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| date = April–May| location = Various European cities weblink}}}}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.European Museum Forum, Council of Europe; The EMYA is considered the most important annual award in the European museum sector.WEB,weblink Winners of the European Museum of the Year Award 2018, Network of European Museum Organisations (NEMO), 14 May 2018, 11 October 2019, The EMYA and the Council of Europe Museum Prize are the longest running and most prestigious museum awards in Europe.,

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.WEB,weblink HISTORY OF THE ORGANISATION, European Museum Forum, 2019, 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., It is considered to be the most important award in its sector,NEWS,weblink Design Museum named European museum of the year, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 14 May 2018, 10 October 2019, WEB,weblink Rijksmuseum Boerhaave is European Museum of the Year, Founded in 1977, this is the oldest and most prestigious museum award in Europe., Museum Boerhaave, 2019, 11 October 2019, 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.{{in lang|en}} WEB,weblink ICOM Endowment Fund and European Museum Forum signed agreement for 2016 - 2019, Europeanmuseumforum.info, 8 June 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170403032440weblink">weblink 3 April 2017, dead, dmy-all,

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.WEB,weblink EMYA SILLETTO PRIZE, European Museum of the Year Award, 10 October 2019,
• In 2019, the Portimão Museum Prize for the most welcoming museum.WEB,weblink The Portimão Museum Prize – Europe's Most Welcoming Museum, European Museum Forum, 21 November 2021,
• In 2020, the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability for "exceptional commitment to social, economic and environmental sustainability".WEB,weblink The Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability, European Museum Forum, 21 November 2021,

Criteria

The EMF state that the European Museum of the Year is based on:{{blockquote|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.|author=European Museum Forum, (2019).WEB,weblink THE EUROPEAN MUSEUM OF THE YEAR AWARD, European Museum Forum, 2019, 11 October 2019, }}The EMF state that the Council of Europe Museum Prize is based on:{{blockquote|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.|author=European Museum Forum, (2019).WEB,weblink THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE MUSEUM PRIZE, European Museum Forum, 2019, 11 October 2019, }}

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.WEB,weblink Becoming a candidate — The European Museum of the Year Award, 25 April 2019,weblink 3 February 2023, 25 April 2019,

European Museum of the Year winners (1977–)

