The Hurtigruten Museum was nominated for the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) in 2025.
EMYA is an award that is awarded annually by the Council of Europe’s museum organization, the European Museum Forum. This is a prestigious award, and the Hurtigruten Museum and Museum Nord are very proud to have been nominated for the award.
“A freighter, a retired Hurtigruten and the story of an archipelago in the Arctic have been nominated for the honorary award Museum of the Year.?”
This is what Sigrid Stenerud Steien writes12. April 2024 on the Norwegian Museum Association’s website. The Hurtigruten Museum in Stokmarknes, the Jekte Trade Museum in Bodø and the Svalbard Museum in Longyearbyen – these were the nominees for the award.
“The three museums each tell a fascinating part of Norwegian maritime history, which together provide a picture of how Norway is bound together. Both the jekta Anna Karoline and the Hurtigruten ship Finnmarken are tangible proof of the importance of mastering the coast and the sea. For centuries, the stretch was Bergen ? Kirkenes the only national road between north and south in Norway.? For the import and export of goods, people and mail. Trade?stimulated hunting, gathering and fishing, developed?industries, settlements and all what we today call a coastal culture that literally arose in the wake of a?robust?small cargo ship and a relatively modest Hurtigruten.?” (Sigrid Stenerud Steien, Norwegian Museum Association)
In the end, it was the Jektefartsmuseet in Bodø that was awarded this coveted award – congratulations!
The Hurtigruten Museum once again receives honour and honour ? this time in the form of a new nomination: “Audience Developer of the Year”. The prize is awarded by NPU ? Norwegian audience development.
Every year, NPU nominates actors who make an extraordinary effort for audience development. In 2025, 3 awards will be awarded in different categories: “Audience Developer of the Year” ? “Innovator of the Year”? “Bridge Builder of the Year”.
“Audience Developer of the Year” is the major institutional award. This is not about a simple project or an exciting venture. All nominees have a positive development over time on at least three of the four audience dimensions we are looking for: increase, strengthen, expand and/or renew. The nominees are (in alphabetical order:
Aust-Agder Museum and Archives
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
The National Stage
Gallery Würth
The Hurtigruten Museum
Kilden theatre and concert hall
Kistefos Museum
The National Museum
The Perspective Museum
Rogaland Theatre
Vega Scene
We congratulate the National Museum on the award! Even though we didn’t win, we once again feel like winners!
The Hurtigruten Museum has been named one of the 20 best maritime museums in Europe!
This is a fantastic recognition of our efforts and commitment to conveying maritime history and coastal culture. We are grateful for our loyal volunteers, our visitors and our incredible team who have helped us on our way to becoming one of Europe’s foremost maritime museums and a central source of knowledge about coastal culture.
We look forward to continuing to develop and enrich our storytelling in the years to come.
Read the article here:
20 of the Best Maritime Museums in Europe (travelmag.com)
