EU heritage award for Warsaw's POLIN Museum
PR dla Zagranicy
Paweł Kononczuk
27.09.2017 08:20
The management of the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews is to receive the Europa Nostra prize for preserving cultural heritage.
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The award ceremony is to be held at the Warsaw-based museum on Wednesday afternoon.
The award is the highest distinction of its kind in Europe recognising outstanding achievements in protecting, researching and promoting cultural legacy. The museum is the first Polish institution to win the prize.
“The museum, in aiming to educate and conserve the memory of Jewish people (…) has established a safe place for intercultural dialogue,” the jury said.
The Europa Nostra award was established by the European Commission in 2002.
The prize is not the first distinction granted to the museum, which received the European Museum of the Year award in 2016. (aba/pk)
Source: IAR