European Museum of the Year Award | |
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Awarded for | Unique atmosphere, imaginative interpretation and presentation, a creative approach to education and social responsibility. [1] |
Sponsored by | |
Date | April–May |
Location | Various European cities |
First awarded | 1977 |
Last awarded | 2021 |
Website | europeanforum |
The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) is presented each year by the European Museum Forum (EMF) under the auspices of the Council of Europe. [2] The EMYA is considered the most important annual award in the European museum sector. [3] [4]
The EMYA was founded in 1977 by British journalist Kenneth Hudson, British academic Richard Hoggart, and John Letts, under the auspices of the Council of Europe. [5] It is considered to be the most important award in its sector, [3] [6] being described by the Network of European Museums (NEMO) as "the longest-running and most prestigious museum awards in Europe". [4]
The Fonds de dotation de l’ICOM of the International Council of Museums supports the European Museum of the Year Award. [7]
Since 1977, the EMF has presented two main awards:
Three additional prizes were subsequently added to the EMF awards:
The EMF state that the European Museum of the Year is based on:
This award goes to a museum which contributes most directly to attracting audiences and satisfying its visitors with unique atmosphere, imaginative interpretation and presentation, a creative approach to education and social responsibility.
The EMF state that the Council of Europe Museum Prize is based on:
This prestigious prize is awarded on the recommendations of the EMYA Judging Panel, by the Committee on Culture, Science and Education of the Council of Europe to a museum which puts particular emphasis on a clearly understandable presentation of a European perspective and of the interplay between local and European identities, working with themes of European relevance and adhering to key values and priorities of democracy, human rights, tolerance and intercultural dialogue, of bridging cultures and overcoming social and political borders.
Museums in 47 European countries, all members of the Council of Europe, can take part in the competition if they are newly opened or have undergone modernization or expansion in the past three years. [13]
The following are the winners of the main European Museum of the Year award:
The following are the winners of the Council of Europe Museum Prize award: [20]
The following are the winners of the Kenneth Hudson Award: [8]
Year | Image | Museum | Location | Country |
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2010 | Museum of Contraception and Abortion | Vienna | Austria | |
2011 | Museum of Broken Relationships | Zagreb | Croatia | |
2012 | Glasnevin Museum | Dublin | Ireland | |
2013 | Batalha Municipal Community Museum | Batalha | Portugal | |
2014 | Žanis Lipke Memorial | Riga | Latvia | |
2015 | International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum | Geneva | Switzerland | |
2016 | Micropia | Amsterdam | Netherlands | |
2017 | Museum of the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin | Yekaterinburg | Russia | |
2018 | Estonian National Museum | Tartu | Estonia | |
2019 | World Museum Vienna | Vienna | Austria | |
2020 | House of Austrian History | Vienna | Austria | |
2021 | CosmoCaixa Barcelona | Barcelona | Spain | |
2022 | Wayne Modest, Nanette Snoep, Laura van Broekhoven & Leontine Meijer-van Mensch | n/a | n/a | |
2023 | 23,5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory, Türkiye | Istanbul | Turkey |
The following are the winners of the Silletto Prize: [9]
Year | Image | Museum | Location | Country |
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2011 | Watersnoodmuseum | Ouwerkerk | Netherlands | |
2012 | TOPIC International Puppets Center | Tolosa | Spain | |
2013 | Museum aan de Stroom | Antwerp | Belgium | |
2014 | Saurer Museum | Arbon | Switzerland | |
2015 | Familistère de Guise | Guise | France | |
2016 | Vukovar City Museum | Vukovar | Croatia | |
2017 | Leiria Museum | Leiria | Portugal | |
2018 | Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding | Betina | Croatia | |
2019 | Shipwreck Museum St. George | Thorsminde | Denmark | |
2020 | 14 Henrietta Street | Dublin | Ireland | |
2021 | Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum | Bayburt | Turkey | |
2022 | Museum of Footwear and Industry | Inca | Spain | |
2023 | Otar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological Museum of Georgian National Museum | Vani | Georgia |
The following are the winners of the Portimão Museum Prize: [10]
Year | Image | Museum | Location | Country |
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2019 | Brunel's SS Great Britain | Bristol | United Kingdom | |
2020 | MO Museum | Vilnius | Lithuania | |
2021 | Gruuthusemuseum | Bruges | Belgium | |
2022 | University Museum of Bergen | Bergen | Norway | |
2023 | Chillida Leku | Hernani | Spain |
The following are the winners of the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability: [11]
Year | Image | Museum | Location | Country |
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2020 | Wadden Sea Centre | Ribe | Denmark | |
2021 | Museum Walserhaus | Bosco/Gurin | Switzerland | |
2022 | Holmegaard Glass Factory | Holmegaard | Denmark | |
2023 | Swiss Museum of Agriculture | Alberswil | Switzerland |
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European Museum of the Year Award scheme was established by three British founders (Kenneth Hudson, Richard Hoggart and John Letts) in 1977.
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