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Peterhead museum in line for raft of tourism awards

Jackie Stuart at Peterhead Prison Museum.
Jackie Stuart, pictured at Peterhead Prison museum, has died at the age of 93.

A north-east museum is in line to win three tourism awards after just a year of business.

Peterhead Prison Museum opened last summer and has already had more than 70,000 visitors walk through its gates from across the globe.

And now the visitor attraction has been nominated for a hat-trick of gongs at this year’s Aberdeen City and Shire Tourism Awards, which celebrates venues across the region that have improved the area for sightseers.

The museum has been named in the best visitor attraction, innovation in tourism and working together in tourism award categories.

It faces competition from the likes of Transition Extreme Sports, Aberdeen International Airport and the Dog Walk Brewery Tour.

Conrad Ritchie, whose firm Score Group operates the museum, said: “All staff at Peterhead Prison Museum are delighted to be finalists in three categories.

“This is testament to the hard work and dedication of all members of staff and volunteers.

“This will encourage us to move forward and create a better experience for all visitors.”

The award nod for the prison comes almost 30 years to the day when one of its oldest volunteers was himself caught up in a riot within its walls.

Jackie Stewart, 87, was a former prison officer at the facility 30 years ago when he was taken hostage by a group of inmates.

The siege lasted five days before being broken up by the SAS.

On the museum, he said: “It is great to see what a huge success the whole development has been.”

The prison is just one of 46 finalists announced as part of this year’s award scheme.

The winners, who will be announced on November 24, will represent the region in the national tourism awards in the spring.