Bitola Museum nominated for European award "Luigi Micheletti"

National institution Bureau and Museum-Bitola, which pays special attention to museum operations in line with European standards, has been nominated for European award "Luigi Michelleti", presented by the European Museum Academy (EMA).
EMA national coordinator Gordan Nikolov and EMA official Andreja Rihter said 21 European museums compete for the award.
Nikolov said the Bitola museum was the only Macedonian nominee, since it meets the EMA criteria."The Bitola Museum is visible everywhere. One can see everything at its website, which is unfortunately not the case with other museums. It includes practical information for every visitor, which is owed to the excellent management of this national institution", added Nikolov.
Museum director Liljana Hristova said another EMA monitoring team would visit Bitola in the course of January, in light of the final decision for the "Luigi Micheletti" award.
The Luigi Micheletti Award, established in 1996, is the European prize for innovative museums in the world of industry, science and technics.

Tose Proeski Memorial - Among Top Three projects for Building of 2011

Memorial House of Macedonia's late pop star Tose Proeski has great chances to win the People's Choice Award - the building of 2011, launched this year within the prestigious World Architecture Festival (WAF) in Barcelona.
The Memorial House Tose Proeski has two rivals - the 'Atmosphere' building in Kolkata, India, and the Museum of Memory and Tolerance in Mexico City. This morning Proeski's Memorial has top the list with 6,900 on-line votes on the following web site: http://openbuildings.com/peoples_choice/waf/leaderboard. The voting is opened by November 4.A total of 704 buildings, located across the globe, have been competing for the award.
Under the support of the Ministry of Culture, the project of Proeski's Memorial will be presented at the Festival's closing day - November 4.Dejan Sekulovski, one of the designers of Proeski's Museum, expressed hope that the project could even win the award.
WAF is the world’s largest, live, inclusive and interactive global architecture event and features the world's biggest architectural contest – The World Architectural Festival Awards.