of four for the prize, which will be announced in early April, with the 2007 winner being revealed on May 24.
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