Hands On! International European Museum Academy

Association of Children in Museums A European Museum Expertise Foundation

Secretariat: Kanaalweg 46, 2584 CL The Hague, The Netherlands

Friedrichgasse 34 Chairman’s office: Tel +31 70 3515 160

A-8010 Graz Director’s office: Tel +39 02 89775567

Austria Registration no. 27359130 The Hague

secretariat@hands-on-international.net europeanmuseumacademy@gmail.com

www.hands-on-international.net www.europeanmuseumacademy.eu

ENTRY FEE

 

A. The completed application should be accompanied by a non-refundable entry fee of 250 € (two hundred and fifty Euros), paid by bank transfer.

 

B. Hands On! members will pay 200 € (two hundred Euros).

 

 

Transfer charges must be paid by the applicant. Please make sure that your payment can be identified and include a copy of the transfer instructions on the disks with your application.

 

Bank: ING Bank

Address: Postbus 94780, 1090 GT Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Account name/holder: European Museum Academy

IBAN: NL36INGB0004682823

BIC: INGBNL2A

VAT number: NL821434147B01

SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Completed forms and supplementary material should be sent to: Ann Nicholls, EMA Co-ordinator, 17 Woolcot Street, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6QH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)117 973 7965; ann.n1493@gmail.com.

 

 

The completed application form should be accompanied by THREE copies of a CD which should include the following:

 

  • The Entry Data page (Word format)

 

  • The completed questionnaire attached to the application form (Word format).

 

  • Up to 10 low-resolution digital images, with general views of the exhibitions and activities together with one exterior view - good pictures which illustrate your strong candidature for the Award. All images must be free of copyright and accompanied by a declaration which enables EMA and HO! to use them for non-commercial purposes in its printed materials, on the Internet as well as in training programmes.

 

  • Scanned copies of a brochure, leaflet or other publicity material you wish to include (please do not send paper copies).

 

A copy of the bank transfer instructions, which should include the name of the sender’s organisation, should be sent separately by email attachment.

 

For further background information, see the websites: www.hands-on-international.net and www.europeanmuseumacademy.eu.

 

Note: it is not possible to return material after the judging has taken place

CHILDREN IN MUSEUMS AWARD: ENTRY DATA

The closing date for applications is 1 March 2017.

Completed forms and supplementary material on three copies of a disk should be sent to: Ann Nicholls, EMA Co-ordinator, 17 Woolcot Street, Redland, Bristol, BS6 6QH, UK. Tel: +44 (0)117 973 7965; ann.n1493@gmail.com.

 

Name of museum:

 

Director:

 

Full postal address:

 

Telephone/fax numbers, with area code:

 

E-mail and website:

 

Museum or department within a museum?

 

Finance: public or privately financed?

 

Number of permanent employees: Number of temporary employees:

 

Number of volunteers:

 

Opening times:

 

Position of the education department within the overall structure of the museum:

 

Percentage of the budget within the total budget of the museum in 2016:

 

Percentage of visitors within the total visitor numbers in 2016:

 

Entry fee category: A B (please tick)

 

Please answer the following questions in a separate document in no more than 250 words per question and submitted in Word format.

 

  1. What is the vision/mission statement of your museum?
  2. In what way is your museum innovative, and how could it inspire others in the museum field?
  3. Give an example of a permanent or changing exhibition or a programme which can illustrate your answer to Question 2. Explain how it supports the vision of your museum.
  4. How do you assess your work? How do you involve museum visitors in evaluation?
  5. Why do you think your museum should win the Children in Museums Award?

 

Signed: Date: