Award 2012

The first winner of the Children in Museums Award, in 2012, was the Tropenmuseum Junior (Amsterdam; Holland).

Bologna
HRH Princess Sibilla of Luxemburg presented the Award to director Mariëlle Pals in the Salla della Cultura at the new Museum of History of Bologna The ceremony was organized in co-operation with the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, and with the support of the Carisbo Bank Foundation – Genus Bononiae. At the time, the Award was still called the Children’s Museum Award.

OUR WINNER

‘Model to be followed’
According to the jury, ‘The Tropenmuseum Junior exceeds the other candidates because of its high degree of creativity and effectiveness in the design of its programmes. For years the museum’s working method has been a model to be followed by many other museums and museum professionals worldwide who are interested in allowing their museum to meet the visitor and to make them feel part of the exhibition, making their visit an enjoyable and rewarding experience.’

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2012 CMA Judges Report

Eligibility

Criteria

Entry fee

Prize

SHORTLIST

FRida & freD – Grazer Kindermuseum, Austria Graz
Museum Miia-Milla-Manda, Estonia Tallinn
Labyrinth Kindermuseum, Germany Berlin
Junges Schloss: Kindermuseum Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart
START – Laboratorio di Culture Creative, Italy Bologna
Joods Historisch Museum, Netherlands Amsterdam
Tropenmuseum Junior, Netherlands Amsterdam
Kinderboekenmuseum, Netherlands The Hague
Villa Zebra, Netherlands Rotterdam
Museo Pambata,The Philippines Manila
Jamtli, Sweden Östersund
Istanbul Toy Museum, Turkey Istanbul
Discover Children’s Story Centre, United Kingdom London