Art Palace of Georgia receives a ‘Special Mention’ of the Jury in the 2016 edition of the EU Prize
for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards, for an outstanding contribution to the
conservation and enhancement of heritage that recognized the quality of preserved historic
paintings, furniture and other elements.
This year the Heritage Awards Juries have presented Special Mentions to 16 heritage
achievements from 11 European countries. The Special Mentions are given to projects with
outstanding contributions to the conservation and enhancement of heritage which are
particularly appreciated by the Juries but not included in the final selection to receive an
Award.
The museum’s nomination for the awards was collectively prepared by the Ministry of Culture
and Monument Protection of Georgian, the National Agency for Cultural Heritage Preservation
of Georgia and Georgia’s national committee at the International Council of Museums (ICOM)
and the US Embassy in Georgia.
Representatives of the Art Palace were invited to attend the awards ceremony at the Zarzuela
Theatre in Madrid, Spain on May 24.
Uniting 400 member organizations and 1500 individual members from about 50 countries,
Europa Nostra worked to ‘save Europe’s endangered historical monuments, sites and cultural
landscapes’, as well as staging annual awards recognizing cultural preservation.
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