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Kew Palace in line for £100,000 arts award
Elizabeth Hopkirk, Evening Standard4 Apr 2007
Britain's smallest royal palace has been shortlisted for the Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries.
Kew Palace is one of four attractions in the running for the £100,000 award.
The others are Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, and Weston Park Museum in Sheffield.
The nominees were whittled down from a list of 10 and the winner will be announced at a ceremony at the Royal Institute of British Architects in Portland Place on 24 May.
Kew Palace, a four-storey, red brick house in Kew Gardens, was built in 1631 and first used by the royal family in 1728. Over the centuries it became a more permanent home; King George IV was born there and Queen Charlotte died there.
The palace reopened to the public last year after undergoing restoration.
