European Museum of the Year Award
The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), established in 1977, is presented each year by the European Museum Forum (EMF), under the Council of Europe.[1] It was founded by Kenneth Hudson.[2]
Two more awards are simultaneously presented by the EMF: Kenneth Hudson Award, and the Silletto Prize.
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[edit] Overview
EMYA is awarded to two kinds of museums:[3]
- Established museums that have undergone modernization or expansion during the past two years.
- New museums opened to the public in the previous two years.
[edit] European Museum of the Year winners
- 1977: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Ironbridge, United Kingdom
- 1978: Schloss Rheydt Municipal Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany
- 1979: Museum of the Camargue, Arles, France
- 1980: Catharine Convent State Museum, Utrecht, Netherlands
- 1981: Folk Art Museum, Nafplion, Greece
- 1982: Museum of Art and History, Saint-Denis, France
- 1983: Regional Museum (Museum Sarganserland), Sargans, Switzerland
- 1984: Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen Netherlands
- 1987: Beamish: North of England Open Air Museum, Stanley, United Kingdom
- 1988: Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense, Denmark
- 1989: Sundsvall Museum, Sundsvall, Sweden
- 1990: Ecomuseum of the Fourmies-Trélon Region, Fourmies, France
- 1991: Leventis Museum of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
- 1992: State Museum of Technology and Work, Mannheim, Germany
- 1993: Alta Museum, Alta, Norway
- 1994: National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1995: The 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: Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
- 2000: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
- 2001: National Railway Museum, York, United Kingdom[4]
- 2002: Chester Beatty Library, Dublin, Ireland[5]
- 2003: Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom (specifically for the new British Galleries)[6]
- 2004: Archaeological Museum of Alicante, Spain
- 2005: Netherlands Open Air Museum, Arnhem, Netherlands
- 2006: CosmoCaixa, Barcelona, Spain[7][dead link]
- 2007: German Emigration Center, Bremerhaven, Germany
- 2008: Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn, Estonia
- 2009: Salzburg Museum in Salzburg, Austria
- 2010: Ozeaneum Stralsund, Stralsund, Germany[8]
- 2011: Gallo-Roman Museum, Tongeren, Belgium[9]
[edit] Kenneth Hudson Award
The Kenneth Hudson Award "goes to a museum, person, project or a group of people who have demonstrated the most unusual, daring and, perhaps, controversial achievement that challenges common perceptions of the role of museums in society and carries forward the spirit of Kenneth Hudson". The 2011 Award went to the Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb, Croatia.[9]
[edit] Silletto Prize
The Silletto Prize rewards "the best voluntary and community involvement of museums in Europe". It was introduced in 2011. Its inaugural winner was the Watersnoodmuseum (Flood Museum) in Ouwerkerk, Netherlands.[9]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ European Museum Forum, Council of Europe.
- ^ Museum of Broken Relationships wins Kenneth Hudson Award, European Cultural Foundation.
- ^ European Museum of the Year Award. BRICKS Project: Building resources for Integrated Cultural knowledge Services, 2005.
- ^ Maev Kennedy (2002-05-01). "Steaming". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/may/01/arts.artsnews. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Brian Lavery (2002-07-17). "Arts Abroad; An Irish Castle for Religious Manuscripts". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EED81439F934A25754C0A9649C8B63. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ Jonathan Glancey (2004-09-13). "Spiralling into Oblivion". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/200409130036. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Top European Museum Prize Goes to Spain". Khaleej Times. 2006-05-14. http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/May/theworld_May521.xml§ion=theworld. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ 2010 European Museum of the Year Award, Tampere, Finland, 19–22 May 2010.
- ^ a b c "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. http://www.europeanmuseumforum.ru/images/documents/emya2011en.pdf. Retrieved 2 July 2011.
