The 46 nominated museums competing for this award and for the Council of Europe Museum Prize will present their projects at the Museum of Contemporary Art on Thursday and Friday and the events are to involve as many as 220 participants from the whole of Europe.
Croatia's nominee this year is the Museum of Sinjska Alka from the Dalmatian town of Sinj.
The European Museum of the Year Award is the longest running and most prestigious museum award in Europe, presented each year by the European Museum Forum under the auspices of the Council of Europe.
It was founded in 1977 by journalist Kenneth Hudson.