Video: Europeans named the world's best museum
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The Council of Europe named the Liverpool Museum, founded in 2011, as the best museum of 2019. This museum is famous for its architecture.
The PACE Committee on Science, Culture, Education and Mass Media presented this award to the museum, the exposition of which was dedicated to the history of the city by its organizers for their great contribution to the organization of dialogue in society and the interaction of cultures. Thus, according to experts, the museum demonstrates an exemplary attitude towards the observance of human rights.
The museum was opened in July 2011, and during this time more than 1 million visitors have visited it. The museum is the largest in the world, the exposition of which is devoted to the history of the provincial city, as well as the largest national museum of those that have been built in the UK over the past 100 years. The exposition of the museum includes 6,000 exhibits that tell about the different periods in the development of the city, which is one of the world's most important ports, as well as its role in the history of the country.
The Beatles, whose birthplace is Liverpool, play a special role in the museum's collection. Viewers in particular can see the stage where Paul McCartney and John Lennon first performed together.
The Museum Prize has been awarded annually by the Council of Europe in cooperation with the European Museum Forum since 1977. The organization's website says that the number of laureates includes museums that have made a significant contribution to the promotion of European cultural heritage.
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