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European Museum of the Year Award
THE CANDIDATES | 2021
    Innovation in European Museums
THE CANDIDATES | 2021 - European Museum of the Year Award - European Museum Forum
European Museum of the Year Award
THE CANDIDATES | 2021
     Innovation in European Museums
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EMF Board of Trustees 2021                                                                                    EMF Jury 2021
■ Jette Sandahl, Denmark (Chair)                       ■ Marlen Mouliou, (ex officio) (Chair, EMYA Jury       ■ Mark O’Neill, United Kingdom (Chair – until         ■ Bernadette Lynch, United Kingdom
                                                       – from December 2020), Assistant Professor of          December 2020)                                        Writer, lecturer, and researcher in museum theory
■ David Anderson, OBE, United Kingdom
                                                                                                              Associate Professor, College of Arts, University of   and practice
Director, National Museums of Wales (until May         Museology, National and Kapodistrian University of
                                                                                                              Glasgow
2020)                                                  Athens                                                                                                       ■ Linda Mol, The Netherlands
                                                                                                              ■ Kimmo Antila, Finland (until December 2020)         Head of Audience Engagement, Teylers Museum
■ Kimmo Antila, Finland                                ■ Mark O’Neill, United Kingdom (ex officio, Chair of
                                                                                                              Director, Finnish Postal Museum, Tampere              ■ Marlen Mouliou, Greece (Chair – from
Director, Finnish Postal Museum, Tampere (from
                                                       EMYA Jury – until December 2020)
January 2020)                                                                                                                                                       December 2020)
                                                                                                              ■ Christophe Dufour, Switzerland
                                                       ■ Joan Roca i Albert, Spain                                                                                  Assistant Professor of Museology, National and
                                                                                                              Former Director, Muséum d’histoire naturelle de
■ Jonas Dahl, Sweden                                                                                                                                                Kapodistrian University of Athens
                                                       Director, Barcelona City History Museum (MUHBA)        Neuchâtel
Senior Advisor, Statement Public Affairs (Treasurer)
                                                       (from January 2020)                                                                                          ■ Adriana Munoz, Sweden
                                                                                                              ■ Atle Faye, Norway
■ Sharon Heal, United Kingdom                                                                                                                                       Curator, National Museums of World Culture,
                                                                                                              Communication Team Manager, Oslo Academy of the
Director, Museums Association (from May 2020:          ■ Benedetta Tiana, United Kingdom                                                                            Gothenburg
                                                                                                              Arts
Company Secretary)                                     Principal, BT Museum Consultancy (until May 2020)
                                                                                                                                                                    ■ Joan Roca i Albert, Spain (until December 2020)
                                                                                                              ■ Metka Fujs, Slovenia
■ Peter Keller, Austria (ex officio)                                                                                                                                Director, Barcelona City History Museum (MUHBA)
                                                       ■ Jouetta Van Der Ploeg, The Netherlands               Historian, Museum Councillor, Director, Pomurje
Director General, International Council of Museums
                                                       Former Head of Exhibitions, Museum De Voorde,          Museum Murska Sobota                                  ■ Jahangir Selimkhanov, Azerbaijan
(ICOM)
                                                       former Director, Stadsmuseum Zoetermeer                                                                      Head of International Relations, Azerbaijan National
                                                                                                              ■ Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett, Poland (until
■ Vesna Marjanovic, Serbia                                                                                                                                          Conservatory
                                                                                                              December 2020)
Culture and Media Policies Advisor, Centre for         ■ Maria Cristina Vannini, Italy
                                                                                                              Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator, Core Exhibition,      ■ Dina Sorokina, Russian Federation
Democracy Foundation                                   Principal, soluzionimuseali-ims (until May 2020)
                                                                                                              POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews,           Director, Boris Yeltsin Presidential Museum (Yeltsin
                                                                                                              Warsaw                                                Center), Yekaterinburg

Portimão Partnership
■ José Gameiro, Portugal (Partnership Liaison)

