To be a judge means having the opportunity to learn about and understand the innovative ways in which contemporary European museums are working with different topics across diverse fields. It can be a testing duty to evaluate different museums from different traditions that work in different conditions, on different topics and with different collections.

As a jury member, I will endorse the new developments and strategies with which museums have engaged. I hope to be able to highlight practices that encourage innovative knowledge and viewpoints, that lead to creative approaches and which promote socially responsible museum work.

To be a judge is a unique chance to discover new projects, stimulating approaches, and an opportunity for empowering people all over Europe. I guess we all see in our institutions a big need to open our institutions to our diverse societies and cover relevant issues of the present and future. After a challenging project with North Korea in my house, the Swiss Alpine Museum, I am also convinced that engaged cultural projects in museums can open new doors in difficult, but relevant political contexts.

To be a judge is a chance to learn more about good practices and to become become part of a bigger community. 

To me, being a judge means a unique opportunity to gain a wider, richer view of the European museum atmosphere. Through the judge’s work, one has the chance to meet museum professionals and understand their projects in depth. This is to share their hopes, creative ideas, future plans, and also their needs. Altogether, it is a fantastic and enriching experience.