‘The Life and Works of Alan Turing’ Bletchley Park exhibition nominated for prestigious Art Fund Prize 2012

Bletchley Park has been nominated for its new exhibition ‘The Life and Works of Alan Turing’ developed following a high-profile public campaign last year to save a rare collection of Alan Turing’s work for the nation. The collection was secured for Bletchley Park after an exciting collaboration of the public, the private sector and the public sector to provide the funding package required.

Iain Standen, CEO of the Bletchley Park Trust, welcomed the announcement saying, “It is an enormous privilege for the Bletchley Park Trust that the Turing Exhibition has been long‐listed for this highly prestigious award. I am delighted that this nomination, very fittingly in the Turing Centenary Year, will bring greater attention to the short but brilliant life and work of Alan Turing.”

Lord Smith of Finsbury, Chair of the Judges, said: “Whittling the achievements of Britain’s museums over the past year down to a list of ten was an unbelievably challenging task. The outstanding quality of the projects that we finally settled on, however, perfectly encapsulates the vitality and dynamism of a part of our nation’s cultural life that continues to innovate, push boundaries and engage the public, even in these straitened times.”

The ten longlisted museums are:

• Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes, Bucks.: The Life and Works of Alan Turing

• M Shed, Bristol: A New Museum for Bristol

• National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh: National Museum of Scotland Development

• Riverside Museum, Scotland's Museum of Transport and Travel, Glasgow: Riverside Museum Project

• Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Exeter, Devon: RAMM Development Project

• The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, West Yorkshire: The Hepworth Wakefield

• The Holburne Museum, Bath, Somerset: The Holburne Museum Development Project

• The National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh: Portrait of the Nation

• Turner Contemporary, Margate, Kent: Turner Contemporary

• Watts Gallery, Guildford, Surrey: The Watts Gallery Hope Project

Tell the judges why Bletchley Park deserves to win the Art Fund Prize 2012

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For visitor information, contact 01908 640404, info@bletchleypark.org.uk, or go to www.bletchleypark.org.uk

Editor’s Information

•Further details about each of the events are available on request.

•Cost of the Annual Season Ticket is:

Adults: £12.00

Concessions: (Over 60's and students with valid ID.) £10.00 Children 12 to 16: £6.00

Children under 12: (with friends and family only. Groups of children with clubs, such as Cub Scouts, should contact us in advance) Free of Charge

Family Ticket: (Two adults + Two children aged 12 to 16) £26.00

Tickets include a guided tour (subject to availability) and/or the use of an audio guide.

On-site parking is £3 per car.

•The National Museum of Computing

The cost of admission to the Colossus and Tunny galleries;- Adults £2, Children (13 to 16) and Concessions (over 60s and students with a valid ID card) £1, children aged 12 and under will be free. This is NOT an annual season ticket but a one-day admission pass.

When the rest of TNMOC is open on Thursdays and Saturdays, a visitor can upgrade their £2 admission by paying an additional £3 to visit the museum at the TNMOC pay booth.

•Bletchley Park is open every day except Christmas Eve,Christmas Day,Boxing Day and New Years Day:

•1 March to 31 October – 9.30 am to 5.00pm (weekdays and weekends)

•1 November to 28 February – 9.30 am to 4.00pm (weekdays and weekends.)

•Photographs are available as jpegs on request

Press contacts

•Kelsey Griffin, Director – Museum Operations, Bletchley Park Trust, 01908 272 655,

•Caroline Murdoch, Redworks PR, 01869 810 443, caroline@redworks.co.uk.