- European Museum of the Year Award
The European Museum of the Year Award is awarded to two kinds of museums:
* Established museums that have undergone modernization or expansion during the past two years.
* New museums opened to the public in the past two years.The award is presented each year by theEuropean Museum Forum , under theCouncil of Europe . The European Museum of the Year Award was founded byKenneth Hudson .Award winners
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2008 :Kumu Art Museum inTallinn ,Estonia
*2007 :German Emigration Center ,Bremerhaven ,Germany Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/14/arts/design/14muse.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&pagewanted=all&oref=slogin|title=Hoping to Lure Visitors by Recalling Departures|accessdate=2008-03-18|year=2007-07-14|author=Andreas Tzortzis|work=The New York Times]
*2006 :CosmoCaixa ,Barcelona ,Spain Cite web|url=http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/theworld/2006/May/theworld_May521.xml§ion=theworld|title=Top European Museum Prize Goes to Spain|accessdate=2008-03-18|year=2006-05-14|work=Khaleej Times Online]
*2005 :National Heritage Museum ,Arnhem ,The Netherlands
*2004 :Archaeological Museum of Alicante ,Spain
*2003 :Victoria and Albert Museum ,London ,United Kingdom (specifically for the new British Galleries)Cite web|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200409130036|title=Spiralling into Oblivion|accessdate=2008-03-18|year=2004-09-13|author=Jonathan Glancey|work=New Statesman]
*2002 :Chester Beatty Library ,Dublin ,Ireland Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9407EED81439F934A25754C0A9649C8B63|title=Arts Abroad; An Irish Castle for Religious Manuscripts|accessdate=2008-03-18|year=2002-07-17|author=Brian Lavery|work=The New York Times]
*2001 :National Railway Museum ,York , United KingdomCite web|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/may/01/arts.artsnews|title=Steaming|accessdate=2008-03-18|year=2002-05-01|author=Maev Kennedy|work=The Guardian]
*2000 :Guggenheim Museum Bilbao ,Bilbao ,Spain
*1999 :Musée Français de la Carte à Jouer ,Issy-les-Moulineaux ,France
*1998 : TheConservation Centre ,Liverpool , United Kingdom
*1997 :Museum of Anatolian Civilizations ,Ankara ,Turkey
*1996 :Museum of the Romanian Peasant ,Bucharest ,Romania
*1995 : TheOlympic 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 : ,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 References
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