The awards, run by the Hertfordshire Association of Museums, took place in Hertford Castle on 27 February 2025.
Following this year’s public vote, Garden City Collection has taken home the coveted Hertfordshire Museums Object of the Year award. Their entry was a Tawa (a pan used to make chapattis) that was handmade out of steel from the K&L factory in Letchworth.
The pan was made by Gurdev Singh Shergill, using metal from the factory where he worked as it was not possible to buy these pans in any local shops.
Runners-up included:
- A Roman tegula roof tile, with animal paw prints from Lowewood Museum. Roman clay tiles were left to dry in the sun and this one has attracted a dog, and possibly other animals, to have a wander over it, leaving their paw prints for us to admire centuries later.
- The Marconi Clocking in Clock from St Albans Museum + Gallery. The clock was used in the Marconi factory in the Fleetville area of St Albans, to record the working hours of employees until 1988 when it was put up as a prize in a company raffle.