The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) is presented each year by the
European Museum Forum
The European Museum Forum is a museum organization under the Council of Europe. It is an independent, non-profit-making charity, registered in the United Kingdom and founded in 1977.
The European Museum Forum organizes the annual European Museum ...
(
EMF) under the auspices of the
Council of Europe. The EMYA is considered the most important annual award in the European museum sector.
History
The EMYA was founded in 1977 by British journalist
Kenneth Hudson, British academic
Richard Hoggart
Herbert Richard Hoggart (24 September 1918 – 10 April 2014) was a British academic whose career covered the fields of sociology, English literature and cultural studies, with emphasis on British popular culture.
Early life
Hoggart was bor ...
, and John Letts, under the auspices of the
Council of Europe. It is considered to be the most important award in its sector,
being described by the ''Network of European Museums'' (NEMO) as "the longest-running and most prestigious museum awards in Europe".
The ''
Fonds de dotation de l’ICOM'' of the
International Council of Museums
The International Council of Museums (ICOM) is a non-governmental organisation dedicated to museums, maintaining formal relations with UNESCO and having a consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Founded in 1946, I ...
supports the European Museum of the Year Award.
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.
* In 2011, the Silletto Prize for community/cultural engagement.
* In 2019, the Portimão Museum Prize for the most welcoming museum.
* In 2020, the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability for "exceptional commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability".
Criteria
The EMF state that the European Museum of the Year is based on:
The EMF state that the Council of Europe Museum Prize is based on:
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.
European Museum of the Year winners (1977–)
The following are the winners of the main European Museum of the Year award:
Council of Europe Museum Prize winners (1977–)
The following are the winners of the Council of Europe Museum Prize award:
Kenneth Hudson Award winners (2010–)
The following are the winners of the Kenneth Hudson Award:
Silletto Prize winners (2011–)
The following are the winners of the Silletto Prize:
Portimão Museum Prize winners (2019–)
The following are the winners of the Portimão Museum Prize:
Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability winners (2020–)
The following are the winners of the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability:
See also
*
List of awards for contributions to culture
This list of awards for contributions to culture is an index to articles about notable awards for contributions to culture in a general sense. The awards listed here have a relatively open-ended scope, e.g. they apply to the arts irrespective o ...
*
Europa Nostra
Europa Nostra (Italian for "Our Europe") is a pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage, representing citizens' organisations that work on safeguarding Europe's cultural and natural heritage. It is the voice of this movement to relevant inte ...
*
The Best in Heritage
The Best in Heritage is an international, annual survey of award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. The survey was launched in 2003 by the European Heritage Association from Zagreb under leadership from professor Tomislav S. Šola ...
*
Museum of the Year
The Museum of the Year Award, formerly known as the Gulbenkian Prize and the Art Fund Prize, is an annual prize awarded to a museum or gallery in the United Kingdom for a "track record of imagination, innovation and excellence". The award of £ ...
References
External links
EMYA Winners
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Awards established in 1977
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