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Awards and accolades
International Press Award
The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents (AFPC) and the International Association of Press Clubs awarded the Museum the International Press Award in the category of Culture and Science, in recognition of its communications work.
The Museum received the award from the Diversity Foundation in the category of best practice by a public institution or company, included in the VI International Awards for diversity management.
Diversity Foundation Award
Art Explora Award
The #VersionaThyssen project was awarded the second Art Explora prize, which is sponsored by the French Ministry of Culture. European innovation award, aimed at attracting young audiences to museums.
Tiqets Award
In the fourth edition of the 2020 #RemarkableVenueAwards 2020, the Tiqets platform awarded the Museum the title of the most innovative cultural institution in Spain, a new category that recognises the work carried out towards post-COVID strategies, in the search for new and original ways to reach the public.
Featured on 5 December and 16 January as App of the Day in Spain, and on 16 January as App of the Day in 50 countries including France, Germany, Italy and Poland.
#Thyssenparati
AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR, AN EXTRAORDINARY EFFORT
2020
was marked by the global health crisis, which has generated unprecedented scenarios and a challenge of great magnitude for people, organisations and society in general.
In the case of the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the pandemic has had a strong impact on the day-to-day development of its activity, the number of visitors, which was reduced by 67%, the cancellation of exhibitions and the reorganisation of the exhibition calendar.
In this new context, the pandemic has brought with it important considerations for the Museum regarding its mission and role in society, accelerating and boosting the changes necessary to project the institution’s position in the coming years.
In this way, the Museum reinforced its digital strategy, aware of the need to bring the Museum closer to people’s homes as quickly as possible and maintain contact with visitors, Friends of the Museum, sponsors, etc., looking for formats that are best suited to different audiences.
