EMYA2026 NOMINEES

Thirty-four museums from seventeen countries are nominated for the EMYA2026.

Winners will be announced at the annual conference and the awards ceremony, taking place from 10 to 14 June, 2026 in Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain. The conference is organized by the European Museum Forum (EMF) and hosted by the Euskararen Etxea and its Basque Language Interpretation Centre, recipient of the Council of Europe Museum Prize 2025. This event will bring the EMYA community together, including former candidates, nominees or winners of the EMYA awards, as well as partners and experts from the museum sector.

NOMINEES

Museum St John’s Hospital Belgium
Den Gamle By. National Open-Air Museum of Urban History and Culture Denmark
Kaj Munk Museum, part of the Ringkobing Fjord Museums Denmark
Children’s Museum Miiamilla, branch of Tallinn City Museum Estonia
Tartu City Museum Estonia
Lahti Museum of Visual Arts Malva Finland
Museum of Play Finland
Pile Dwellings Unteruhldingen Germany
Samurai Museum Berlin Germany
State Archaeological Collection Germany
Sensoria – The House of Fragrances and Flavours Holzminden Germany
AlpenStadtMuseum Sonthofen Germany
Obersalzberg Documentation Center Germany
Research Center – Tsitsanis Museum Greece
Museum of Ethnography in Budapest Hungary
Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music Latvia
National Museum of Resistance and Human Rights Luxembourg
Museum of Engineering and Technology in Krakow Poland
MUDE – Design Museum Portugal
Lisbon Museum – Pimenta Palace Portugal
Museum of Madness Institute Slovenia
Galactica Spain
La Unión Mining Museum Spain
Villena Museum MUVI Spain
MuMAPS. Museum of Art Mechanics and Heritage Switzerland
Musée du Ski – Le Boéchet Switzerland
La Muette – espaces littéraires Switzerland
Museum of the Rural Civilization of Mendrisiotto Switzerland
CERN Science Gateway Switzerland
Museum Henry Dunant Switzerland
Kunsthaus Baselland Switzerland
Zeyrek Çinili Hamam Museum Türkiye
Seddülbahir Fortress Türkiye
Young V&A United Kingdom