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European Museum of the Year Award
Awarded forUnique atmosphere, imaginative interpretation and presentation, a creative approach to education and social responsibility. [1]
Sponsored by
DateApril–May
LocationVarious European cities
First awarded1977 (1977)
Last awarded2021 (2021)
Website europeanforum.museum
2017 Map of European Museum of the Year Award-winning museum locations

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]

History

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]

Awards

Categories

Since 1977, the EMF has presented two main awards:

  • European Museum of the Year
  • Council of Europe Museum Prize

Three additional prizes were subsequently added to the EMF awards:

  • In 2010, the Kenneth Hudson Award for daring achievement. [8]
  • In 2011, the Silletto Prize for community/cultural engagement. [9]
  • In 2019, the Portimão Museum Prize for the most welcoming museum. [10]
  • In 2020, the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability for "exceptional commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability". [11]

Criteria

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.

—  European Museum Forum, (2019). [1]

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.

—  European Museum Forum, (2019). [12]

Judging

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]

European Museum of the Year winners (1977–)

The following are the winners of the main European Museum of the Year award:

Year Image Museum Location Country
1977 Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust Ironbridge   United Kingdom
1978 Schloss Rheydt Museum Mönchengladbach   West Germany
1979 Museum of the Camargue [ fr] Arles   France
1980 Catharine Convent Museum Utrecht   Netherlands
1981 Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation Nafplio   Greece
1982 Museum of Art and History Saint-Denis   France
1983 Museum Sarganserland Sargans    Switzerland
1984 Zuiderzee Museum Enkhuizen   Netherlands
1986 Museum of Medieval Stockholm Stockholm   Sweden
1987 Beamish Museum Stanley   United Kingdom
1988 Brandts Museum Odense   Denmark
1989 Sundsvall Museum Sundsvall   Sweden
1990 Fourmies-Trélon Regional Ecomuseum [ tr] Fourmies   France
1991 Leventio Museum Nicosia   Cyprus
1992 State Museum of Technology and Work Mannheim   Germany
1993 Alta Museum Alta   Norway
1994 National Museum of Denmark Copenhagen   Denmark
1995 Olympic Museum Lausanne    Switzerland
1996 Museum of the Romanian Peasant Bucharest   Romania
1997 Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Ankara   Turkey
1998 National Conservation Centre Liverpool   United Kingdom
1999 French Museum of Playing Cards Issy-les-Moulineaux   France
2000 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Bilbao   Spain
2001 National Railway Museum [14] York   United Kingdom
2002 Chester Beatty Library [15] Dublin   Ireland
2003 Victoria and Albert Museum - British Galleries [16] London   United Kingdom
2004 Archaeological Museum of Alicante Alicante   Spain
2005 Netherlands Open Air Museum Arnhem   Netherlands
2006 CosmoCaixa Barcelona   Spain
2007 German Emigration Center Bremerhaven   Germany
2008 Kumu Art Museum Tallinn   Estonia
2009 Salzburg Museum Salzburg   Austria
2010 Ozeaneum [17] Stralsund   Germany
2011 Gallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren [18] Tongeren   Belgium
2012 Medina Azahara Museum Córdoba   Spain
2013 Riverside Museum Glasgow   United Kingdom
2014 The Museum of Innocence Istanbul   Turkey
2015 Rijksmuseum Amsterdam   Netherlands
2016 POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews Warsaw   Poland
2017 Musée d'ethnographie de Genève Geneva    Switzerland
2018 Design Museum [19] London   United Kingdom
2019 Rijksmuseum Boerhaave Leiden   Netherlands
2020 Stapferhaus Lenzburg    Switzerland
2021 Naturalis Biodiversity Center Leiden   Netherlands
2022 Museum of the Mind Haarlem   Netherlands
2023 L'Etno Valencian Museum of Ethnology Valencia   Spain

Council of Europe Museum Prize winners (1977–)

The following are the winners of the Council of Europe Museum Prize award: [20]

