Awards for At-Bristol
Since opening in July 2000, At-Bristol has strived to provide the best possible experience to its visitors. As part of this At-Bristol is proud to have won a number of prestigious awards covering accessibility, quality, architecture, car park and website merits:
- Attraction Awards
- Sustainability Awards
- Accessibility Awards
- Design, Development and Environmental Awards
- Car Park Awards
- Website Awards
Attraction Awards
Winner: Visitor Attraction of the Year 2011, Bristol Tourism and Hospitality Awards 2011
This award was measured against the high standard of day to day operation, sustainability, audience development and customer service. Attractions had to demonstrate how they exceeded expectation in all areas. Find out more about At-Bristol's visitor attraction of the year award
Awarded bronze: Investors in People
The Bronze award is only awards to the top 3% of all IInvestors in People recognised organisations
Awarded: Learning Outside the Classroom quality badge
This education quality badge recognises organisations which have pledged to engage in an ongoing process to sustain good-quality learning outside the classroom.
Awarded: Quality Assured Visitor Attraction (2008/09), VisitBritain
At-Bristol has been awarded accreditation as part of VisitBritain's Visitor Attraction Quality Assurance Scheme.
Winner: Family Attraction of the Year (2001): The Good Britain Guide
Shortlisted: Best New Attraction for Groups: Group Travel Organiser Magazine
"Beating a host of other top quality UK attractions and just pipped at the post by London Eye, At-Bristol has shown that it is a really world class attraction for both families and groups."
Winner: Large Attraction of the Year (2001): England in Excellence Awards South West
Established by the English Tourism Council, the England in Excellence Awards programme is one of the major events in the travel and tourism industry's calendar. At-Bristol was named ‘Large Attraction of the Year’ by South West Tourism.
Finalist: Large Visitor Attraction of the Year: South West Tourism Excellence Awards
At-Bristol was chosen by South West Tourism as a finalist in these prestigious annual awards.
Awarded: Instalment of the Year: AV Magazine
This award was for At-Bristol’s interactive exhibits. The magazine said that the ‘AV materials make science accessible to a wide range of public, including those with special needs’.
Finalist: Best Provision of Group Facilities: Group travel Organiser Magazine
Sustainability Awards
West of England Carbon Challenge Carbon Champions Award 2012
Awarded two years in a row for reducing carbon emissions by at least 10% over a 12 month period. Find out more about our 2012 Carbon Challenge Carbon Champions award
Silver: Sustainability South West Tourism Excellence Award 2012
Winners from a total of 350 entries overall. Find out more about the our South West Tourism Sustainability award
Gold Green Business Tourism Award achieved 26 April 2011
The GTBS is the national sustainable tourism certification scheme for the UK. Originally developed in partnership with Visit Scotland, it is now the only certification scheme validated by Visit Britain, through the International Centre for Responsible Tourism (ICRT). Find out more about the Green Business Tourism award
West of England Carbon Challenge Carbon Champions Award 2011
The West of England Carbon Challenge is a network of businesses, NGOs and public sector organisations committed to a 10% reduction in carbon emissions by 2012. Find out more about the Carbon Challenge
10:10 Campaign success story
12% reduction in carbon emissions in 12 months against a target of 10%. Achieved on 31 July 2011 Here's more about the 10:10 Campaign
Accessibility Awards
Winner: Best Disabled Facility: Group Leisure Awards 2004
Voted for by the readers of Group Leisure Magazine, the award of Best Disabled Facility recognises At-Bristol's commitment to providing full Access for All to all our exhibitions, events and facilities.
Winner: Tourism for All: England in Excellence Awards South West
This award recognised At-Bristol’s policy of access for people of all abilities.
Finalist: Excellence in Access: ADAPT Trust Access Award
This award honours excellence in access provision to arts and heritage buildings for people of all abilities.
Find out more about access for all at At-Bristol
Design, Development and Environmental Awards
Winner: Urban Design: The Civic Trust Awards
At-Bristol's innovative buildings and Open Spaces received this award which recognises the significant contribution that At-Bristol has made to the development of the city.
Winner: Bristol Civic Society Environmental Awards
The Bristol Civic Society rewards improvements to the local environment and the imaginative use of buildings no longer needed for their original purpose. At-Bristol shows how the sensitive regeneration of old buildings (a derelict railway goods shed and a Victorian leadworks) can enhance a development and retain Bristol's heritage.
Winner: Bristol Civic Society Environmental Awards
Millennium Square includes unique artworks and areas suitable for live entertainment while complementing the rich architectural heritage of the historic harbourside.
Winner: RIBA Award for Architecture: Royal Institute of British Architects
The At-Bristol building designed by Wilkinson Eyre was one of two innovative buildings in Wessex rewarded with the coveted RIBA Awards for Architecture. The judges said ‘this building is an exciting advertisement for the museum and it is to be commended not only as architecture, but also for a significant contribution to the public realm’.
Case-study: ’Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention' report: Deputy Prime Ministers Office
At-Bristol is detailed as a successful case study. At-Bristol is referred to throughout the report, with the main write-up on pages 73 and 74.
Download the Safer Places: The Planning System and Crime Prevention report
Car Park Awards
Awarded: Car Park Star Award: The AA’s top 10 UK car parks
At-Bristol's Millennium Square car park features in a list of the top 10 UK car parks.
Awarded: Secure Car Park Award: Avon and Somerset Police
As part of a nationwide initiative, the award recognises the spacious and well-lit design of the underground parking facility and the safe and hospitable environment it offers visitors.
Website Awards
Yahoo Best Educational Website
At-Bristol's website Your amazing brain www.youramazingbrain.org won Yahoo's best educational website of 2004.
Science Fact
Whales talk to each other by making a loud clicking noise. The sound waves travel extremely well underwater so they can hear each other from 100 miles away