The following are the winners of the main European Museum of the Year award:{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country197775px)!scope="row"|Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust|IronbridgeUnited Kingdom}}1978Image:Schloss Rheydt North.jpg>75px!scope="row"|Schloss Rheydt Museum|MönchengladbachWest Germany}}197975px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Museum of the Camargue|fr|Musée de la Camargue}}|ArlesFrance}}198075px)!scope="row"|Catharine Convent MuseumUtrecht (city)>UtrechtNetherlands}}1981| !scope="row"|Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation|NafplioGreece}}1982Image:SaintDenisMuseum.jpg>75px!scope="row"|Museum of Art and HistorySaint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis>Saint-DenisFrance}}198375px)!scope="row"|Museum Sarganserland|SargansSwitzerland}}198475px)!scope="row"|Zuiderzee Museum|EnkhuizenNetherlands}}198675px)!scope="row"|Museum of Medieval Stockholm|StockholmSweden}}198775px)!scope="row"|Beamish MuseumStanley, County Durham>StanleyUnited Kingdom}}198875px)!scope="row"|Brandts Museum|OdenseDenmark}}198975px)!scope="row"|(:sv:Sundsvalls museum|Sundsvall Museum)|SundsvallSweden}}199075px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Fourmies-Trélon Regional Ecomuseum|tr|Fourmies-Trélon Regional Ecomuseum}}Fourmies, Nord>FourmiesFrance}}199175px)!scope="row"|Leventio Museum|NicosiaCyprus|1960}}1992Image:Landesmuseum.jpg>75px!scope="row"|State Museum of Technology and Work|MannheimGermany}}199375px)!scope="row"|Alta MuseumAlta, Norway>AltaNorway}}199475px)!scope="row"|National Museum of Denmark|CopenhagenDenmark}}199575px)!scope="row"|Olympic Museum|LausanneSwitzerland}}199675px)!scope="row"|Museum of the Romanian Peasant|BucharestRomania}}199775px)!scope="row"|Museum of Anatolian Civilizations|AnkaraTurkey}}199875px)!scope="row"|National Conservation Centre|LiverpoolUnited Kingdom}}199975px)!scope="row"|French Museum of Playing Cards|Issy-les-MoulineauxFrance}}200075px)!scope="row"|Guggenheim Museum Bilbao|BilbaoSpain}}200175px)!scope="row"|National Railway MuseumNEWS,weblink Steaming, 2008-03-18, Maev Kennedy, The Guardian, London, 1 May 2002, |YorkUnited Kingdom}}200275px)!scope="row"|Chester Beatty LibraryNEWS,weblink Arts Abroad; An Irish Castle for Religious Manuscripts, 2008-03-18, 17 July 2002, Brian Lavery, The New York Times, |DublinIreland}}200375px)!scope="row"|Victoria and Albert Museum - British GalleriesWEB,weblink Spiralling into Oblivion, 2008-03-18, 13 September 2004, Jonathan Glancey, New Statesman, 11 April 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20090411125055weblink">weblink dead, |LondonUnited Kingdom}}200475px)!scope="row"|Archaeological Museum of Alicante|AlicanteSpain}}200575px)!scope="row"|Netherlands Open Air Museum|ArnhemNetherlands}}200675px)!scope="row"|CosmoCaixa|BarcelonaSpain}}200775px)!scope="row"|German Emigration Center|BremerhavenGermany}}200875px)!scope="row"|Kumu Art Museum|TallinnEstonia}}200975px)!scope="row"|Salzburg Museum|SalzburgAustria}}201075px)!scope="row"|Ozeaneum2010 European Museum of the Year Award, Tampere, Finland, 19–22 May 2010.|StralsundGermany}}201175px)!scope="row"|Gallo-Roman Museum of TongerenPRESS RELEASE , |TongerenBelgium}}201275px)!scope="row"|Medina Azahara MuseumCórdoba, Andalusia>CórdobaSpain}}201375px)!scope="row"|Riverside Museum|GlasgowUnited Kingdom}}201475px)!scope="row"|The Museum of Innocence|IstanbulTurkey}}201575px)!scope="row"|Rijksmuseum|AmsterdamNetherlands}}201675px)!scope="row"|POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews|WarsawPoland}}201775px)!scope="row"|Musée d'ethnographie de Genève|GenevaSwitzerland}}201875px)!scope="row"|Design Museum{{citation|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/14/london-design-museum-named-european-museum-of-the-year|last=Brown|first=Mark|title=Design Museum named European museum of the year|work=The Guardian|date=14 May 2018|access-date=7 July 2018}}|LondonUnited Kingdom}}201975px)!scope="row"|Rijksmuseum Boerhaave|LeidenNetherlands}}202075px)!scope="row"|Stapferhaus|LenzburgSwitzerland}}202175px)!scope="row"|Naturalis Biodiversity Center|LeidenNetherlands}}202275px)!scope="row"|Museum of the Mind|HaarlemNetherlands}}202375px)!scope="row"|L'Etno Valencian Museum of Ethnology|ValenciaSpain}}202475px)!scope="row"|Sámi Museum SiidaInari, Finland>InariFinland}}

Council of Europe Museum Prize winners (1977–)

