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War Childhood Museum hosts a conference on innovation in European museums

FENA Press release

SARAJEVO, May 21 (FENA) - The War Childhood Museum in Sarajevo hosts a central event at the European museum scene, the conference "European Museum of the Year: Innovation in European Museums", which will be held in Sarajevo from May 22 to May 25 in cooperation with the European Museum Forum (EMF).

It will be the first time that a museum conference of such reputation will be organized in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and it will be held at several locations in Sarajevo, announced the War Childhood Museum.

Throughout forty years of work, the European Museum Forum has been continuously working on the promotion and development of the quality of European museums.

The European Museum of the Year Award was founded by Kenneth Hudson and Richard Hoggart in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe.

A total of 40 museums from 17 European countries have been nominated for five awards: European Museum of the Year, Council of Europe Museum Prize, Kenneth Hudson Prize, Silletto Prize, and Portimao Museum Prize.

The War Childhood Museum is the winner of the 2018 Council of Europe Museum Prize, which opened the door for the 2019 hosting of the conference.

The four-day conference, which is expected to be attended by around 250 participants, is a combination of workshops, lectures and panels, and will be completed by a gala award ceremony, which will be held at the National Theater in Sarajevo.

Other locations include the Unitic Business Center, the National Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art ‘Ars Aevi’, the residence of the British Ambassador to BiH, and the War Childhood Museum.

The distinguished lecturers who will take part in the event are: Suay Aksoy (President of the International Council of Museums - ICOM), Deyan Sudjic (Director of the Design Museum in London, European Museum of the Year for 2018), Jasminko Halilović (Director and founder of the War Childhood Museum), and Sharon Heal (Director of the Association of the Museums of the United Kingdom).

More than 50 speakers from some of the most important and innovative European museums will participate in the panels, and the program is available at the conference website: http://www.emya2019.com.

This event is supported by the Sarajevo Canton Tourism Board and the Delegation of the European Union to BiH as the general sponsors. The main sponsors are Embassy of Italy in BiH, Embassy of Great Britain in BiH, New Event and Ibe, and the partners are the National Theater Sarajevo, National Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Museum of Contemporary Art ‘Ars Aevi’, the Memorial Fund, Embassy of the Republic of Slovakia and Embassy of the Netherlands.

Every year the most innovative museums in Europe gather at the EMYA Conference and Awards Ceremony to showcase their work, to network, and to learn from each other. This is a unique opportunity for those who are planning to create a new museum or to renew an existing one, to learn about the latest developments in the public quality of museums.

This year more than 40 museums will present their work and discuss the following themes: Museums and big ideas; Museums engaging with local contexts; Museums and new approaches to art and culture; Museums of transport and technology; Museums and new narratives of history and identity; Museums and narratives of conflict and war; Museums and the environment; Museums presenting unique heritage; Museums and world history; and Museums and literature.

This conference will also feature a Kenneth Hudson Prize Winners Panel – a panel of previous winners of this prize. The Kenneth Hudson Prize is awarded for the most daring and innovative achievement that challenges common perceptions of the role of museums in society.

(FENA) S. R.

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