The Glasnevin Museum secured the title at the Museum and Heritage Awards for Excellence, defeating competing finalists such as Nasa’s Kennedy Space Center in the United States and the Museum of Islamic Arts in Egypt, which came second.

“It is one of the hardest awards to even enter; they are looking for the best museums in the world,” said Mark Leslie, managing director of Martello Media, the company that created the exhibits at Glasnevin. Richard McCullough, Managing Director of designco worked with Martello Media as an exhibition consultant on the project and designco have designed and produced exhibition space within the Museum in recent months and are very proud to have such a prestigious client.