Year Image Museum Location Country
1977 Fundació Joan Miró Barcelona   Spain
1978 Bryggens Museum Bergen   Norway
1979 Municipal Museum Rüsselsheim [ de] Rüsselsheim am Main   Germany
1980 Monaghan County Museum Monaghan   Ireland
1981 Stockholm Music Museum Stockholm   Sweden
1982 Åland Museum Mariehamn   Finland
1983 Joanneum - The Provincial Museum of Styria Graz   Austria
1984 Living Museum of the Canal du Centre Thieu   Belgium
1984 National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port   United Kingdom
1987 Museum Neukölln Berlin   Germany
1988 Bavarian National Museum Munich   Germany
1988 Convent of Las Descalzas Reales Museum Madrid   Spain
1989 Joods Historisch Museum Amsterdam   Netherlands
1990 Manuel da Maia Museum of Water Lisbon   Portugal
1991 German Salt Museum Lüneburg   Germany
1992 Argenta Marsh Museum Argenta, Emilia–Romagna   Italy
1993 İstanbul Archaeology Museums Istanbul   Turkey
1994 Provincial Museum of Lapland Rovaniemi   Finland
1995 Haus der Geschichte Bonn   Germany
1996 Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna Vienna   Austria
1997 Tropenmuseum Junior Amsterdam   Netherlands
1998 Museum Centre on Strelka Krasnoyarsk   Russia
1999 Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille Lille   France
2000 In Flanders Fields Museum Ypres   Belgium
2001 Helsinki Theatre Museum [ fi] Helsinki   Finland
2002 Buddenbrookhaus Lübeck   Germany
2003 Laténium Hauterive, Neuchâtel    Switzerland
2004 Museum of Health Care Edirne   Turkey
2005 Museum of Byzantine Culture Thessaloniki   Greece
2006 Churchill War Rooms London   United Kingdom
2007 International Museum of the Reformation Geneva    Switzerland
2008 Svalbard Museum Longyearbyen   Norway
2009 Zeeuws Museum Middelburg   Netherlands
2010 Portimão Museum Portimão   Portugal
2012 Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum Cologne   Germany
2013 Museum of Liverpool Liverpool   United Kingdom
2014 Baksı Museum Bayburt   Turkey
2015 Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations Marseille   France
2016 European Solidarity Centre Gdańsk   Poland
2017 ACTe Memorial Pointe-à-Pitre   France
2018 War Childhood Museum Sarajevo   Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019 Museum für Kommunikation Bern [ de] Bern    Switzerland
2020 Museum of Secret Surveillance Tirana   Albania
2021 Gulag History Museum [ ru] Moscow   Russia
2022 Nano Nagle Place Cork   Ireland
2023 The Workers Museum Copenhagen   Denmark

Kenneth Hudson Award winners (2010–)

The following are the winners of the Kenneth Hudson Award: [8]

Year Image Museum Location Country
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 [ de] 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

Silletto Prize winners (2011–)

The following are the winners of the Silletto Prize: [9]

Year Image Museum Location Country
2011 Watersnoodmuseum Ouwerkerk   Netherlands
2012 TOPIC International Puppets Center [ es] Tolosa   Spain
2013 Museum aan de Stroom Antwerp   Belgium
2014 Saurer Museum Arbon    Switzerland
2015 Familistère de Guise [ fr] Guise   France
2016 Vukovar City Museum Vukovar   Croatia
2017 Leiria Museum Leiria   Portugal
2018 Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding [ hr] Betina   Croatia
2019 Shipwreck Museum St. George [ da] Thorsminde [ da]   Denmark
2020 14 Henrietta Street Dublin   Ireland
2021 Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum [ tr] Bayburt   Turkey
2022 Museum of Footwear and Industry [ es] Inca   Spain
2023 Otar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological Museum of Georgian National Museum Vani   Georgia

Portimão Museum Prize winners (2019–)

The following are the winners of the Portimão Museum Prize: [10]

Year Image Museum Location Country
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

Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability winners (2020–)

The following are the winners of the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability: [11]

Year Image Museum Location Country
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

See also

References

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  2. ^ European Museum Forum, Council of Europe;
  3. ^ a b Mark Brown (14 May 2018). "Design Museum named European museum of the year". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Winners of the European Museum of the Year Award 2018". Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO). 14 May 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2019. The EMYA and the Council of Europe Museum Prize are the longest running and most prestigious museum awards in Europe.
  5. ^ "HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION". European Museum Forum. 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019. European Museum of the Year Award scheme was established by three British founders (Kenneth Hudson, Richard Hoggart and John Letts) in 1977.
  6. ^ "Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is European Museum of the Year". Museum Boerhaave. 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019. Founded in 1977, this is the oldest and most prestigious museum award in Europe.
  7. ^ (in English) "ICOM Endowment Fund and European Museum Forum signed agreement for 2016 - 2019" (PDF). Europeanmuseumforum.info. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2017.
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  10. ^ a b "The Portimão Museum Prize – Europe's Most Welcoming Museum". European Museum Forum. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  11. ^ a b "The Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability". European Museum Forum. Retrieved 21 November 2021.
  12. ^ "THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE MUSEUM PRIZE". European Museum Forum. 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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  14. ^ Maev Kennedy (1 May 2002). "Steaming". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  15. ^ Brian Lavery (17 July 2002). "Arts Abroad; An Irish Castle for Religious Manuscripts". The New York Times. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  16. ^ Jonathan Glancey (13 September 2004). "Spiralling into Oblivion". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 April 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2008.
  17. ^ 2010 European Museum of the Year Award, Tampere, Finland, 19–22 May 2010.
  18. ^ "The Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, won the European Museum of the Year Award 2011" (PDF) (Press release). European Museum Forum. 21 May 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
  19. ^ Brown, Mark (14 May 2018), "Design Museum named European museum of the year", The Guardian, retrieved 7 July 2018
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