Moscow Museum News: Awards Received and Offered
The awards season is starting early this year for two prominent museums. March 3, 2021
Gulag History Museum
The Gulag History Museum has been awarded the 2021 Council of Europe Museum Prize. The prize, which has been awarded since 1977, is given yearly to a museum that has made a significant contribution to understanding the European cultural heritage and has promoted respect for human rights and democracy.
Speaking on behalf of the Culture Committee that selected the prize, Roberto Rampi said in part that the Gulag History Museum “can serve as a model to other museums in Europe to create a well-documented and moving memory of the past and stimulate reflection on democratic citizenship, particularly for younger generations.”