THE North-East's first national museum was under the spotlight yesterday when the Gulbenkian Award judges visited County Durham.

Locomotion: The National Railway Museum, in Shildon, has been shortlisted for the coveted accolade of Gulbenkian Museum of the Year.

Yesterday museum manager George Muirhead and Andrew Scott, head of the National Railway Museum, showed the judges around the multi-million pound project which opened in September.

Published: 03/03/2005