UCC's Glucksman Gallery wins a prestigious art museum award

University College Cork gallery scoops a major Europe-wide honour due to 'excellence in curatorial practice, collections care, and audience engagement'

Eilish Kennedy was all smiles as she displayed her work after a workshop with Ciara Rodgers at the UCC Glucksman last September. Excellence in audience engagement was one of the factors judges considered as they named the Glucksman Art Museum of the Year. File picture: Denis Minihane

A gallery on the campus of University College Cork was announced today as the winner of a top European award.

The Lewis Glucksman Gallery won the Art Museum Award for 2022, awarded by the European Museum Academy at a ceremony in Luxembourg earlier this afternoon.