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European Museum of the Year Award

Annual award under the Council of Europe

Annual award under the Council of Europe

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nameEuropean Museum of the Year Award
image2EMYA Map.png
caption22017 Map of European Museum of the Year Award-winning museum locations
awarded_forUnique atmosphere, imaginative interpretation and presentation, a creative approach to education and social responsibility.
sponsor
dateApril–May
locationVarious European cities
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a Europe-wide award

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. 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, 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 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–present)

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

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryIronbridge Gorge Museum TrustSchloss Rheydt MuseumCatharine Convent MuseumPeloponnesian Folklore FoundationMuseum of Art and HistoryMuseum SarganserlandZuiderzee MuseumMuseum of Medieval StockholmBeamish MuseumBrandts MuseumSundsvall MuseumLeventio MuseumState Museum of Technology and WorkAlta MuseumNational Museum of DenmarkOlympic MuseumMuseum of the Romanian PeasantMuseum of Anatolian CivilizationsNational Conservation CentreFrench Museum of Playing CardsGuggenheim Museum BilbaoNational Railway MuseumChester Beatty LibraryVictoria and Albert Museum - British GalleriesArchaeological Museum of AlicanteNetherlands Open Air MuseumCosmoCaixaGerman Emigration CenterKumu Art MuseumSalzburg MuseumOzeaneumGallo-Roman Museum of Tongeren{{cite press releaseMedina Azahara MuseumRiverside MuseumThe Museum of InnocenceRijksmuseumPOLIN Museum of the History of Polish JewsMusée d'ethnographie de GenèveDesign MuseumRijksmuseum BoerhaaveStapferhausNaturalis Biodiversity CenterMuseum of the MindL'Etno Valencian Museum of EthnologySámi Museum SiidaManchester Museum
1977[[File:Kiln at Coalport China Museum.jpg75px]]IronbridgeUnited Kingdom
1978[[Image:Schloss Rheydt North.jpg75px]]MönchengladbachWest Germany
1979[[File:Le musée de la Camargue.jpg75px]]ArlesFrance
1980[[File:Catharijneconvent.JPG75px]]UtrechtNetherlands
1981NafplioGreece
1982[[Image:SaintDenisMuseum.jpg75px]]Saint-DenisFrance
1983[[File:Sargans asv2022-10 img1 Schloss.jpg75px]]SargansSwitzerland
1984[[File:Dubbele pakhuis met trapgevels - Enkhuizen - 20406774 - RCE.jpg75px]]EnkhuizenNetherlands
1986[[File:Medeltidsmuseets entré på Strömparterren, Norrbro, Stockholm.jpg75px]]StockholmSweden
1987[[File:BeamishEntrance.jpg75px]]StanleyUnited Kingdom
1988[[File:Brandts Museum set fra Grønnegade.JPG75px]]OdenseDenmark
1989[[File:Sundsvall Kulturmagasinet.jpg75px]]SundsvallSweden
1990[[File:Fourmies écomusée.jpg75px]]FourmiesFrance
