{"id":102597,"date":"2025-12-13T17:45:22","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T15:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.linnamuuseum.ee\/uncategorized\/lastemuuseum-miiamilla-on-nomineeritud-euroopa-2026-aasta-muuseumiauhinnale\/"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T10:33:47","slug":"lastemuuseum-miiamilla-on-nomineeritud-euroopa-2026-aasta-muuseumiauhinnale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linnamuuseum.ee\/en\/lastemuuseum-miiamilla-en\/lastemuuseum-miiamilla-on-nomineeritud-euroopa-2026-aasta-muuseumiauhinnale\/","title":{"rendered":"Children\u2019s Museum Miiamilla shortlisted for the European Museum of the Year Award 2026!<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"
The European Museum Forum has announced the nominees for the European Museum of the Year Award 2026 (EMYA2026), and Children\u2019s Museum Miiamilla is truly grateful and delighted to be among the 35 museums shortlisted across Europe.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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Reopened in 2024, Miiamilla \u2013 widely celebrated as a child\u2019s first museum experience \u2013 has quickly become one of the most visited museums in Estonia. Demand has been so high that it became the first museum in the country to require advance ticket purchases. The nomination recognises Miiamilla\u2019s bold and child-centred approach: co-creating its new permanent exhibition with children, integrating children\u2019s own drawings into the exhibition design, and inviting families to explore the museum through playful, creative and imaginative solutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe children\u2019s museum truly listens to children. This is a world where the child leads and the adult follows,\u201d says Jane Meremaa-Roos, museum director and creator of the new exhibition. \u201cA parent\u2019s role is to slow down to the child\u2019s rhythm and to be fully present. While this can be challenging at first, it has lasting positive effects on growing as a human being.\u201d<\/p>\n

The permanent exhibition features more than 100 toys and museum objects from cultural history collections, rocking horses gathered through community collection campaigns, and a wide range of everyday objects that shape children\u2019s lives today, alongside original items designed in collaboration with children.<\/p>\n

\u201cFree play and learning through play are at the heart of the exhibition. Empathy is the unifying theme throughout the different rooms \u2013 empathy toward oneself, toward others, and toward the living environment,\u201d explains curator and methodology designer Sireli Uusmaa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the indoor exhibition explores and reflects the life of the contemporary child, the outdoor exhibition reveals the dignified history of the Children\u2019s Park\u2019s main building,\u201d adds Meremaa-Roos, referring to the gate gallery in front of the museum. The exhibition and spatial design were developed in collaboration with MOTOR<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

All the nominees for the European Museum of the Year Awards can be found on\u00a0the\u00a0EMYA website<\/a>.<\/p>\n