Museum of Contraception and Abortion, Vienna (www.muvs.org), the first winner of Kenneth Hudson Award established by the European Museum Forum in 2010, was named as best presenter of an award-winning project at the Best in Heritage conference held in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 22–24 September 2011.

Other EMYA/Council of Europe award winners presented in Dubrovnik this year were: Museum of Portimão, Portugal, winner of the Council of Europe Museum Prize 2010; Ozeaneum in Stralsund, Germany, winner of the European Museum of the Year Award 2010; and Tampere 1918: Museum of Finnish Civil War, Museum Centre Vapriikki, Tampere, Finland, that has received a Special Commendation of the EMYA Judging Panel in 2011.

The Tampere Museum was also presented as a case study at Mnemosophia, the post-conference event focused on the theme of Difficult Heritage and held in the Inter University Centre Dubrovnik on 25 September 2011.

Dr Christian Fiala, Founder and Director of the Museum of Contraception and Abortion, will be next speaking at The Best in Heritage - Excellence Club held in the framework of EXPONATEC – Cologne, International Trade Fair for Museum, Conservation and Heritage, on 16–18 November 2011 (www.exponatec.de). Another speaker there is Peter Husty from Salzburg Museum, Austria, winner of the 2009 European Museum of the Year Award.