■ Pedro Branco, Portugal (EMF Administrator)
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EMF National Correspondents 2021
National Correspondents provide a network of information between museums throughout Europe. They               CZECH REPUBLIC                                         GERMANY
welcome news of developments and activities that may be conveyed to a wider audience through the European
Museum Forum.                                                                                                  ■ Jana Souckova                                        ■ Jörg Busch
                                                                                                               Czech Committee of the Blue Shield, Czech              Managing Director, Vulkanpark GmbH
                                                                                                               Committee for UNESCO                                   j.busch@vulkanpark.com
                                                                                                               jana.souckova@volny.cz
ALBANIA                                                ■ Pieter Van der Gheynst
                                                                                                                                                                      GREECE
                                                       Director, Brussels Museums                              DENMARK
■ Ilirjan Gjipali
                                                       pieter@brusselsmuseums.be                                                                                      ■ Anna Vogli
Head, Department of Prehistory, Institute for                                                                  ■ Ole Winther
                                                                                                                                                                      Head, PR, S&B Industrial Minerals S.A.
Archaeology                                            ■ Sofie Wilder                                          Head, Museum Department, Danish Agency for
                                                                                                                                                                      annavogli20@gmail.com
                                                                                                               Culture
igjipali@gmail.com                                     Director, Museums of Turnhout
                                                                                                               ole@kulturstyrelsen.dk                                 ■ Yiannis Markakis
                                                       sofie.wilder@turnhout.be
                                                                                                                                                                      Director, Cretan Open-Air Museum ‘Lychnostatis’
ARMENIA
                                                                                                               ESTONIA                                                info@lychnostatis.gr
                                                       BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
■ Marine Mkrtchyan                                                                                             ■ Mariann Raisma
Secretary, ICOM Armenia                                                                                        Director, University of Tartu Museum                   HUNGARY
                                                       ■ Alma Leka
marinemkrtchyan85@gmail.com                                                                                    mariann.raisma@ut.ee
                                                       Museum advisor, Historical Museum of Bosnia and                                                                ■ Zsuzsanna Batari
                                                       Herzegovina                                                                                                    Secretary, Scientific Affairs, Hungarian Open Air
                                                                                                               FINLAND
AUSTRIA                                                Secretary, ICOM Bosnia and Herzegovina                                                                         Museum, Szentendre
                                                                                                               ■ Jari Harju                                           batarizs@hotmail.com
■ Stefania Pitscheider Soroperra                       lekaalma@hotmail.com
                                                                                                               Curator, Helsinki City Museum
Director, Frauenmuseum Hittisau                                                                                jari.harju@hel.fi                                      ICELAND
stefania.pitscheider@frauenmuseum.at                   BULGARIA
                                                                                                               FRANCE                                                 ■ Guðbrandur Benediktsson
                                                       ■ Stavri Nikolov                                                                                               Director, Reykjavik Museum
AZERBAIJAN                                                                                                     ■ Benoît de L’Estoile
                                                       Founding Director, Digital Spaces Living Lab (DSLL)                                                            gudbrandur.benediktsson@reykjavik.is
                                                                                                               Professeur attaché en anthropologie politique, École
■ Firahnaz Musayeva                                    stavri.nikolov@digitalspaces.info | stavri.nikolov@
                                                                                                               normale supérieure, Paris
                                                       gmail.com                                                                                                      REPUBLIC OF IRELAND
Head, International Relations and Innovation                                                                   Benoit.de.L.Estoile@ens.fr
Department, Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum                                                                                                                         ■ Hugh Maguire
                                                       ■ Todor Petov                                           ■ Vincent Guichard
firahnaz.musa@gmail.com                                                                                                                                               Cultural Heritage Advisor
                                                       Assistant Professor, Faculty of Educational Sciences    Director General, Bibracte EPPC
                                                                                                                                                                      hugh@hughmaguire.ie
                                                       and Arts, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridski",   vg@briacte.fr
■ Roya Taghieva
Director, Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum            Director, My Museum Foundation                                                                                 ITALY
                                                                                                               GEORGIA
royataghieva@gmail.com                                 t.petev@moyatmuzey.org
                                                                                                               ■ Lana Karaia                                          ■ Marianella Pucci
                                                                                                               ICOM Georgia                                           Mediator
BELGIUM                                                CROATIA
                                                                                                               lana.karaia@gmail.com                                  mpucci@mediateur.it
■ Alexandre Chevalier                                  ■ Zvjezdana Antos                                       ■ Nino Azmaiparashvili                                 ■ Michele Trimarchi
ICOM Belgique Wallonie-Bruxelles                       Senior Curator, Ethnographic Museum Zagreb              Journalist                                             Professor of Cultural Economy, University of Bologna
alexandre.chevalier@naturalsciences.be                 zantos@emz.hr                                           holly_nafi@yahoo.com                                   michtrim@tin.it
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■ Sara Minotti                            NORTH MACEDONIA                                         ■ Sofya Averchenkova                             UKRAINE
Consultant, former EMF Administrator                                                              Institute for Cultural Policy
                                          ■ Rubinco Belceski
saraminottti.82@gmail.com                                                                         sofya.averchenkova@gmail.com                     ■ Kateryna Smagliy
                                          Institution for Protection of Monuments of Culture
                                                                                                                                                   Former Director, Kennan Institute Kyiv Office
                                          and Museums
LATVIA                                                                                                                                             katyulka@hotmail.com
                                                                                                  SERBIA
                                          rubin.belceski@yahoo.com
■ Ineta Zelca Sīmansone                                                                           ■ Mila Popović-Živančević                        UNITED KINGDOM
Director, Think Tank Creative Museum      NORWAY                                                  Rector, Alfa BK Univerzitet, Belgrade            ■ Heledd Fychan
ineta.simansone@creativemuseum.lv
                                          ■ Liv Ramskjaer                                         mila.popovic.zivancevic@gmail.com                Head, Policy and Public Affairs, National
                                          Secretary General, Norwegian Museum Association                                                          Museum Wales
LIECHTENSTEIN                                                                                     ■ Nikola Krstovic                                heledd.fychan@nationalmuseumwales.ac.uk
                                          LR@museumsforbundet.no
                                                                                                  Assistant Professor, University of Belgrade
■ Rainer Vollkommer
Director, Liechtenstein National Museum   POLAND                                                  nikola.krstovic@f.bg.ac.rs

Rainer.Vollkommer@llv.li                  ■ Dominika Mroczkowska-Rusiniak                                                                          PORTUGAL
                                                                                                  SLOVENIA
                                          National Institute for Museums and Public Collections
MALTA                                     DRusiniak@nimoz.pl                                                                                       ■ Pedro Branco
                                                                                                  ■ Bojana Rogelj Skafar
                                                                                                                                                   Administrator, EMF Office
■ Romina Delia                                                                                    Museum Councillor, Slovene Ethnographic Museum   emf@europeanforum.museum
                                          PORTUGAL
Secretary General, ICOM Malta                                                                     bojana.rogelj-skafar@etno-muzej.si
romi_delia@hotmail.com                    ■ João Neto
                                          Associação Portuguesa de Museologia (APOM)              SPAIN
MOLDOVA                                   Joao.Neto@anf.pt
                                                                                                  ■ Karmele Barandiaran
■ Nicoleta Zagura                         ■ Maria Jose Santos
                                                                                                  Museu San Telmo
President, Art and Heritage UNESCO Club   Director, Museum of Penafiel
                                                                                                  karmelebarandiaran@gmail.com
culturaunesco@gmail.com                   mj.santos@cm-penafiel.pt

                                                                                                  SWITZERLAND
MONTENEGRO                                ROMANIA

                                          ■ Nicoleta Zagura                                       ■ Stefanie Steiner
■ Ljiljana Zeković
                                          President, Art and Heritage UNESCO Club                 Archaeologist and cultural journalist
Director, Art Museum of Montenegro
                                          culturaunesco@gmail.com                                 stefanie.steiner@museums.ch
mnl.zekovic@t-com.me

                                          RUSSIAN FEDERATION                                      TURKEY
THE NETHERLANDS
                                          ■ Yuliya Glazyrina                                      ■ Lora Sariaslan
■ Adelheid Ponsioen
                                          Perm Regional Museum and Museum of Permian
Consultant                                                                                        Independent curator, Istanbul
                                          Antiquities
adelheid@ponsioenconsultancy.nl                                                                   lora.sariaslan@gmail.com
                                          glazyrina_yuliya@mail.ru

■ Jan Hovers                              ■ Ana Glinskaya                                         ■ Murat Ertuğrul Gülyaz
Former Director, Zaans Museum             Russian Research Institute for Cultural and Natural     Directorate, Nevşehir Museum
Jan@hovers.nl                             Heritage                                                mgulyaz@hotmail.com
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EMYA and the Corona Pandemic

    2020 was a year of uncertainty and           should keep faith with museums at a point
    difficult decisions. The Covid-19            in time when they were struggling, as never
    pandemic was a challenge to the core         before, to remain open, or reopen, or to find
    for the EMYA competition and the             new relevance and develop new fields of
    European Museum Forum, which are,            communication with their constituents and
    in essence, transnational and rooted in      audiences. A high number of museums,
    real, physical encounters. The pandemic      correspondingly, kept faith with EMYA and
    has disrupted and dislocated the             applied for EMYA2021, and the judges had to
    EMYA annual conferences and award            show unusual resourcefulness, adaptability,
    ceremonies for both 2020 and 2021,           and creativity to navigate the Covid-19
    and it was after much deliberation that      obstacle race of museums closing and
    the European Museum Forum board              international travel bans to visit the candidate
    decided to invite candidates for an          museums. As the second wave of Covid-19
8   EMYA2021 competition. We thought             again locked Europe down, the remaining,           9
    it important that we, as a well-known        unvisited candidates had to be deferred to the
    and highly visible award scheme,             coming season of EMYA2022.

