{"id":15223,"date":"2025-10-14T13:39:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/?p=15223"},"modified":"2025-10-14T13:39:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:39:00","slug":"grand-prix-of-the-europa-nostra-awards-2025-for-the-exhibition-jezeva-kucica-imagining-a-better-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/grand-prix-of-the-europa-nostra-awards-2025-for-the-exhibition-jezeva-kucica-imagining-a-better-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix of the Europa Nostra Awards 2025 for the exhibition \u201cJe\u017eeva ku\u0107ica \u2013 Imagining a Better World\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"2400\" data-end=\"2682\">The exhibition <em data-start=\"2415\" data-end=\"2459\">\u201cJe\u017eeva ku\u0107ica \u2013 Imagining a Better World\u201d<\/em> by the Museum of Yugoslavia has won the <strong data-start=\"2500\" data-end=\"2547\">Grand Prix of the Europa Nostra Awards 2025<\/strong>, the highest European recognition in the field of cultural heritage, in the category <strong data-start=\"2633\" data-end=\"2679\">Citizens\u2019 Engagement and Awareness-Raising<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2684\" data-end=\"3204\">The <em data-start=\"2688\" data-end=\"2709\">European Commission<\/em> and <em data-start=\"2714\" data-end=\"2729\">Europa Nostra<\/em> jointly present these awards to outstanding initiatives that contribute to the preservation, research, and promotion of Europe\u2019s cultural heritage. This year, among <strong data-start=\"2895\" data-end=\"2938\">30 laureates from 24 European countries<\/strong>, the Museum of Yugoslavia\u2019s project was recognized as an exceptional example of a contemporary approach to heritage \u2013 through collaboration with children and students, fostering intergenerational dialogue, and reflecting on home, community, and collective memory.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3206\" data-end=\"3494\">The award ceremony took place on <strong data-start=\"3239\" data-end=\"3258\">13 October 2025<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"3266\" data-end=\"3292\">Flagey Cultural Centre<\/strong> in Brussels, as part of the <em data-start=\"3321\" data-end=\"3361\">European Cultural Heritage Summit 2025<\/em>, in the presence of over 700 participants \u2013 experts, representatives of institutions, and cultural initiatives from across Europe.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3496\" data-end=\"3926\">The exhibition <em data-start=\"3511\" data-end=\"3555\">\u201cJe\u017eeva ku\u0107ica \u2013 Imagining a Better World\u201d<\/em> was created through the collaboration of artists, educators, curators, psychologists, and children, inspired by Branko \u0106opi\u0107\u2019s beloved children\u2019s poem. Through an interactive and co-creative process, the project opened important topics \u2013 from home and belonging to memory, nostalgia, and inclusivity \u2013 becoming a space for dialogue between generations and communities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3928\" data-end=\"4192\">This award represents a major achievement not only for the Museum of Yugoslavia but also for contemporary museological practice in Serbia and the wider region, confirming that cultural heritage can be a driver of empathy, togetherness, and new forms of learning.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1816\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-15216\" src=\"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"981\" height=\"654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-396x264.jpg 396w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/54853287623-b59bc1011c-k.jpg 2047w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 981px) 100vw, 981px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1593\" data-end=\"1816\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The exhibition \u201cJe\u017eeva ku\u0107ica \u2013 Imagining a Better World\u201d by the Museum of Yugoslavia has won the Grand Prix of the Europa Nostra Awards 2025, the highest European recognition in the field of cultural heritage, in the category Citizens\u2019 Engagement and Awareness-Raising. The European Commission and Europa Nostra jointly present these awards to outstanding initiatives [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":15215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15224,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15223\/revisions\/15224"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/muzej-jugoslavije.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}