THE Museum of Liverpool has been named the European Museum of the Year for 2013.
The Council of Europe in Paris awarded the museum – opened in July 2011 – the 2013 prize ahead of a three-strong shortlist. The museum will be presented with a bronze statue for the year.
Joe Benton, Labour MP for Bootle, who was at the Paris session, said: “This is a highly prestigious award which shows that capital of culture was not a one-off.”
Riverside MP Louise Ellman said: “This is a wonderful achievement for Liverpool. It builds on our success in being crowned European Capital of Culture in 2008. Congratulations to Phil Redmond and the team at the museum.”
A spokesman for National Museums Liverpool said: “We are absolutely thrilled with this award which is not just an accolade for the Museum of Liverpool but for the city as well.”
A Council of Europe spokesman said: “The museum has an outstanding capacity to get people of all ages, backgrounds and abilities involved”.
