About us: Awards and accolades

Luigi Micheletti Fondazione of Breccia, in northern Italy, summarized the award given to the Bergslagen Ecomuseum in 1998 as follows::

"The 1998 Micheletti Award for the best museum of Technical or Industrial History among the participating candidates goes to the Ecomuseum Bergslagen of central Sweden. This museum covers an area of 750 km2 of forest land and describes a region that for hundreds of years has constituted one of the foremost iron-producing territories of Europe. Some 49 of these historical sites have been restored and made accessible to the public. Every year improvements are made and new items added. Given that the museum is being developed continuously, it has been difficult to know which year would be the most appropriate one in which to apply for the award. However, the positive improvements that have taken place recently were considered to provide adequate grounds. The jury has attached considerable weight to the valuable work done by the volunteers in acting as guides and sources of information throughout the area covered by the museum, and has also noted the enthusiasm that pervades all aspects of the museum, which is manifest not only in those that do the work but also among those institutions that support the museum financially."

The Ecomuseum Bergslagen won the "European Museum of the Year" award for the best museum of Technical or Industrial History.

Special Commendation 1989
“The committee would like to take this opportunity of expressing its appreciation of the achievements of the Ecomuseum Bergslagen in Sweden, and takes great pleasure in making this presentation as a permanent record of its esteem.”