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Angeliki Giannakidou (1947) received the EMA Lifetime Achievement Award on 26 September 2026 at MARQ Archaeological Museum in Alicante, Spain, for over five decades preserving Thrace’s cultural heritage.
On September 26, the annual award ceremony of the European Museum Academy was hosted by MARQ, the Provincial Archaeological Museum in Alicante, Spain.
The House of Stories (Paris, France) is the winner of the Children in Museums Award, for its screen-free, self-sustaining literary ecosystem that sparks early childhood literacy and deepens parent–child bonds without public funding.
EMA’s digital magazine Mag for the season 2026-2027 is now published, you can download it here.
The European Museum Academy expresses its sympathy and solidarity with the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the Smithsonian Institution, and museum professionals across the United States, following AAM’s statement condemning political attacks on the Smithsonian.
The Jury has announced the shortlist for the Art Museum Award 2026.
This edition of our newsletter reflects the wide range of ways museums continue to shape cultural life across Europe and beyond. At a time when institutions are adapting to rapid technological, social and environmental change, we are reminded once again that museums are not only guardians of heritage, but active spaces for dialogue, creativity.
Described as ‘the woman who reshaped the map of Greek folklore’, Ioanna died on 25 February 2026. A scenographer, costume designer and visionary, she was the ‘heart and soul’ of the Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation (PFF), which she founded in 1974 and to which she donated her personal collection of 6,000 items of traditional Greek costume.
EMA continues interviewing experts in their field. For our current issue we have been speaking to Temime Hazal Sahin about her career, experiences, projects, role in EMA.
The jury has just published the shortlist for the Children in Museums Award 2026.
The National Museum Report 2025 based on the reports from our network of representatives in 39 EU countries recounts the richness and diversity of the European museum landscape.
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