With epidemiological situation in most Slavic countries improving and control measures relaxing the judges for the Živa Award are ready to visit the nominated museums in person. Should that not be possible for all of the museums the visit and evaluation will take place remotely. The 7th Živa Award ceremony for the Best Slavic Museum and Heritage Site will take place in September 2021.
The Forum of Slavic Cultures attended the celebrations marking the 10th anniversary of the Slovenian Alpine Museum, recipient of the Živa Award for the Best Slavic Museum 2017.
Instead of meeting in Belgrade (Serbia) in person, our judges for Živa Award 2020 held their regular annual meeting online. They shared their experiences during the pandemic in their respective countries, reported on the responses of Živa Award candidates and adopted the decision to move the opening ceremony to autumn 202
This autumn, the Forum of Slavic Cultures will confer the seventh Živa Award for the best Slavic museum and the third for the best Slavic heritage site. As many as 22 museums from 12 Slavic countries will be running for the awards this year.
At their autumn gathering with the locals and guests at the exhibition Four Elements: 3 – Earth in the Posavje Museum Brežice the Forum of Slavic Cultures nominated the Museum for the Živa Award for the best Slavic museum 2019.
In the framework of the VIII International Cultural Forum in St. Petersburg the FSC presented Živa sculptures to the best Slavic Museum 2019 and the best Slavic heritage site. At a special round table the representatives of Russian and Slavic museums discussed the significance of Slavic heritage in the global context.
Having visited all 25 nominated museums between February and April, Živa Award judges met and reported on their visits. Award recipients will be announced in October 2019 in Bar, Montenegro.
In December 2018, following the closure of the call for Živa Award 2019 – the Award for the Best Slavic Museum and the Best Slavic Heritage Site, it was time for the FSC to examine the applications.
The FSC accepted the invitation to the Emigration Museum in Gdynia, Poland, the best Slavic museum of 2018.
Lidija Nikočević, Croatian judge for the Živa Award, presented Živa – Award for the Best Slavic Museum and Slavic Heritage Site at the general meeting of the Museum Association of Eastern Croatia
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