    The Futures

    2020 was a year when discussions of          dystopian – futures”. As of early 2021 it
    the value and relevance of museums           still remains to be seen whether or how the
    were forced to the surface – at times        corona pandemic will reshape museums, and
    exposing unexpected discrepancies            it still remains to be seen whether or when the
    between the self-image of museums            ethical critique of the systemic oppression and
    and the way they are seen in society.        supremacy in museums in terms of race, class,
    It was a year in which the future was        gender, or sexual orientation, which intensified
    much discussed, as was the future of         powerfully in North America and the United
    museums. The “future concerns us all         Kingdom in 2020, will reach museums in
    – and we can all help to shape it”, says     mainland Europe.
    one museum. Museums can, importantly,
    serve as “a platform for interdisciplinary
    and participative engagement with
    possible, desirable, utopian – and even
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A museum “aims to bring together creatives         around”, and a “Forum”, where “people can
     The Future Belongs to Kids                                                                               from different backgrounds to engage in            exchange ideas about future topics in a broad
                                                                                                              productive dialogues, encouraging experimental     variety of formats”.
     Museums often place children at the heart of        to camps and those who found themselves              thinking, collective methodologies. and personal
     these possible futures. This is true in relation    behind barbed wire”, while another has created       growth.” Another, playfully, wants to be the       At our point in time, natural science disciplines
     to a sustainable future for nature, where           “The Children’s Republic”, “an experience-           place where "people fall in love with art for      call for “fluid narrative threads”, when they
     museums strive to encourage in every child          based environment, where children learn the          the first time. We plant the seed for a lifetime   “take visitors on a journey through space
     “a passion” for “nature around the corner”          principles of society and the functioning of a       of art-viewing pleasure. We are the laboratory     and time”, providing a glimpse of “the laws
     and to “enthuse pupils about the wonderful          democratic country and the roles citizens play”.     in the field. We are the museum that keeps on      governing the universe”, “how life has adapted
     world of nature, science, technology, and           A third museum enables children to create            investigating what a museum is and should          to every corner of the planet over millions of
     sustainability”. One museum “tells about the        their own city, “as an architect, city planner, or   be”.                                               years”, and “how the human mind alone has
     fates of children during the times of repression    construction worker”.                                                                                   the capacity to wonder about the laws that
     – those whose parents were executed or sent                                                              A science museum speaks for many in                govern the universe and discover them”.
                                                                                                              articulating “three programmatic pillars”:
                                                                                                              a “Thinking Space” for interacting “with
                                                                                                              different approaches, ideas, and visions of
     Building Bridges                                                                                         the future”, a “Futurium Lab”, where “people
                                                                                                              can experiment, try out their ideas, and tinker
     One museum expresses the fundamental                Museums want to “build bridges between
     intention of being a “collection-oriented           the different disciplines and sectors: between
     museum, housed in an exceptional historical         science, economy, politics, arts, and civil          Across Barriers and Borders
10   building, a classical, elegant museum with          society” and to “bring together people from                                                                                                                 11
     a contemporary, adventurous approach”.              the most diverse backgrounds and to make
     Others underscore the obligation to increase                                                             From the back offices of museums, from             Use of ICT and VR-technologies have
                                                         encounters possible that would otherwise be                                                             become “the curator’s language. Sound,
     their “relevance in contemporary life”, and                                                              collection management and research
                                                         impossible”.                                                                                            moving pictures, and light are as important
     “contribute to the sense of belonging and                                                                departments, new digital technologies increase
     cultural heritage”, as “a place of identification                                                        the access to collections and the knowledge        as architecture or graphic design”. Closed
     and pride”.                                                                                              embedded in them. “Available 24/7, accessible      due to Covid-19, some museums “proactively
                                                                                                              everywhere, and adding an infinite amount of       diversified the digital content in order to
                                                                                                              information about the collection”, they allow      continue connecting with audiences online
     A Consistent Focus on Participation                                                                      “visitors to listen to stories about collection    and via social media”. A special museum
                                                                                                              objects that interest them, and so create their    “app enabled people to explore the artworks,
                                                                                                              own tailored museum experience”.                   browse through exclusive interviews and
     Every year museums that have gone through           Across disciplines, types, and scales, new                                                              articles, follow meet-ups on Instagram Live. A
     a “complete metamorphosis”, reiterate that          museums are “characterised by dialogue-based                                                            Spotify mixtape was launched featuring new
     “the renewal was a comprehensive, content-          formats and a consistent focus on participation”.    Across borders and across disciplines, new
                                                                                                                                                                 playlists each week”.
     driven process involving not just the building,     They want to reach the standard “educated            ICT infrastructures shared by “natural history
     but every aspect of the museum – from the           middle class” as well as the “urban subcultures”,    museums, botanical gardens, and collection-
     collection and the internal organisation to         the skate-borders, the music fans. They create       holding universities” begin to enable “the
     exhibition policy and visitor strategy”. Easier,    “multi-layered narratives”, build “participative     transformation of a fragmented landscape
     as one museum dryly remarks, when ”there            and innovative bridges for everyone”, giving         of the crucial natural science collections into
     were no emotional attachments to the ‘old’          them "the possibility to actively choose and         an integrated knowledge base that provides
     and no part of the former exhibition was            investigate, shaping their personal experience       interconnected hard evidence on the natural
     deemed worthy to be preserved”.                     and learning process”.                               world”.
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A Tactile, Sensory Experience                                                                            “the region with social/economic projects that      undertakings, such as giving them to blood
                                                                                                              generate value for its population”. Another         donors and children living in orphanages”.
                                                                                                              museum wants to “act as a motor for creative
     While the digital experiences increase in           the material, the shapes”. One museum defines        developments in the region”, while a third          In terms of the sustainability of their own
     quality and scope, a number of museums              itself as “a safe space for museum artefacts         supports tourism of the region by opening           funding, one museum has deliberately
     this year also highlight their “tactile stations”   with open access for visitors”. In storage           high-end concept stores with “carefully selected    reinvested all the funds of its foundation in
     and “sensory trails”. Opening an experience         facilities, adapted to the purpose, complete with    design objects and unique pieces created in         2019 “according to ethical and sustainable
     usually reserved for museum professionals,          a café on the floor of the porcelain collections     collaboration with local artists”, as well as       principles”. A couple have conducted “large-
     they create an alternative, sensual access to       and glazed doors to signify transparency, this       hosting a number of new restaurants and a           scale crowdfunding campaigns”. One has
     objects, “an opportunity to look closely at and,    museum allows the public access to and insight       boutique hotel on its grounds. One museum           secured stable funding through the commitment
     wearing gloves, touch some artefacts, check         into the protected and restorative life of objects   gives back to its community by donating             of a commercial company to “provide 5 % of its
     the weight of artefacts, feel the ornaments on      and collections behind the scenes.                   free tickets to support “various charitable         yearly net profit to the museum every year”.

