Marlen Mouliou, Assistant Professor of Museology at the Faculty of History and Archaeology of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and member of a Cross-Faculty Committee for the Postgraduate Programme in Museum Studies, has been appointed, by the European Museum Forum (EMF), to serve as Chair of the European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) Jury until May 2022. Marlen Mouliou has already been member of the EMYA Jury since 2016. In her new capacity, she will also serve as ex officio member of the EMF Board of Trustees. This is the first time in the history of EMF/EMYA that a museum professional and academic from Greece is appointed in this role.

The European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA) was founded in 1977 under the auspices of the Council of Europe, with the aim of recognising excellence in the European museum scene and encouraging innovative processes in a museum world. Within the EMYA scheme all museums are equal whatever their size, subject, nationality or their budget and are assessed on the basis of what is considered outstanding public quality and public accessibility. EMYA has proved to be the longest running and most prestigious museum award in Europe. Through the close affiliation with the Council of Europe, EMYA is embedded in a system of values of citizenship, democracy and human rights.