The shortlist for the main Museum Prize will be announced in May. Each region – Flanders, Brussels and Wallonia – nominates a maximum of five museums, which are then judged by a panel of experts on the criteria of maintenance, management, presentation of collection and its cooperation with the public. Each region presents one prize worth €10,000 to the winning museum. The prize money is intended to be used for projects aimed at attracting marginalised audiences, such as children, the disabled or the disadvantaged.
At the same time, members of the public can vote on the Museum Prize website for their own favourite from the long list of museums in each province. The Public Prize, worth €2,500, is given to one museum in each region. Voting is open until 28 May.
Also this year for the second time is a Children’s Prize worth €2,500, awarded to the most child-friendly museum of the year. Five classes of eight- to 10-year-olds in each region visit two of the nominated museums and award them points. The winner last year of the inaugural Children’s Prize was the Fashion Museum in Antwerp for Flanders and the Comic Strip Museum for Brussels.
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