     Sustainabilities                                                                                         Recovery

     Sustainability, in nature, in the environment, in   Another museum “is ready to face the future”,        As in previous years, there are museums             A new national history museum deviates from
     economic and social structures, ranges high in      using its “own geothermal heat pump system,          focused on drawing attention to                     the traditional celebratory interpretations of
     the concerns of museums today.                      sustainable ventilation, 100 per cent LED            understanding the mechanisms of covert              national history. “The creation of the narrative
                                                         lighting, solar panels, green roofs, an energy-      and overt issues of repression. One museum          is not based on telling a success story, but
     “We want to describe, understand, and explore       friendly climate control system, and gallery         addresses “the history of mass repression,          rather by introducing various paradoxes
12   biodiversity for human wellbeing and the future     spaces with flexible layouts”.                       forced labor, and political unfreedom” to           of life”. It takes an upbeat approach to its       13
     of our planet. We see biodiversity as our life                                                           prevent “similar tragic events from repeating       country’s history, national identity, and its
     support system, vital to the future of life on      “A conscious shaping of the future” implies          in the future”. Digging deeper than “the official   “peculiarities through the prism of humour”.
     earth and human survival”, says one museum.         balancing “individual freedom with community-        historical narrative”, it explores “personal        An exhibition on the country’s grim and
     “Water and climate change do not recognise          orientated sustainability”. The “right measure”      lives” through "first-hand accounts of the          difficult period of foreign occupation is
     borders, so these are joint concerns for European   is found only through a constant “process of         personal tragedy”, which “allow us to preserve      ambiguously titled “Choose the Best Past”.
     countries”, says another. Museums strive to         negotiation in the public discourse”. Museums        the most important pages of family history
     “inform the general public about community and      take their place in this discourse in multiple       and view them within the context of national
     individual responsibilities towards environmental   ways, from urban gardening projects to               history”.
     protection” and “to help shape a unified            exhibitions on bees and ecology, from toboggan
     ecological approach on a societal scale through     runs in the garden to exhibitions on snow and
     research and the provision of information”.         climate change.                                      EMYA2021
     The commitment to environmental sustainability      Likewise, museums get involved in the social
     also comes through in the use of only “local        and economic sustainability of their regions.        2021 is also looking pretty grim, and               we usually do, the candidate museums for
     materials from the region for the renovation,                                                            EMYA2021 takes place as an online event             EMYA2021 are as interesting and innovative
     employing local workshops and craftspeople”         “Having witnessed the abandonment of both            – a pale substitute for our traditional, rich,      as every year, their accomplishments as
     and letting “the natural materials and the          physical and social values of the region”, a         and intense annual conference and award             impressive as every year, and their efforts
     thick walls create a perfect, constant indoor       museum has a goal of initiating “intellectual        ceremony. But please, do explore all the            should be no less appreciated.
     climate in terms of temperature and humidity,       discussions on the social impacts of immigration,    candidates’ own video presentations on
     which allowed the museum to do without              whilst gathering/protecting all the abandoned        the EMYA2021 website. While we cannot               ■ Jette Sandahl
     environmentally harmful, risky air conditioning”.   and damaged pieces of the past” and providing        meet, exchange, and celebrate in the ways           Chair, European Museum Forum
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The European Museum Forum would like to thank all the National
Correspondents, individuals, and organisations that have
supported the work of EMF throughout the year

Thanks to our Supporters

■ Council of Europe

■ Event Communications Ltd

■ Finnish Museums Association

■ German Museums Association

■ Heritage & Museums, Arts, Culture & Education Around the World
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■ Meyvaert

■ Municipality of Portimão

■ Norwegian Museums Association

■ Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland

■ Silletto Foundation

■ Swiss Museum Pass

■ Swiss Museums Association

■ The Netherlands Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science, Department for
Heritage and Arts

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Portimão: The Home of EMYA

     After many years leading a nomadic
     existence, moving our offices (and          In recognition of this support, the EMF
     our archives) to different cities across    has created the Portimão Museum Prize
     Europe, EMYA finally found a long-term      for a museum that, in the opinion of the
     home in 2018 in Portimão, in Portugal’s     jury, is the most welcoming and friendly of
     Algarve. The Municipality of Portimão       that year’s nominated candidates. These
     is committed to democratic access to        are very important values for Portimão,
     culture, which was reflected in Portimão    which welcomes hundreds of thousands
     Museum winning the Council of Europe        of tourists every year. The main quality the
     Museum Prize in 2010. Dedicated to          prize celebrates is a friendly atmosphere of
     cultural participation in Europe, the       welcome so that all visitors, no matter what
     Municipality’s partnership with EMYA        their background, feel they belong in the
16   is a way to build on the success of their   museum. All elements of the museum – its       17
     innovative museum and support the           human qualities and physical environment
     development of museums across the           – contribute to the feeling of welcome, as
     continent. The partners agreed that         do events and activities in and around the
     the Municipality, through the museum,       museum.
     would provide administrative support for
     the EMF and a home for the EMF /EMYA
     Archive.
European Museum of the Year Award
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LEOGANG, Austria                                                                                   HITTISAU, Austria
     Bergbau- und Gotikmuseum Leogang                                                                   Frauenmuseum Hittisau
     Museum of Mining and Gothic Art Leogang                                                            Women’s Museum Hittisau

     The Museum of Mining and Gothic Art                                                                Women's Museum Hittisau was founded                exhibition, but rather one multifunctional
     Leogang is located in the Austrian village of      The Museum of Mining and Gothic Art             in 2000 in a small municipality in the rural       space for exhibitions and gatherings. In 2020,
     Hütten. The name of the village, which means       Leogang has assembled the largest such          district of Bregenz. The museum is located in      for its 20th anniversary, the museum opened
     “huts,” refers to important mining operations      collection outside the city of Salzburg, a      the Fire Brigade and Culture House, an award-      an exhibition entitled Birth Cultures: Giving
     that were at their heyday here in the medieval     considerable achievement for a village          winning building completed in the same year.       Birth and Being Born, part of which was an
     period. The wealth produced by these mines         of 3,500 inhabitants. About a third of          Unique in Austria, Women's Museum Hittisau         outdoor Room for Birth and Sense, an art
     made it possible to purchase great works           the collection are loans from important         is a member of the International Association of    project that evokes a natural birthing space.
     of fine and decorative art. The Museum of          private and public collections. While           Women's Museums. Its mission is to present
     Mining and Gothic Art Leogang was created          the permanent exhibition showcases              diverse aspects of women’s lives both locally      The museum, which is run by one full-time
     in an effort to raise historical awareness of      masterpieces of Gothic art, including           and globally by bringing attention to women’s      person, employs local women of all ages
     the village’s mining history, rural life, and      sculpture, medieval furniture, fittings, door   living conditions, advocating for greater          and backgrounds part-time. These women
     exceptional gothic art collection in the area      handles, padlocks, models of tiled stoves,      inclusion, and raising political awareness. The    are encouraged to draw on their knowledge
     of the former Archdiocese of Salzburg. The         glass objects, and sacristy wardrobes,          museum aims to empower women and to                and experience in dialogue with community
     museum opened in 1992 and expanded over            temporary exhibitions are thematic. The         celebrate them and their achievements.             members and visitors.
     the years. It currently occupies the former mine   history of mining is also represented.
     administration house and the nearby medieval                                                       While the Women's Museum Hittisau does
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      Museum of Mining and Gothic Art Leogang                                                                Women’s Museum Hittisau
      Hütten 10, 5771 Leogang, Austria                                                                       Platz 501, 6952 Hittisau, Austria
      +4365837105 | www.museum-leogang.at | info@museum-leogang.at                                           +435513620930 | www.frauenmuseum.at | kontakt@frauenmuseum.at
BRUGGES, Belgium                                                                                     KARLOVAC, Croatia
                                                                                                          Muzej Domovinskog rata Karlovac–Turanj
     Gruuthusemuseum                                                                                      Museum of the Homeland War Karlovac – Turanj

