Children in Museums Award 2025

The Children in Museums Award values creativity and innovation and considers how an exhibition or programme can change the course of museum thinking or museum practice.

NEWS: The deadline for applying to the Children in Museums Award has been extended to 31 March 2025.

Each year Hands On! rewards the most excellent children’s exhibition or project dedicated to children with the Children in Museums Award. The award was recently named one of Europe’s most prestigious museums awards by NEMO- The Network of European Museums Organisations.

The unique Miffy trophy

The award not only values creativity and innovation but also considers the ways in which an exhibition or programme can change the course of museum thinking or museum practice, nationally as well as internationally. How can elements of the winning exhibition or programme be incorporated into the museum field?

Read more about this important award on the web.

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Visit our page dedicated to the Children in Museums Award 2024 and the participants galleries.

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