The following are the winners of the Council of Europe Museum Prize award:WEB,weblink The Council of Europe Museum Prize, European Museum Forum, 20 November 2021, {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country197775px)!scope="row"|Fundació Joan Miró|BarcelonaSpain}}1978Image:Bryggens_Museum_2013.JPG>75px!scope="row"|Bryggens Museum|BergenNorway}}1979|!scope="row"|{{ill|Municipal Museum Rüsselsheim|de|Stadt- und Industriemuseum Rüsselsheim}}|Rüsselsheim am MainGermany}}198075px)!scope="row"|Monaghan County Museum|MonaghanIreland}}198175px)!scope="row"|Stockholm Music Museum|StockholmSweden}}1982Image:Ålands museum1.jpg>75px!scope="row"|Åland Museum|MariehamnFinland}}198375px)!scope="row"|Joanneum - The Provincial Museum of Styria|GrazAustria}}198475px)!scope="row"|Living Museum of the Canal du Centre|ThieuBelgium}}1984Image:National Waterways Museum, Cheshire -2.jpg>75px!scope="row"|National Waterways Museum|Ellesmere PortUnited Kingdom}}1987Image:Gutshof Britz Museum Neukölln (Alice Chodura).JPG>75px!scope="row"|Museum Neukölln|BerlinGermany}}198875px)!scope="row"|Bavarian National Museum|MunichGermany}}198875px)!scope="row"|Convent of Las Descalzas Reales Museum|MadridSpain}}198975px)!scope="row"|Joods Historisch Museum|AmsterdamNetherlands}}1990|!scope="row"|Manuel da Maia Museum of Water|LisbonPortugal}}199175px)!scope="row"|German Salt Museum|LüneburgGermany}}199275px)!scope="row"|Argenta Marsh Museum|Argenta, Emilia–RomagnaItaly}}199375px)!scope="row"|İstanbul Archaeology Museums|IstanbulTurkey}}199475px)!scope="row"|Provincial Museum of Lapland|RovaniemiFinland}}1995| !scope="row"|Haus der Geschichte|BonnGermany}}199675px)!scope="row"|Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna|ViennaAustria}}199775px)!scope="row"|Tropenmuseum Junior|AmsterdamNetherlands}}1998|!scope="row"|Museum Centre on Strelka|KrasnoyarskRussia}}199975px)!scope="row"|Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille|LilleFrance}}200075px)!scope="row"|In Flanders Fields Museum|YpresBelgium}}200175px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Helsinki Theatre Museum|fi|Teatterimuseo}}|HelsinkiFinland}}200275px)!scope="row"|Buddenbrookhaus|LübeckGermany}}200375px)!scope="row"|Laténium|Hauterive, NeuchâtelSwitzerland}}200475px)!scope="row"|Museum of Health Care|EdirneTurkey}}200575px)!scope="row"|Museum of Byzantine Culture|ThessalonikiGreece}}200675px)!scope="row"|Churchill War Rooms|LondonUnited Kingdom}}200775px)!scope="row"|International Museum of the Reformation|GenevaSwitzerland}}200875px)!scope="row"|Svalbard Museum|LongyearbyenNorway}}200975px)!scope="row"|Zeeuws MuseumMiddelburg, Zeeland>MiddelburgNetherlands}}201075px)!scope="row"|Portimão Museum|PortimãoPortugal}}201275px)!scope="row"|Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum|CologneGermany}}201375px)!scope="row"|Museum of Liverpool|LiverpoolUnited Kingdom}}201475px)!scope="row"|Baksı Museum|BayburtTurkey}}201575px)!scope="row"|Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilisations|MarseilleFrance}}201675px)!scope="row"|European Solidarity Centre|GdańskPoland}}201775px)!scope="row"|ACTe Memorial|Pointe-à-PitreFrance}}201875px)!scope="row"|War Childhood Museum|SarajevoBosnia and Herzegovina}}201975x75px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Museum für Kommunikation Bern|de}}|BernSwitzerland}}202075x75px)!scope="row"|Museum of Secret Surveillance|TiranaAlbania}}202175x75px)!scope="row"|{{ill|State Museum of Gulag History|ru|Музей истории ГУЛАГа|lt=Gulag History Museum}}|MoscowRussia}}2022|!scope="row"|Nano Nagle PlaceCork (city)>CorkIreland}}202375x75px)!scope="row"|The Workers Museum|CopenhagenDenmark}}

Kenneth Hudson Award winners (2010–)