     Gruuthusemuseum, one of thirteen museums          Accessibility, both intellectual and physical,     The Karlovac City Museum established the             of two armies on the front line, a highly
     in Musea Brugge, is dedicated to the city’s       is a priority. There are tactile stations in all   Museum of the Homeland War Karlovac to               emotional event within living memory. The
     500-year history. Housed in one of the            rooms, an audio guide with visual                  commemorate the 1991–1995 war between                narrative sets out the political and economic
     few remaining 15th-century city palaces,          descriptions, and tablets in both Flemish          Croatia and the Republic of Serbian Krajina.         circumstances leading to the war, the course
     the museum is named for its most famous           Sign Language and International Sign               The museum is housed in an old Austrian              of the war, the impact on civilians, who spent
     resident, the Flemish nobleman Louis de           Language.The permanent exhibition within           barracks in Turanj, a location of military           many days in bunkers and basements, and
     Gruuthuse. In 2014, the city initiated a five-    the palace’s evocative rooms is no longer a        importance in defending nearby Karlovac              victory, with a focus on the Karlovac area.
     year renovation project that included not only    Wunderkammer of decorative and applied             since the 16th century. During the most recent       Combat technology is presented outdoors.
     the Gruuthusemuseum itself, but also the          art. Instead, a multi-layered exhibition           war, Croatian defenders ousted the Yugoslav          The exhibition features 394 original artefacts,
     entire heritage site, including the palace and    featuring highlights from the collection           army from those barracks, defended Karlovac,         multimedia in various formats, and interactive
     Church of Our Lady, and neo-Gothic buildings      presents a history of Brugges that extends         and thwarted efforts to divide Croatia.              opportunities that not only inform visitors
     opposite the palace. Most of the palace           from the prosperous medieval period and                                                                 but also encourage them to share their
     windows have been opened and special filters      lesser known 17th and 18th centuries to the        A thoughtful architectural solution – enclosing      experiences and opinions. The museum also
     and glass installed in order to bring daylight    neo-Gothic revival of the city in the 19th         what remains of this protected monument              creates an opening for reflection and emotion.
     into the rooms and offer beautiful views that     century.                                           in a glass envelope – has transformed this
     connect the palace to the city, a UNESCO                                                             complex into a modern museum facility
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     World Heritage Centre.                                                                               and memorial. The exhibition tells the story

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      Gruuthusemuseum                                                                                          Museum of the Homeland War Karlovac – Turanj
      Dijver 17, 8000 Brugges, Belgium                                                                         Turanj 2, 47000 Karlovac, Croatia
      +3250448743 | www.museabrugge.be | musea@brugge.be                                                       +38547615980 | www.gmk.hr | gradski-muzej@ka.t-com.hr
COPENHAGEN, Denmark                                                                                  TALLINN, Estonia
     Københavns Museum                                                                                    Maarjamäe ajalookeskus – Eesti Ajaloomuuseum
     Museum of Copenhagen                                                                                 Maarjamäe History Center – Estonian History Museum Foundation

     Located in the centre of Denmark’s capital,        city over time, from the Viking era to the        The Maarjamäe History Centre opened                 Soviet-era mural, "Friendship of Nations,”
     behind City Hall, the Museum of Copenhagen         modern period, and “meet” the inhabitants         in 2018 to mark the 100th anniversary of            which has been carefully preserved and a
     is dedicated to the history of the city and its    of Copenhagen, who describe what it is like       the Republic of Estonia. It is situated four        new multimedia interpretation of it added, a
     future. The museum reopened in February            to live in the city today. An interactive model   kilometres from Tallinn city centre, on a           French-style restaurant, and an innovative
     2020 after being closed for five years. During     and multimedia panorama, by offering a            beautiful hill by the seashore, near the new        learning environment for youngsters. The
     that time, the museum renovated an old             comprehensive view of the city as a whole,        memorial to the victims of communism. This          "Children's Republic" encourages youngsters
     government building that had once housed           orient the visitor in space. On leaving the       versatile history center, which is attractive to    between 5 and 13 years of age to think about
     social service providers responsible for low-      museum, visitors are better prepared to           families, consists of a history museum, which       citizenship, society, politics, and democracy.
     income housing, children, and other needs.         explore the city itself. Temporary exhibitions    illuminates Estonian history from its political     The Estonian Film Museum, which is in an
     The building, with its strong connection to the    deal with such topics as the lives of children    past to the present, a film museum that tells       impressive new building, chronicles the
     inhabitants of Copenhagen, is the museum’s         over time, the role of nature in the city, the    the story of Estonia’s film industry, and a park.   history of film technology and industry from
     principal object.                                  archaeology of Copenhagen, and the archive                                                            a broad perspective and includes a modern
                                                        of Søren Kierkegaard. Equipped with a café        The history museum is housed in the                 movie theatre, café, and shop. Soviet-era
     The new permanent exhibition orients               and shop, the Museum of Copenhagen creates        Maarjamäe historical palace and includes a          monuments created between 1945 and 1991
     the visitor to the city in time and space.         a welcoming atmosphere.                           new permanent exhibition, "My Free Country”,        are arranged outdoors in a striking way and
     Visitors can experience the history of the                                                           a gallery for temporary exhibitions, a massive      are properly contextualised.
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      Museum of Copenhagen                                                                                      Maarjamäe History Center, Estonian History Museum
      Stormgade18,1555 København V, Denmark                                                                     Pirita tee 56, Tallinn 10127, Estonia
      +4521764366 | www.cphmuseum.kk.dk | museum@kff.kk.dk                                                      +3726968600 | www.ajaloomuuseum.ee | post@ajaloomuuseum.ee
HAAPSALU, Estonia                                                                                         BERLIN, Germany
     Haapsalu linnus
     Haapsalu Castle Museum                                                                                    Futurium

