Museum Prize nominees announced
Romans, city artefacts, Belgian artists and a castle. Nominees for this year’s Museum Prize have been announced. The shortlist contains five names from each of the three regions in Belgium, of which one each will be chosen by a jury of experts. There is also a regional prize voted by the public, and one for children’s favourite museum.
In Flanders, the nominees are the Gallo-Roman Museum in Tongeren; Gaasbeek Castle (also nominated last year); the new Museum aan de Stroom (MAS) in Antwerp; Mu.ZEE in Ostend (pictured), with its vast collection of local artists; and the city museum STAM in Ghent.
The nominees for Brussels are the Belgian Comic Strip Center; the Charlier Museum, also with a large collection of Belgian artists and designers; the Horta Museum in the architect’s own house in Sint-Gillis; the Musical Instruments Museum and the Art Deco Van Buuren museum and gardens.
Each winning museum received €10,000. Both the public prize and the children’s prize are worth €7,500. Winners will be announced on 22 May. Members of the public can vote for their favourite museum online, although last year’s winners are excluded from the vote.
www.museumprijs.be
