The Finnish Siida Museum for the Sami people in Iniari has been honoured with the prestigious European Museum of the Year Award (EMYA). This and other prizes in the field of museums were awarded on Saturday evening at a gala in the city of Portimão in the Algarve in southern Portugal. The museum stood out for its open, participatory and transparent integration process, which opens up new opportunities for local communities and the general public to connect the past and present, the jury wrote. “The 2024 winner of the European Museum of the Year Award, Sámi Museum Siida is a museum that disting…