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European Museum Academy
The European Museum Academy is a non-profit foundation dealing with the role of museums in contemporary society, innovations concerning museological philosophy, the museographical language and practice. The European Museum Academy functions as a museological think-tank on the practice and future development of museums. The main fields of activities of the European Museum Academy include the judging and awarding of a number of European museum awards (European Museum Academy Awards), the organization of conferences, the preparation of publications, the implementation of EU projects and engagement in various research and training programs.
History
The European Museum Academy is an independent foundation, legally based in the Netherlands. The Academy was established in 2009 by a group of museum professionals and researchers from the university sector, on the tenth anniversary of the death of the distinguished British museologist Kenneth Hudson (1916-1999) who was the primary creator of the European Museum of the Year Award.
Aims
The European Museum Academy reflects the social, educational, economic and ecological role of museums in today's world. The Academy engages in various activities, all of which pursue one goal above all: to enhance excellence of museums at various levels. Therefore it identifies and highlights outstanding museum examples that can function as role models for others. The activities of the Academy comprise forward-looking projects in museological research and practice with a particular focus on museum education and learning.
Organisation
The European Museum Academy gathers a group of approximately 40 experts -all volunteers- active in specific sectors of the museum and heritage world with a proven experience in European programs as well as in national and regional development projects related to museums.
The EMA Representatives
Individual museum experts represent the European Museum Academy in about 40 countries in Europe. The representatives are mainly observing museum developments in their respective countries with the purpose of providing annual reports of the situation. They also help to find candidates for various European museum awards administered by EMA.
The EMA Partners
The European Museum Academy works with an extensive network of cooperation partners who promote the various activities of the Academy. These partners include various international organizations, foundations and ministries in Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Sweden. The cooperation includes various forms of membership, exchange of information, the preparation of joint documents and the implementation of research projects. In addition, there are publications, lectures and the planning of seminars, conferences and other events.
Further Education, Projects, Publications
An important goal of the work of the European Museum Academy is to exchange museological and practical museum knowledge and to promote further education in the museum sector. Since it was founded, the Academy has participated in university courses and (online) courses in museology [4] and in summer schools across Europe. In doing so, it cooperates with various European universities and institutions that are active in continuing education in the field of cultural heritage. The European Museum Academy also acts as a partner in several international research and development projects. It also makes numerous publications available on its website.
The European Museum Academy Awards
Along with a number of different partners the European Museum Academy provides the jury, infrastructure and expertise of various European museum awards. All of them except for the EMA Prize are annual awards.
The EMA Prize
The award was created in 2011 to appreciate long-term or sustainable achievements in the museum world by either an individual or an institution. The prize has been established with the aim of recognising the outstanding results of museum professionals, researchers and cultural institutions in creating pioneering museums or producing studies and carrying on projects of European relevance which are destined to influence the development of museological discourse at the international level.
The Luigi Micheletti Award
The Luigi Micheletti Award is presented in cooperation with the Italian Fondazione Luigi Micheletti (Brescia), which promotes the memory of the Italian industrialist Luigi Micheletti from Brescia. This prize was launched in 1995 together with the European Museum Forum under the then patronage of the Council of Europe. The European Museum Academy has taken over the judging and award-ing of this prize with the 16th edition. The Luigi Micheletti Award is currently honoring innovative museums that deal with the history of industry, technology and science as well as contemporary political history.
The DASA Award
The award, launched in 2011 by the DASA Working World Exhibition (Dortmund, Germany), has credited new museums with a particular emphasis on social history. Since 2016, the DASA Award focuses on the quality of learning opportunities in museums in a comprehensive perspective.
The Živa Award
The Živa Award was launched in 2012 on the initiative of the member countries of the Forum of Slavic Cultures. The aim of the Živa Prize is to recognize outstanding achievements by museums and cultural heritage sites with a Slavic cultural background, to honor best practices in the field of material cultural heritage and to promote the exchange of knowledge and experience in these countries and beyond.
The Children in Museums Award
The Children in Museums Award is a joint venture between Hands On! International Association of Children in Museums and the European Museum Academy. The Award was launched in 2011 at the Children’s Book Fair in Bologna, Italy. The prize is aimed at creative and innovative museum exhibitions and programs for the age group up to 14 years.
Heritage in Motion Award
The Heritage in Motion Award is an annual multimedia competition on themes related to Europe’s cultural and natural heritage for the creators and users of films, games, apps and websites. It celebrates the best multimedia achievements and product that engage the public with Europe’s outstanding heritage in all its forms. Heritage in Motion is a joint initiative of the European Museum Academy and Europa Nostra and is empowered by Europeana.
Museums in Short Award
The Museums in Short Award was launched in 2012. It is a joint venture of MUSIL – Museum of Industry and Labour, European Museum Academy and the Fondazione Brescia Musei (Brescia, Italy) in collaboration with Forum of Slavic Cultures (Ljubljana, Slovenia) and ICOM Italy. Museums’ multimedia projects have many forms - and short videos appear the most common option: conceived as visual exhibit or promotional content in the real life of contemporary museums. The award aims to promote the role of museums as creative industries and build a database of short videos. All submitted videos over the years are open to online view at the website.
The European Museum Academy Master Study of the Year Award
The European Museum Academy Master Study of the Year Award was launched by EMA in 2019. The aim is to promote high quality in research by master students in universities in Europe within relevant courses and subjects for museums.
The EMA Art Museum Award
The Art Museum Award is dedicated to esteem groundbreaking projects that are dealing with art or art interventions in museums or galleries in order to address current social issues. It is about inspirational projects that think and act outside the box. The award seeks to enhance core values like dialogue, accessibility, participation, inclusion, openness and awareness.
Composition of the Board of the European Museum Academy
Andreja Rihter (President) Henrik Zipsane (Director) Karl Borromäus Murr (Chairman) Massimo Negri (Scientific Director) Wim van der Weiden Dirk Houtgraaf
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Further Readings
External Links --Carlborough (Diskussion) 17:57, 2. Mai 2021 (CEST)