     The Haapsalu and Läänemaa museums have                  elements perfectly suit the historic structure,   At Futurium, a “house of futures,” everything          Futurium is divided into three main areas. The
     successfully completed the long-awaited                 which is now fully accessible.                    revolves around the question: How do                   exhibition, “Discovering Futures,” occupies
     renovation of the Haapsalu medieval castle.                                                               we want to live? Founded in 2014 as                    about 3,200 m2 on three floors. Focusing on
     The renovation was carried out from 2017                The new permanent exhibition takes visitors       an independent non-profit organisation,                people, nature, and technology, the exhibition
     to 2019, with support from the European                 though a clearly narrated history of Haapsalu     Futurium defines itself as a forum for                 encourages visitors to envision different
     Regional Fund and the Estonian Ministry of              and engages them with well-designed               informed discussion on shaping the future.             futures and think about controversial topics.
     Culture. Designed by KAOS architects and                hands-on interactives, which are more in          Berlin architects Richter and Musikowskii              Visitors can download information from the
     constructed by AS Restor, the renovation                keeping with the historic castle and its unique   designed Futurium’s building, which                    exhibition. The Lab is a place to try things out.
     respects the old and creates something                  atmosphere than high-tech multimedia. Using       combines pure, sculptural form with openness           Visitors can explore future technologies and
     new for the site, the city, and the entire              reconstructions and models, visitors can try      and accessibility, while meeting the highest           work on new inventions during workshops.
     western Estonia Läänemaa region. Carefully              out a gunpowder mill or the principles of a       minimum-energy standards and integrating               The Forum organises lectures and discussions
     planned with historians and antiquarians, the           lift bridge. Those who have experienced the       such elements as the solar cell panel on               and brings together scientists, artists,
     renovation preserves the authentic remains              medieval environment at Haapsalu Castle           the roof into the architectural design. The            visionaries, doers, and everyday people.
     throughout, while adding light new bridges              Museum now see the picturesque town of            Skywalk on the roof offers a spectacular view
     and passages across the castle walls and                Haapsalu from a new point of view.                of the government quarter, including the               Accessible and welcoming, Futurium inspires
     ruins, as well as a dramatic route from the                                                               Federal Chancellery and Reichstag, and of the          visitors to imagine what the future might hold.
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     cellars to the viewing platform. These new                                                                River Spree.

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      Haapsalu Castle Museum                                                                                        Futurium
      Lossiplats 3, Haapsalu, 90502 Lääne maakond, Estonia                                                          Alexanderufer 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany
      +37253853575 | linnus.salm.ee | linnus@salm.ee                                                                +4930408189777 | futurium.de | info@futurium.de
MUNICH, Germany                                                                                        TÜBINGEN, Germany

     Knorr-Bremse Forum                                                                                     Kunsthalle Tübingen

     Knorr-Bremse Forum is the company museum               transportation of goods. Thematic islands       Located in a residential neighborhood of              Director Dr. Nicole Fritz and her team, made
     of Knorr-Bremse, a global manufacturer                 feature Knorr-Bremse products and their         Tübingen, easily reached from the city                up almost entirely of young women, have
     of brake systems for rail and commercial               operation inside models of various transport    centre, Kunsthalle Tübingen is the leading            reshaped the identity of Kunsthalle Tübingen
     vehicles. In 2019, the company completely              vehicles. Sophisticated digital simulations,    art museum in this university town. Founded           and brought greater integration, participation,
     revamped its in-house museum. Located                  interactives, models, and hands-on exhibits     in 1971, Kunsthalle Tübingen reopened                 and innovation to the institution. They have
     in the former BMW production site, a                   explain the scientific principles and the       after renovation in 2017. This art gallery            succeeded in attracting new and varied
     neoclassical building in Munich, the museum            process of developing new products. The         appeals to young and old alike with its rich          publics in increasing numbers to their
     presents the company's history and addresses           goal is to showcase the company’s most          multidisciplinary programmes, including               monographic and thematic exhibitions on
     the future of mobility in relation to urban            challenging and innovative products and their   no less than ten art exhibitions in the last          topics ranging from computer mediations of
     planning, demography, and the positive                 advanced technological knowledge in ways        three years, as well as music and dance               masterpieces and the afterlife of minimal art
     impact of technology on the environment.               that the public can understand. Knorr-Bremse    programmes, poetry slams, reenactments of             to hyper-realistic sculpture, biogenetics, and
                                                            Forum, as the name implies, is a platform       famous paintings, and clowns as mediators.            the future of humankind. Kunsthalle Tübingen,
     The new exhibition integrates the company's            for education and debate for employees,         Kunsthalle Tübingen offers innovative                 which enjoys an international reputation,
     two divisions, rail vehicles, and commercial           customers, and partners. The museum offers      art education programs that connect past              offers visitors a warm welcome in a relaxed
     vehicles, which had previously been treated            guided tours for a wider audience on special    and present and raise issues relevant to              and comfortable setting.
     separately. The narrative is organised                 occasions.                                      contemporary society.
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     around the transportation of people and the

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      Knorr-Bremse Forum                                                                                         Kunsthalle Tübingen
      Knorr-Bremse, Building B, Moosacher Straße 8080809, Munich, Germany                                        Philosophenweg 76, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
      +49893547183709 | forum.anfragen@knorr-bremse.com                                                          +49707196910 | www.kunsthalle-tuebingen.de | info@kunsthalle-tuebingen.de
STUTTGART, Germany                                                                                    ESZTERGOM, Hungary
     StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart                                                                    Magyar Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Múzeum – Duna Múzeum
     StadtPalais – Museum for Stuttgart                                                                    Hungarian Museum of Water Management and Environmental
                                                                                                           Protection – Danube Museum
     Until the opening in 2018 of StadtPalais –              activities and exhibitions. Crowds of
     Museum for Stuttgart, the state capital of              visitors flock to the museum’s two annual     Hungary’s National Water Authority established     The museum renovated its 18th-century building
     Baden-Württemberg had no city museum.                   festivals – Stuttgart am Meer (Stuttgart      the Danube Museum in 1973 to document a            and created a new permanent exhibition.
     Unlike most city museums, which focus                   by the Sea) and Stuttgart im Schnee           century of water management and prepare the        Original objects include hydrological mapping
     only on the history of the city, Museum for             (Stuttgart in the Snow) – which are held      public for the future of managing water. The       instruments, ship models, various tools and
     Stuttgart engages local residents in the city’s         outdoors in the front and back gardens        museum is strategically located in Esztergom, on   equipment, and documents related to water use
     present and future. As an open forum and                of the StadtPalais, The museum, which         the right bank of the Danube River, which forms    and water management. They are supported
     urban laboratory, the museum is a place                 attracted over 200,000 visitors since         the border with Slovakia and was instrumental      by graphics, multimedia, and interactive
     to reimagine the future development of                  reopening, fosters a sense of belonging for   in the development of the city. The museum         opportunities to explore topics in greater depth.
     Stuttgart. At the StadtbauAkademie, young               all residents and all social classes, while   belongs to the Governmental Directorate of         At the entrance to the exhibition is a dramatic
     people explore architecture and city planning           satisfying the curiosity of tourists and      Water Management. Thanks to an agreement           water machine, which visitors activate by
     and suggest ways to support the planning of             others.                                       between the Directorate and the European           touching a sensor. Water pipes or blue lines
     sustainable public and private space.                                                                 Association of Climate-Friendly Towns, the new     representing water guide the visitor through the
                                                                                                           permanent exhibition, Vízeúm – “viz” (water)       various topics – how we have made nature work
     The Museum for Stuttgart’s diverse                                                                    and Múzeum – was able to receive European          for us, the negative effects of our actions on the
     programmes bring new publics, especially                                                              Union funding for activities related to water      environment, especially on sources of water, and
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     those who never visit museums, to its popular                                                         conservation and environmental protection.         how we can change our behaviour.

