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Tegea Archaeological Museum Nominated for European Museum of the Year Award

Tegea_museum_01Greece’s Culture Ministry and the Arcadia Antiquities Ephorate announced that the Tegea Archaeological Museum has been nominated as a candidate for the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) in 2016.
The museum was included in a list of candidates posted on the website of the European Museum Forum (EMF), which organizes the competition. The winning museum will be announced at a ceremony to be held from April 6-9 at Tolosa and San Sebastian in Spain.
The Tegea Archaeological Museum’s dossier was put together in spring 2015 and submitted to the EMF with the support of the Stasinopoulos-Viohalco Public Benefit Foundation. The museum is situated in the traditional settlement of Alea in Tripoli, Peloponnese, and was one of the first public museums of the independent Greek state, founded in 1907. Recently, it has been extensively renovated using EU funds, with improvements to both the building and the exhibition, and reopened in 2014. It is the only Greek museum participating in this year’s EMYA competition.
Established in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe, the EMYA is awarded annually with the aim of encouraging the best practices and innovative actions by museums in Europe.
(source: ana-mpa)

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