1991[[File:NICOSIA,_11_AUGUST,_2011_140.jpg75px]]NicosiaCyprus
1992[[Image:Landesmuseum.jpg75px]]MannheimGermany
1993[[File:Alta Museum.jpg75px]]AltaNorway
1994[[File:Nationalmuseet kbh.jpg75px]]CopenhagenDenmark
1995[[File:Losanna, museo olimpico, ext..JPG75px]]LausanneSwitzerland
1996[[File:Bucuresti, Romania, Muzeul Taranului Roman; B-II-m-A-18985 (1).JPG75px]]BucharestRomania
1997[[File:Musem Of Anatolian Civilisations Ankara.JPG75px]]AnkaraTurkey
1998[[File:Midland Goods.jpg75px]]LiverpoolUnited Kingdom
1999[[File:Musée de la carte à jouer.jpg75px]]Issy-les-MoulineauxFrance
2000[[File:Bilbao - Guggenheim aurore.jpg75px]]BilbaoSpain
2001[[File:NRM line up.jpg75px]]YorkUnited Kingdom
2002[[File:ChesterBeattyLibaryFrount.jpg75px]]DublinIreland
2003[[File:Victoria & Albert Museum Entrance, London, UK - Diliff.jpg75px]]LondonUnited Kingdom
2004[[File:Fachada principal del Museo Arquológico Provincial de Alicante.jpg75px]]AlicanteSpain
2005[[File:Open air museum (134) (8388023287).jpg75px]]ArnhemNetherlands
2006[[File:CosmoCaixa - 001.jpg75px]]BarcelonaSpain
2007[[File:Deutsches Auswandererhaus Bremerhaven.jpg75px]]BremerhavenGermany
2008[[File:Estonie Tallinn Kadriog Kumu Hall - panoramio.jpg75px]]TallinnEstonia
2009[[File:Salzburg Museum - Eingang.jpg75px]]SalzburgAustria
2010[[File:Ozeaneum in Stralsund, Eingang.JPG75px]]StralsundGermany
2011[[File:Belgisch-limburg 431.JPG75px]]url = http://www.europeanmuseumforum.ru/images/documents/emya2011en.pdftitle = The Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren, Belgium, won the European Museum of the Year Award 2011date = 21 May 2011publisher = European Museum Forumaccess-date = 2 July 2011archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924003746/http://www.europeanmuseumforum.ru/images/documents/emya2011en.pdfarchive-date = 24 September 2015url-status = deaddf = dmy-allTongerenBelgium
2012[[File:Cordoba - Medina Azahara 02.jpg75px]]CórdobaSpain
2013[[File:Riverside Museum rear view.JPG75px]]GlasgowUnited Kingdom
2014[[File:The Museum of Innocence.jpg75px]]IstanbulTurkey
2015[[File:Amsterdam-766-Rijksmuseum-2015-gje.jpg75px]]AmsterdamNetherlands
2016[[File:Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw 011.JPG75px]]WarsawPoland
2017[[File:MEG Genève - nouveau bâtiment - 2014-11-26.jpg75px]]GenevaSwitzerland
2018[[File:Design Museum (2) (geograph 5246509).jpg75px]]LondonUnited Kingdom
2019[[File:BoerhaaveMuseum2.jpg75px]]LeidenNetherlands
2020[[File:Stapferhaus Lenzburg.jpg75px]]LenzburgSwitzerland
2021[[File:Naturalis-Leiden-2019-2.jpg75px]]LeidenNetherlands
2022[[File:Dolhuys jacobskapelle bolwerken haarlem.JPG75px]]HaarlemNetherlands
2023[[File:Sala de secà i muntanya del Museu Valencià d'Etnologia.JPG75px]]ValenciaSpain
2024[[File:Inari Siida ulkoilmamuseo.JPG75px]]InariFinland
2025[[File:The Manchester Museum.jpg75px]]ManchesterUnited Kingdom