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      StadtPalais - Museum for Stuttgart                                                                        Hungarian Museum of Water Management and Environmental Protection – Danube Museum
      Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 2, 70173 Stuttgart, Germany                                                          Kölcsey utca 2, 2500 Esztergom, Hungary
      +4971121625800 | www.stadtpalais-stuttgart.de | stadtpalais@stuttgart.de                                  +3633500250 | www.dunamuzeum.hu | info@dunamuzeum.hu
LISSE, The Netherlands                                                                                     LEIDEN, The Netherlands

     LAM Museum                                                                                                 Museum De Lakenhal

     LAM, a new private non-profit museum of               meaning of Keukenhof, kitchen garden,                Museum De Lakenhal, a classic municipal art               building and collections. Its vision is to inspire,
     contemporary art, is owned by VandenBroek             in interesting ways, taking advantage of             and history museum of the late 19th century, has          renew, and connect in a contemporary fashion
     Foundation. It offers a point of entry for            beautiful vistas to the surrounding park and         been extensively renovated, expanded, and                 by focusing on the value and enhancement of
     people unfamiliar with art and museums in             the thematic focus of its art collection on food     revamped to better represent the city of Leiden           local spirit.
     the hope that they will fall in love with art.        and consumption.                                     in the world. This ambitious project entailed the
     LAM provides tools for a playful process of                                                                restoration of the 17th-century Laecken-Halle,            Museum De Lakenhal makes the visual arts,
     developing visual literacy by encouraging             This art museum as experimental “laboratory”         the most important embodiment of the history              applied art, and Leiden’s history accessible
     visitors to discover creative paths through art.      applies a wide range of interpretative               of the Netherland’s textile industry, and the             to a wide and diverse public. It is known
     As a socially responsible museum, LAM takes           approaches, from on-site viewing coaches,            addition of new exhibition spaces, an internal            for the high scientific and visual quality
     an inclusive approach to visiting museums,            who engage with visitors, to keeping a               delivery zone, and a new functional building for          of its exhibitions. It seeks innovation in
     both socially and intellectually, and provides        digital daily logbook, which systematically          museum staff.                                             museum practice by developing adventurous,
     personalised experiences for all visitors.            documents visitors’ interactions with art.                                                                     interdisciplinary projects through an open
                                                           During COVID 19, LAM introduced the                  Reflecting the special place of Leiden in the             dialogue with its diverse publics and in
     Housed in a modern transparent building,              Viewphone LAM experience to combat social            history of the textile industry in the Netherlands        cooperation with external partners.
     purpose-built and welcoming, LAM is located           isolation by offering citizens brief timeslots for   and the world, the Museum De Lakenhal
     in the historic Keukenhof estate and famous           phone conversations about art.                       presents the seven centuries of “Leiden cloth”
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     spring garden in Lisse. LAM plays with the                                                                 to an international public through its historic

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       LAM Museum                                                                                                     Museum De Lakenhal
       Keukenhof 14, 2161 AN Lisse, The Netherlands                                                                   Oude Singel 32, 2312 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
       +31252508800 | www.lamlisse.nl | info@lamlisse.nl                                                              +31715165392 | www.lakenhal.nl | info@lakenhal.nl
LEIDEN, The Netherlands                                                                                       KRAKÓW, Poland
                                                                                                                   Thesaurus Cracoviensis – Muzeum Krakowa
     Naturalis Biodiversity Center                                                                                 Thesaurus Cracoviensis –Museum of Kraków

     Naturalis is the national biodiversity centre of          multitude of interesting activities for different   Thesaurus Cracoviensis is the collection                tours can also watch the conservators at
     the Netherlands and one of the largest natural            audiences.                                          depot and artefact interpretation centre of the         work. School groups can examine artefacts
     history museums in the world, thanks to its                                                                   Museum of Kraków, a city museum. Located                and even touch them, wearing gloves, while
     impressive research on global issues involving            Naturalis operates under the motto “Together,       in an unfinished primary school, Thesaurus              teachers and curators offer explanations.
     climate, food supply, the living environment,             we discover the richness of nature”, which          Cracoviensis also houses a conservation
     medicine, and biodiversity preservation.                  effectively combines love of nature and             laboratory and a photography studio. About              Thesaurus Cracoviensis, which occupies
     Naturalis is a young family-oriented museum               of connectivity. The spirit of this motto           120,400 out of more than 172,000 artefacts              four flours, is accessible and attractive
     project based on an older museum with a                   permeates exhibition galleries, laboratories,       in the depot are on display. The collection is          thanks to custom-designed storage furniture
     200-year history and several milestones. After            programmes, and all services provided by            related to the city and its inhabitants.                with glazed surfaces and a clearly marked
     a complete makeover that took ten years,                  the museum staff. Love and emotion inform                                                                   and flexible visitor path. The staff carry
     everything is now new in Naturalis. Not only              the museum’s approach to enhancing public           While many museums today include a                      out not only their specialised duties but
     is the museum housed in an attractive new                 awareness of the decline of biodiversity            “visible storage” area, they rarely give visitors       also educational activities that expose the
     building, but also Naturalis has merged and               worldwide and value of nature and our               complete access to the entire storage area              collection to the public. This is an innovative
     digitised the collections of five institutes,             relationship to it.                                 and to the staff working there. At Thesaurus            role for a city museum, an important place on
     mounted beautiful and engaging exhibitions,                                                                   Cracoviensis, one of nineteen branches of               the urban cultural map.
     added many new spaces, and organised a                                                                        the Museum of Kraków, visitors on scheduled
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      Naturalis Biodiversity Centre                                                                                      Museum Name
                                                                                                                                   of Kraków - Thesaurus Cracoviensis
      Darwinweg 2, 2333 CR Leiden, The Netherlands                                                                       Address:
                                                                                                                         Księcia Józefa 337, 30-243 Kraków, Poland
      +31717519600 | www.naturalis.nl | contact@naturalis.nl                                                             Telephone:
                                                                                                                         +48124225147| Email: | Website:
                                                                                                                                          | +48124265060  | www.muzeumkrakowa.pl/branches/thesaurus-cracovensis |
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KRAKÓW, Poland                                                                                    CONDEIXA-A-NOVA, Portugal
     Muzeum Książąt Czartoryskich                                                                      PO.RO.S – Museu Portugal Romano em Sicó
     Princes Czartoryski Museum                                                                        PO.RO.S – Portugal Roman Museum in Sicó

