Bildmuseet one of the winners of the European Museum of the Year Award

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Bildmuseet one of the winners of the European Museum of the Year Award

The winners of the European Museum of the Year Award 2014 were announced 18 May in Tallinn, Estonia. Bildmuseet, Umeå University, received a Special Commendation from the EMYA Judging Panel.

Bildmuseet receives the Special Commendation "For creating a modern and innovative museum offering dynamic exhibition continuity and a permanent platform for the promotion of European and global cultural knowledge and multi-layered intercultural dialogue."

The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA), organised by the European Museum Forum (EMF), has been presented this year for the 37th time. Every year a Main award and Special Commenations are announced. The Main Award this year goes to Museum of Innocence, Istanbul, Turkey, founded of the author and nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk, based on his novel with the same title.

This is the first time in eight years that a Swedish museum receives an award from the EMYA Judging Panel. In 2006 Tom Tits Experiment in Södertälje, Sweden, was awarded the Micheletti Prize. This year there were two Swedish museums among the 38 nominees, besides Bildmuseet in Umeå also Spritmuseum in Stockholm.

Image above: Director Katarina Pierre, Bildmuseet, was on site in Tallinn yesterday to receive the Special Commendation (center, next to Orhan Pamuk).

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For further information or an inteview with the Museum director, please contact

Helena Vejbrink,
Press and Communications Officer, Bildmuseet
helena.vejbrink@bildmuseet.umu.se
+46 90 7869073


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Bildmuseet, Umeå University, exhibits contemporary international art, photography, architecture and design, along with art historic retrospectives. Existential, political and philosophical issues are key to the programme. The exhibitions are complemented by guided tours, lectures, seminars, films and performances. Workshops and educational activities inspire creativity. Since 2012 Bildmuseet has been housed in an acclaimed building by the shores of the Ume River, right next to Umeå Academy of Fine Arts, Umeå Institute of Design and Umeå School of Architecture. 

Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher learning with over 32,000 students and 4,200 employees.

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Helena Vejbrink

Helena Vejbrink

Communication officer Bildmuseet +46 90 786 9073

Umeå University

Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest universities with over 37,000 students and 4,300 employees. The university is home to a wide range of education programmes and world-class research in a number of fields. Umeå University was also where the gene-editing tool CRISPR-Cas9 was discovered – a revolution in gene-technology that was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Founded in 1965, Umeå University is characterised by tradition and stability as well as innovation and change. Education and research on a high international level contributes to new knowledge of global importance, inspired, among other things, by the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The university houses creative and innovative people that take on societal challenges. Through long-term collaboration with organisations, trade and industry, and other universities, Umeå University continues to develop northern Sweden as a knowledge region.

The international atmosphere at the university and its unified campus encourages academic meetings, an exchange of ideas and interdisciplinary co-operation. The cohesive environment enables a strong sense of community and a dynamic and open culture in which students and staff rejoice in the success of others.

Campus Umeå and Umeå Arts Campus are only a stone's throw away from Umeå town centre and are situated next to one of Sweden's largest and most well-renowned university hospitals. The university also has campuses in the neighbouring towns Skellefteå and Örnsköldsvik.

At Umeå University, you will also find the highly-ranked Umeå Institute of Design, the environmentally certified Umeå School of Business, Economics and Statistics and the only architectural school with an artistic orientation – Umeå School of Architecture. The university also hosts a contemporary art museum Bildmuseet and Umeå's science centre – Curiosum. Umeå University is one of Sweden's five national sports universities and hosts an internationally recognised Arctic Research Centre.

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