The Museu del Calçat i de la Indústria de Inca collects in Istanbul the testimony of the Siletto Award as the best European Museum of the Year in the category of Participation and Commitment to Citizenship from the winner of the 2021 edition, the Kenan Yavuz Ethnographic Museum of Turkey.

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The gala was held this weekend at the Cemal Reşit Rey Konser Salonu in the Turkish city, attended by more than 300 personalities from the country’s cultural and political spheres. During her speech, the director of the curious museum, Aina Ferrero, stressed “the importance of revisiting traditions and history in their contemporary global context in close collaboration with the communities involved”.

“The Museu del calçat de Inca has been working for years to build bridges between the community and the museum itself,” stressed Ferrero, who also sent a message of thanks to the organisers: “on behalf of the Ajuntament de Inca, I would like to thank you for the opportunity to make the museum known internationally at such an important event”.

At the ceremony, which included performances of Turkish and classical music and speeches by the most important political personalities in Istanbul, the video was shown with subtitles in English and Turkish with which the Inca Shoe Museum defended its candidacy for European Museum of the Year in Estonia on 7 May, where it won one of the most prestigious awards in Europe, the Prize for Participation and Commitment to Citizenship.

At the end of her speech, the museum representative presented the hosts with five pairs of Lottusse shoes for the occasion.