     Princes Czartoryski Museum, a branch of              copies of documents and objects that         At PO.RO.S – Portugal Roman Museum                       army, construction, trade, law, food, politics,
     the National Museum in Kraków, reopened              can even be manipulated, was created         in Sicó, an experiential museum, visitors                religion, social life, and private life – and from
     in 2019 with a renewed presentation of               by calligraphers, illuminators, armourers,   interact with environments evoking Roman                 the Roman Empire as a whole to the city of
     its masterpieces: Lady with an Ermine by             and other artisans. Accessibility extends    times. Condeixa-a-Nova City Council created              Conimbriga.
     Leonardo da Vinci, Landscape with the                beyond individual needs to include more      and manages this museum along with the
     Merciful Samaritan by Rembrandt van Rijn,            democratic access to the exhibited works.    neighbouring museum and archaeological                   The museum is a catalyst for disseminating
     and works by many great Polish artists, as           This can be experienced most dramatically    site of Conimbriga, one of the largest Roman             the cultural and natural heritage of Sicó,
     well as national memorabilia, and for the first      in the room devoted to the Lady with an      settlements in the province of Lusitania.                with its six municipalities. By focusing on the
     time, art of the Far East and some works from        Ermine. The space and lighting bring out                                                              process of Romanisation, PO.RO.S enriches
     the Cabinet of Figures and Drawings and the          the aura of the painting as the observer     PO.RO.S uses objects and high-tech                       the experience of the ruins of Conimbriga,
     Czartoryski Library.                                 approaches the work.                         multimedia to communicate the historical                 one of the most visited sites in Portugal, with
                                                                                                       narrative and create a highly immersive                  unexpected insights.
     The museum has made every effort to                                                               atmosphere. Entering a time tunnel through
     improve the quality of the visitor experience                                                     various periods of history, visitors finally reach
     and make the exhibition accessible to all                                                         the foundation of Rome. Roman civilisation
     visitors. A “sensory trail,” which includes                                                       is approached from many perspectives – the
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      Princes Czartoryski Museum                                                                             PO.RO.S – Roman Portugal Museum in Sicó
      ul. Pijarska 15, 31-015 Kraków, Poland                                                                 Quinta de S. Tomé Av., Bombeiros Voluntários de Condeixa-a-Nova, nº 41, 3150-160 Condeixa-a-Nova, Portu-
      +48123705466 | www.mnk.pl/branch/the-princes-czartoryski-museum | dyrekcja@mnk.pl                      gal+351239949122 | www.poros.pt | info@poros.pt
MOSCOW, Russian Federation                                                                                  BANSKÁ ŠTIAVNICA, Slovakia
     Muzej istorii GULAGa                                                                                        BANKA LÁSKY
     GULAG History Museum                                                                                        LOVE BANK

     Located in central Moscow, the GULAG                   citizens, with an emphasis on how the victims        A tunnel in a former gold mine is now a vault         covers the entire surface of the vault. Visitors
     History Museum is dedicated to the entire              maintained their dignity under dehumanising          with 100,000 drawers. Visitors deposit a              literally find themselves inside the poem.
     history of the gulag, a massive distributed            conditions. The permanent exhibition effectively     token of love – a photograph, note, or small          While the original manuscript is at the Slovak
     system of camps in the service of mass                 moves between the broad sweep of history and         object - in a drawer. This installation is            National Library in Martin, a facsimile of it
     repression and forced labour in the USSR               personal stories, hard facts and lived experience,   inspired by the love story of Marina Pišlova          can be found at LOVE BANK, together with a
     between 1918 and 1956. It is the first and             supported by personal objects, art created by        and her teacher Andrej Sladkovič, which               comprehensive collection of published editions
     only museum to deal with the gulag in                  inmates, photographs, and audio and video            began in 1838. Their love was doomed from             of the poem in many languages. Located in
     a comprehensive way and the first state                testimony.                                           the start because her parents would not allow         Banská Štiavnica, once a European centre of
     memory museum in Russia after the collapse                                                                  her to marry a poor student. In 1840, when            mining, technical progress, and education,
     of the Soviet Union. Founded in 2001 by a              Committed to open discussion of mass                 she married someone else, Sladkovič began             LOVE BANK was conceived as a way to
     gulag survivor, the museum moved in 2015               repression in the USSR, this municipal               writing “Marína”. At 291 stanzas and 2900             raise funds to renovate the House of Marína,
     to a renovated 1906 apartment building and             museum is noteworthy for its courage and             verses, “Marína” is the world’s longest love          promote the poem, and make the house itself
     opened its new permanent exhibition in 2018.           its compassion. By exposing history and              poem.                                                 a place of pilgrimage in celebration of love.
                                                            activating memory, the GULAG History Museum
     As a human rights museum, the GULAG                    strengthens the resilience of civil society and      Inscribed on the drawers of LOVE BANK,
     History Museum has a dual focus on the                 its resistance to political repression and the       each drawer bearing one letter, a punctuation
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      GULAG History Museum                                                                                            LOVE BANK
      1-y Samotechny, pereulok 9/1, 127473 Moscow, Russian Federation                                                 Radničné námestie 18, 969 01 Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia
      +74956217310 | gmig.ru | info@gmig.ru                                                                           +421455572398 | www.bankalasky.sk | info@bankalasky.sk
BARCELONA, Spain                                                                                        LA CORUÑA, Spain
                                                                                                             MEGA – Mundo Estrella Galicia
     CosmoCaixa                                                                                              Estrella Galicia World

     Established in 1981, the Science Museum            is about the future and how we can solve             MEGA – Estrella Galicia World is a company                to all the senses, MEGA has been especially
     of Barcelona closed in 1998 and reopened           problems that we, as a species, created.             museum devoted to the history of beer. The                effective in responding to the COVID-19
     in 2004 as CosmoCaixa. Its new 30,000 m2           Texts are in Spanish, Catalan, English, and          museum interweaves the 110-year history                   pandemic, demonstrating their commitment
     permanent exhibition opened in 2019. A             French. Inclusive and accessible, CosmoCaixa         of Estrella Galicia with the history of the city          to live up to their motto: “The museum always
     project of La Caixa Foundation, the museum         offers immersive multimedia experiences that         of La Coruña. The museum, newly opened,                   should be a safe place”.
     has been fully renovated and expanded              engage all the senses the intellect. There is        occupies about 2500 m2 in the centre of
     to quadruple its size. Now a world-class           also a planetarium, special opportunities for        Estrella Galicia’s beer factory and offers                Located in an industrial area, the museum
     science museum, CosmoCaixa is dedicated            small children to explore science in playful         guided tours and tasting workshops.                       has changed the image of the factory and the
     to educating and empowering the public to          ways, a library, teaching centre, museum                                                                       face of the neighbourhood, helping to make
     address social inequities today and protect the    shop, and café.                                      The exhibition, which is divided into eight               it safer, more accessible, and more attractive.
     planet for future generations.                                                                          areas, deals not only with the history                    MEGA Estrella Galicia World demonstrates
                                                        By fostering love of nature, scientific curiosity,   and culture of beer and the history of the                the importance of such places for a city like La
     The new permanent exhibition is in three           and appreciation of the contribution of science      company, but also with the entire production              Coruña.
     parts. The first part, beginnings, includes        to society, CosmoCaixa aims to inspire young         process and its scientific basis. The tour
     big bang theory, physics, and chemistry. The       visitors to become scientists. This is a place       includes a visit to the factory and boiler room
     second part deals with evolution and the           to come together to create a better world. We        and ends with the opportunity to taste beer.
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     appearance of homo sapiens. The third part         have the tools. We just need the will.               Given its experiential approach and appeal

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      Carrer d'Isaac Newton 26, 08022 Barcelona, Spain                                                             Rúa José María Rivera Corral, 6, 15008 A Coruña, Spain
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