THE LCD AWARDS
Leading culture destinations CELEBRATE THE BEST ESTABLISHED and EMERGING CULTURE DESTINATIONS WORLDWIDE. each year THE LCD AWARDS SHINES A LIGHT
ON THE THE MOST IMPACTFUL CULTURAL ACTIVATIONS from those INSTITUTIONS and ORGANISATIONS SHAPING TOMORROW'S WORLd.
THE 2018 AWARDS WILL TAKE PLACE IN LONDON, ON FRIDAY, THE 28TH OF SEPTEMBER.
THE Selection process
OUR SHORTLIST IS DRAWN UP FROM THE NOMINATIONS OF OUR AMBASSADORS, OUR OWN EXHAUSTIVE RESEARCH, and THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE WORLD’S LEADING CULTURAL PLANNING CONSULTANCY: LORD CULTURAL RESOURCES. Once the shortlist is refined to three institutions per category, the Jury casts its final vote to declare the winner in each category.
MEET THE 2018 JURY HERE:
“The Leading Culture Destinations Awards introduces museums to new partners and new audiences”
THE CATEGORIES
THE LCD AWARDS CELEBRATE THE BEST EXHIBITION PROGRAMMING, THE BEST MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE AND THE BEST DIGITAL, DINING AND SHOPPING EXPERIENCES. RECENT OPENINGS ARE RECOGNISED IN EACH GEO-POLITICAL REGION OF THE GLOBE, AND THERE IS A SPECIAL ‘SOFT POWER DESTINATIONS’ SEGMENT WITH ACCOLADES FOR THE INSTITUTIONS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED MOST TO THE DEVELOPING SPHERE OF URBAN GOVERNANCE BY INFLUENCE AND PERSUASION.
FINALLY, OUR TRAVELLERS’ AWARDS RECOGNISE THE MOST STIMULATING AND IMAGINATIVE CITY FOR THE CULTURAL NOMAD TO VISIT, AND THE BEST ‘ART HOTEL’ EXPERIENCE WORLDWIDE.
LEADING culture destinations OF THE YEAR
(NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS)
EXHIBITION
ARCHITECTURE
RESTAURANT
SHOP
DIGITAL experience
LEADING CULTURE DESTINation OF THE YEAR
NEW culture destinations OF THE YEAR
(LAST 24 MONTHS- NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS)
EUROPE || N. AMERICA || LATIN AMERICA
ASIA PACIFIC
MIDDLE EAST | uae | africa
SOFT POWER DESTINATIONS OF THE YEAR
BEST ACTIVATION
BEST CULTURAL ORGANISATION
BEST CULTURAL DISTRICT
EXPERIENTIAL DESTINATIONS of the year
BEST lgbt DESTINATION
BEST FESTIVAL DESTINATION
BEST FOOD DESTINATION
BEST SMART TECH DESTINATION
BEST Silk Road DESTINATION
CLIMATE SMART AWARD
(IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SUNx- NON PROFIT ORGANISATIONS)
BEST EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
AVIS TRAVELLERS’ AWARDS
EMERGING CULTURE CITY OF THE YEAR
cultural nomad of the year
ART HOTEL OF THE YEAR
Richie Hawtin aka Plastikman is an iconic DJ / performer, artist and technology pioneer and has collaborated with a number of artistic visionaries including Anish Kapoor and Raf Simons, and performed at both the Guggenheim Museum in New York and the Grand Palais in Paris.
2018 awards partners
