Who took home prizes at this year’s European Museum of the Year Awards?
The Sámi Museum Siida was awarded the top prize at this year’s European Museum of the Year Awards, which were presented on the last day of the EMYA2024 Annual Conference in Portimão, Portugal on Saturday. Organised by the European Museum Forum and hosted by the Municipality of Portimão, the conference was centred around one main theme: “Museums in Pursuit of Social Impact”. The 2024 winner of the European Museum of the Year Award, the Sámi Museum Siida, is the national museum of the Sámi people of Finland. The Sámi people – whose ancestral lands (known as Sápmi) extend across large swathes of ...