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Ulster Museum shortlisted for top award

The Ulster Museum in Belfast has been short-listed for the UK's largest single arts prize.

The Art Fund Prize annually awards £100,000 to a museum or gallery for a project completed in the last year.

News of the shortlisting follows the announcement that the museum has lifted a prestigious award for the best permanent exhibition in the UK.

Since reopening last October, the museum has become Northern Ireland's busiest tourist attraction with current visitor numbers standing at more than 355,000.

Read entire article at BBC