Luigi Micheletti Award
The Luigi Micheletti Award
The Luigi Micheletti Award is the European prize for innovative museums in the world of industry, science and technics. It is one of the leading activities of the Luigi Micheletti Foundation.
Up to and including the 2010 competition, candidates were drawn from the list of applicants for the European Museum of the Year Award, which is administered by the European Museum Forum. The EMYA candidates are either new museums, established for the firsttime during the past two or three years, or older museums which have been substanti...
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The XVIII edition of the Luigi Micheletti Award goes to the Military History Museum of National Army, located in Dresden. The ceremony took place in Bursa (Turkey). The rich programme (seminars, workshops, visits of the city) culminated in the presentation of the candidates (21 museums, from 14 European country) and in the delivery...
The XVIII Luigi Micheletti Award will take place in Bursa (Turkey), the 26th and the 27th of April. The Ceremony will be enriched by a conference dedicated to industrial heritage. In attach you can find the Application Form and the programme.
2012 Winner
The Riverside Museum in Glasgow is Scotland’s Museum of Transport and Travel, housed in a spectacular building designed by Zara Hadid, and is the successor of the Museum of Transport. In the 19th and first half of the 20th century the city was one of the most important producers of heavy engineering, such as locomotives and ships and made a significant contribution to the production of bicycles, prams and cars. The vast collection is displayed by type and also as part of nine main themes. Each of the story displays has been tailored to a specific target audience, and visitors are e...