Kumu Art Museum – 2008 European Museum of the Year Award

08.02.2011

The European Museum of the Year Award, organised by the European Museum Forum, has celebrated its 31^st year with a Presentation Ceremony and associated activities based at various venues in Dublin. The winners were announced by Sir Neil Cossons, EMF’s President and presented by the Forum’s Patron, Her Majesty Queen Fabiola of Belgium.

The 2008 European Museum of the Year Award was given to Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn, one of Tallinn Card popular partners. Its holistic approach illustrates the importance of museums and arts in the complex process of mass communication, and the overall excellence of its building, its exhibitions and management makes it a worthy winner this year.

The Forum is operating under the auspices of the Council of Europe. Its opinions are expressed in plain terms, and its aim each year, in selecting the European Museum of the Year, is to discover and publicise a museum which has succeeded outstandingly well in dealing with the problems that are facing museums everywhere, problems of imagination, money, staff morale, bureaucracy, integrity and professional pride, taste, social responsibility and planning for the future.

The candidates for its Award are new museums, established within the past two or three years, and older museums which have been completely reorganised during the same period. It receives applications from between 50 and 60 candidates a year, all of whom receive assessment visits from members of the Forum’s judging committee.

KUMU is free with Tallinn Card.