The following are the winners of the Kenneth Hudson Award:WEB,weblink The Kenneth Hudson Award, 21 November 2021, European Museum Forum, {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country2010|!scope="row"|Museum of Contraception and Abortion|ViennaAustria}}201175px)!scope="row"|Museum of Broken Relationships|ZagrebCroatia}}201275px)!scope="row"|Glasnevin Museum|DublinIreland}}2013|!scope="row"|Batalha Municipal Community MuseumBatalha, Portugal>BatalhaPortugal}}201475px)!scope="row"|Žanis Lipke Memorial|RigaLatvia}}201575px)!scope="row"|International Red Cross and Red Crescent Museum|GenevaSwitzerland}}201675px)!scope="row"|Micropia|AmsterdamNetherlands}}201775px)!scope="row"|Museum of the First President of Russia Boris Yeltsin|YekaterinburgRussia}}201875px)!scope="row"|Estonian National Museum|TartuEstonia}}201975px)!scope="row"|World Museum Vienna|ViennaAustria}}202075px)!scope="row"|{{ill|House of Austrian History|de|Haus der Geschichte Österreich}}|ViennaAustria}}202175px)!scope="row"|CosmoCaixa Barcelona|BarcelonaSpain}}2022|!scope="row"|Wayne Modest, Nanette Snoep, Laura van Broekhoven & Leontine Meijer-van Mensch|n/a|n/a2023|!scope="row"|23,5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory, Türkiye|IstanbulTurkey}}

Silletto Prize winners (2011–)

The following are the winners of the Silletto Prize:{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country201175px)!scope="row"|Watersnoodmuseum|OuwerkerkNetherlands}}201275px)!scope="row"|{{ill|TOPIC International Puppets Center|es|Centro Internacional del Títere de Tolosa (TOPIC)}}Tolosa, Portugal>TolosaSpain}}201375px)!scope="row"|Museum aan de Stroom|AntwerpBelgium}}201475px)!scope="row"|Saurer Museum|ArbonSwitzerland}}201575px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Familistère de Guise|fr|Familistère de Guise}}|GuiseFrance}}201675px)!scope="row"|Vukovar City Museum|VukovarCroatia}}201775px)!scope="row"|Leiria Museum|LeiriaPortugal}}201875px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Betina Museum of Wooden Shipbuilding|hr|Muzej betinske drvene brodogradnje}}|BetinaCroatia}}201975px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Shipwreck Museum St. George|da|Strandingsmuseum St. George}}Thorsminde|da}}Denmark}}202075px)!scope="row"|14 Henrietta Street|DublinIreland}}2021|!scope="row"|{{ill|Kenan Yavuz Ethnography Museum|tr|Kenan Yavuz Etnografya Müzesi}}|BayburtTurkey}}202275px)!scope="row"|{{ill|Museum of Footwear and Industry|es|Museo del Calzado y de la Industria}}Inca, Spain>IncaSpain}}202375px)!scope="row"|Otar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological Museum of Georgian National Museum|VaniGeorgia}}

Portimão Museum Prize winners (2019–)

The following are the winners of the Portimão Museum Prize:{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country201975px)!scope="row"|Brunel's SS Great Britain|BristolUnited Kingdom}}202075px)!scope="row"|MO Museum|VilniusLithuania}}202175px)!scope="row"|Gruuthusemuseum|BrugesBelgium}}202275px)!scope="row"|University Museum of Bergen|BergenNorway}}202375px)!scope="row"|Chillida LekuHernani, Gipuzkoa>HernaniSpain}}

Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability winners (2020–)

The following are the winners of the Meyvaert Museum Prize for Sustainability:{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="font-size"!style="text-align:left ; width:50pt" ; scope="col" width=|Year!style="text-align:left ; width:50px" ; scope="col" width=|Image!style="text-align:left ; width:200px" ; scope="col" |Museum!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Location!style="text-align:left ; width:100px" ; scope="col" width=|Country202075px)!scope="row"|Wadden Sea Centre|RibeDenmark}}202175px)!scope="row"|Museum Walserhaus|Bosco/GurinSwitzerland}}202275px)!scope="row"|Holmegaard Glass Factory|HolmegaardDenmark}}2023|!scope="row"|Swiss Museum of Agriculture|AlberswilSwitzerland}}

See also

• List of awards for contributions to culture
• Europa Nostra
• The Best in Heritage
• Museum of the Year

References

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External links

• EMYA Winners

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