Redeveloped gallery in Walthamstow, London, dedicated to Victorian artist was facing cuts and possible closure
A museum dedicated to the life and works of the Victorian designer, artist and ardent socialist William Morris has been named winner of the UK's largest arts prize.
The William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow, London, won the £100,000 Art Fund Prize for Museum of the Year, triumphing over institutions that included the Kelvingrove in Glasgow, the Baltic in Gateshead and the Hepworth in Wakefield.