Council of Europe Museum Prize winners (1977–)

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

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryFundació Joan MiróBryggens MuseumMonaghan County MuseumStockholm Music MuseumÅland MuseumJoanneum - The Provincial Museum of StyriaLiving Museum of the Canal du CentreNational Waterways MuseumMuseum NeuköllnBavarian National MuseumConvent of Las Descalzas Reales MuseumJoods Historisch MuseumManuel da Maia Museum of WaterGerman Salt MuseumArgenta Marsh Museumİstanbul Archaeology MuseumsProvincial Museum of LaplandHaus der GeschichteMuseum of Applied Arts, ViennaTropenmuseum JuniorMuseum Centre on StrelkaPalais des Beaux-Arts de LilleIn Flanders Fields MuseumBuddenbrookhausLaténiumMuseum of Health CareMuseum of Byzantine CultureChurchill War RoomsInternational Museum of the ReformationSvalbard MuseumZeeuws MuseumPortimão MuseumRautenstrauch-Joest MuseumMuseum of LiverpoolBaksı MuseumMuseum of European and Mediterranean CivilisationsEuropean Solidarity CentreACTe MemorialWar Childhood MuseumMuseum of Secret SurveillanceNano Nagle PlaceThe Workers MuseumSybir Memorial MuseumYoung V&A
1977[[File:Fundació Joan Miro outdoors view.JPG75px]]BarcelonaSpain
1978[[Image:Bryggens_Museum_2013.JPG75px]]BergenNorway
1979[[Image:Museum Rüsselsheim.jpg75px]]Rüsselsheim am MainGermany
1980[[File:Monaghan County Museum 2016 08 25.jpg75px]]MonaghanIreland
1981[[File:Kronobageriet Stockholm Sibylle Riddar 20060524.jpg75px]]StockholmSweden
1982[[Image:Ålands museum1.jpg75px]]MariehamnFinland
1983[[File:Graz Altes Joanneum.jpg75px]]GrazAustria
1984[[File:Canal du Centre - Ascenseur no 2, Houdeng-Aimeries (DSCF7927).jpg75px]]ThieuBelgium
1984[[Image:National Waterways Museum, Cheshire -2.jpg75px]]Ellesmere PortUnited Kingdom
1987[[Image:Gutshof Britz Museum Neukölln (Alice Chodura).JPG75px]]BerlinGermany
1988[[File:Bayerisches Nationalmuseum - Muenchen - 2013.jpg75px]]MunichGermany
1988[[File:Monasterio de las Descalzas Reales (Madrid) 07.jpg75px]]MadridSpain
1989[[File:Joods historisch museum.jpg75px]]AmsterdamNetherlands
1990LisbonPortugal
1991[[File:Salzmuseum Lüneburg Eingang.jpg75px]]LüneburgGermany
1992[[File:Casino di Campotto 03 (Campotto, Argenta).jpg75px]]Argenta, Emilia–RomagnaItaly
1993[[File:Istanbularcheology.jpg75px]]IstanbulTurkey
1994[[File:Rovaniemi Arktikum 01.jpg75px]]RovaniemiFinland
1995BonnGermany
1996[[File:Wien 01 Museum für angewandte Kunst a.jpg75px]]ViennaAustria
1997[[File:Tropenmuseum.jpg75px]]AmsterdamNetherlands
1998[[Image:Музейный центр Площадь Мира 2020.jpg75px]]KrasnoyarskRussia
1999[[File:Lille palais des beaux arts.jpg75px]]LilleFrance
2000[[File:Flanders Fields Museum.JPG75px]]YpresBelgium
2001[[File:Teatteri- ja valokuvausmuseo-2021-05-14 19-43-08.jpg75px]]HelsinkiFinland
2002[[File:Lübeck buddenbrookhaus.jpg75px]]LübeckGermany
2003[[File:Latenium mg 2215.jpg75px]]Hauterive, NeuchâtelSwitzerland
2004[[File:20120913_Bayezid_II_Kulliye_Edirne_Turkey.jpg75px]]EdirneTurkey
2005[[File:Macedonian Museums-88-Arx Byz Thessaloniknhs-391.jpg75px]]ThessalonikiGreece
2006[[File:MapRoomCabinetWarRoomsTrim.jpg75px]]LondonUnited Kingdom
2007[[File:Geneve maison Mallet 2011-08-17 13 26 22 PICT3893.JPG75px]]GenevaSwitzerland
2008[[File:SvalbardMuseum.jpg75px]]LongyearbyenNorway
2009[[File:Middelburg, Zeeuws Museum.jpg75px]]MiddelburgNetherlands
2010[[File:Museu Municipal de Portimão (2).jpg75px]]PortimãoPortugal
2012[[File:Kulturquartier Köln - Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum - Vorderseite (6904-06).jpg75px]]CologneGermany
2013[[File:The Museum of Liverpool, Pier Head, Liverpool (geograph 2978672).jpg75px]]LiverpoolUnited Kingdom
2014[[File:Baksimuseum.jpg75px]]BayburtTurkey
2015[[File:Fort Saint-Jean&Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée.jpg75px]]MarseilleFrance
2016[[File:European Solidarity Centre 2015 071.jpg75px]]GdańskPoland
2017[[File:Mémorial ACTe en Guadeloupe.jpg75px]]Pointe-à-PitreFrance
2018[[File:War Childhood Museum.jpg75px]]SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina
2019[[File:Museum fuer Kommunikation Bern 02 10.jpg75x75px]]BernSwitzerland
2020[[File:Muzeu Kombëtar i Përgjimeve, “Shtëpia me Gjethe”.jpg75x75px]]TiranaAlbania
2021[[File:Музей истории ГУЛАГа.jpg75x75px]]MoscowRussia
2022CorkIreland
2023[[File:Forsamlingsbygningen Rømersgade Arbejdermuseet.jpg75x75px]]CopenhagenDenmark
2024[[Image:Sybir Memorial Museum, Białystok, Poland.jpg75px]]BiałystokPoland
2025[[Image:Euskararen Etxea 2011 001.jpg75px]]BilbaoSpain
2026[[File:V&A Museum of Childhood.jpg75px]]Bethnal GreenUnited Kingdom

Kenneth Hudson Award winners (2010–)

The following are the winners of the Kenneth Hudson Award:

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryMuseum of Contraception and AbortionMuseum of Broken RelationshipsGlasnevin MuseumBatalha Municipal Community MuseumŽanis Lipke MemorialInternational Red Cross and Red Crescent MuseumMicropiaMuseum of the First President of Russia Boris YeltsinEstonian National MuseumWorld Museum ViennaCosmoCaixa BarcelonaWayne Modest, Nanette Snoep, Laura van Broekhoven & Leontine Meijer-van Mensch23,5 Hrant Dink Site of MemoryIhor PoshyvailoNini Sanadiradze
2010[[Image:Museum für Verhütung und Schwangerschaftsabbruch - fassade.jpg75px]]ViennaAustria
2011[[File:HR-ZG-Zagreb146.jpg75px]]ZagrebCroatia
2012[[File:Historic Ireland - Glasnevin Cemetery Is a Hidden Gem And Well Worth a Visit (5544825503).jpg75px]]DublinIreland
2013BatalhaPortugal
2014[[File:Žaņa Lipkes memoriāls.jpg75px]]RigaLatvia
2015[[File:International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum 2010-07-01.jpg75px]]GenevaSwitzerland
2016[[File:Micropia Museum Amsterdam 4.jpg75px]]AmsterdamNetherlands
2017[[File:Yeltsin Center-Yekaterinburg.jpg75px]]YekaterinburgRussia
2018[[File:Eesti rahva muuseum DSC05187.jpg75px]]TartuEstonia
2019[[File:Wien Hofburg Neue Burg Heldenplatz.jpg75px]]ViennaAustria
2020[[File:HGOe - Heldenplatz 2.jpg75px]]ViennaAustria
2021[[File:CosmoCaixa Museu Barcelona.JPG75px]]BarcelonaSpain
2022n/an/a
2023IstanbulTurkey
2024KyivUkraine
2025TbilisiGeorgia

Silletto Prize winners (2011–)

The following are the winners of the Silletto Prize:

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryWatersnoodmuseumMuseum aan de StroomSaurer MuseumVukovar City MuseumLeiria Museum14 Henrietta StreetOtar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological Museum of Georgian National MuseumAlvor Lifeguard Interpretative Centre
2011[[File:Ouwerkerk Watersnoodmuseum 1.JPG75px]]OuwerkerkNetherlands
2012[[File:Topic tolosa.JPG75px]]TolosaSpain
2013[[File:MAS Antwerpen 2016-05 --1.jpg75px]]AntwerpBelgium
2014[[File:Fully automated schiffli embroidery machine by Saurer.jpg75px]]ArbonSwitzerland
2015[[File:Familistère de Guise.jpg75px]]GuiseFrance
2016[[File:Vukovar Dvorac Eltz SK.jpg75px]]VukovarCroatia
2017[[File:Museu de Leiria and Convento de St.º Agostinho.jpg75px]]LeiriaPortugal
2018[[File:Museum od wooden shipbuilding.jpg75px]]BetinaCroatia
2019[[File:Strandingsmuseum Thorsminde (3).jpg75px]]Denmark
2020[[File:Henrietta Street Area - Dublin 6005815690.jpg75px]]DublinIreland
2021[[Image:Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum (cropped).jpg75px]]BayburtTurkey
2022[[File:Museu del Calçat i de la Indústria.jpg75px]]IncaSpain
2023[[File:Vani Archaeological Museum, Main building.jpg75px]]VaniGeorgia
2024[[Image:Kalamaja Museum.jpg75px]]TallinnEstonia
2025PortimãoPortugal

Portimão Museum Prize winners (2019–)

The following are the winners of the Portimão Museum Prize:

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryBrunel's SS Great BritainMO MuseumGruuthusemuseumUniversity Museum of BergenChillida LekuSalt MuseumIstanbul Modern
2019[[File:Bristol MMB 43 SS Great Britain.jpg75px]]BristolUnited Kingdom
2020[[File:Mo Museum, Vilnius.jpg75px]]VilniusLithuania
2021[[File:Gruuthuuse.jpg75px]]BrugesBelgium
2022[[File:Bergen-University-modf.jpg75px]]BergenNorway
2023[[File:Chillida - Buscando la luz IV.tif75px]]HernaniSpain
2024MessolonghiGreece
2025[[Image:Istanbul, Turkey (November 2023) - 611.jpg75px]]IstanbulTurkey

Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability winners (2020–)

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

YearImageMuseumLocationCountryWadden Sea CentreMuseum WalserhausHolmegaard Glass FactorySwiss Museum of AgricultureMuseum of the Home
2020[[File:20191010 Vadehavscentret pa Jylland ritat av Dorte Mandrup003 (48965849311).jpg75px]]RibeDenmark
2021[[File:Bosco maison Walser 2011-07-11 13 00 39 PICT3291.JPG75px]]Bosco/GurinSwitzerland
2022[[File:Holmegaard-glasvaerk KIF 2101e.jpg75px]]HolmegaardDenmark
2023[[Image:Alberswil-Agrarmuseum-3.jpg75px]]AlberswilSwitzerland
2024[[Image:Cmglee London Geffrye Museum front.jpg75px]]LondonUnited Kingdom
2025[[Image:Entree Muzoo.jpg75px]]La Chaux-de-FondsSwitzerland

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