THE EUROPEAN MUSEUM OF THE YEAR AWARD
The EMYA goes to a museum which contributes profoundly to our understanding of the world as well as to the development of new paradigms and professional standards in museums. Within a distinctive overall atmosphere, the winning museum shows creative and imaginative approaches to the production of knowledge, to interpretation, presentation and social responsibility - all from a transparent base of core values of democracy, human rights, and inter-cultural dialogue, a commitment to sustainability, a practice of inclusion and community participation, and a recognition of conflicts and the courage needed to confront them.
EMYA WINNERS:
2023: L'Etno, Valencian Museum of Ethnology
Valencia, Spain
Photo credit: Permanent exhibition “Not Easy to be Valencian”. The City: Global and Local. Tower of electrical appliances. Author: Hector Juan © L’ETNO
For more information: EMYA2023 Winners Brochure
2022: Museum of the Mind | Dolhuys
Haarlem, Netherlands
Museum of the Mind, EMYA2022 Winner, Haarlem, Netherlands
2021: Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Leiden, Netherlands
Naturalis Biodiversity Center, EMYA2021 Winner © Neutelings Riedijk Architects
2020: Stapferhaus
Lenzburg, Switzerland
Stapferhaus, EMYA2020 Winner, is a house for everyone: young and old, those on the right and on the left, experts and laypeople – men and women, and everyone in between and beyond. © Stapferhaus / Oliver Lang
2019: Rijksmuseum Boerhaave
Leiden, Netherlands
2018: The Design Museum
London, United Kingdom
2017: Meg – Museum of Ethnography
Geneva, Switzerland
2016: Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland
2015: Rijksmuseum Amsterdam
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014: The Museum of Innocence
Istanbul, Turkey
2013: Riverside Museum: Scotland’s Museum of Transport and Travel
Glasgow, United Kingdom
2012: Madinat al-Zahra Museum
Cordoba, Spain
2011: Gallo-Roman Museum
Tongeren, Belgium
2010: Ozeaneum
Stralsund, Germany
2009: Salzburg Museum
Salzburg, Austria
2008: Kumu Art Museum
Tallinn, Estonia
2007: German Emigration Center
Bremerhaven, Germany
2006: CosmoCaixa
Barcelona, Spain
2005: The National Heritage Museum
Arnhem, Netherlands
2004: MARQ - Archaeological Museum of Alicante
Alicante, Spain
2003: Victoria and Albert Museum: British Galleries
London, United Kingdom
2002: Chester Beatty Library
Dublin, Ireland
2001: National Railway Museum
York, United Kingdom
2000: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
Bilbao, Spain
1999: Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
1998: The Conservation Centre
Liverpool, United Kingdom
1997: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Ankara, Turkey
1996: Museum of the Romanian Peasant
Bucharest, Romania
1995: The Olympic Museum
Lausanne, Switzerland
1994: National Museum of Denmark
Copenhagen, Denmark
1993: Alta Museum
Alta, Norway
1992: State Museum of Technology and Work
Mannheim, Germany
1991: Leventis Museum of Nicosia
Nicosia, Cyprus
1990: Ecomuseum of the Fourmies-Trélon Region
Fourmies, France
1989: Sundsvall Museum
Sundsvall, Sweden
1988: Brandts Klaedefabrik
Odense, Denmark
1987: Beamish: North of England Open Air Museum
Stanley, United Kingdom
1984: Zuiderzee Museum
Enkhuizen, Netherlands
1983: Regional Museum (Museum Sarganserland)
Sargans, Switzerland
1982: Museum of Art and History
Saint-Denis, France
1981: Folk Art Museum
Nafplion, Greece
1980: Catharine Convent State Museum
Utrecht, Netherlands
1979: Museum of the Camargue
Arles, France
1978: Schloss Rheydt Municipal Museum
Mönchengladbach, Germany
1977: Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Ironbridge, United Kingdom