Çanakkale Troya Museum is nominated for European Museum of the Year Award

A historical center in the old city of Troy - presently in present-day Turkey - was shortlisted for the European Museum of the Year Award, the Turkish culture and the travel industry serve said on Dec. 6.

Opened in 2018 in the western Turkish region of Çanakkale, the Museum of Troy was shortlisted for the honor sorted out by the European Museum Forum, bolstered by the Council of Europe, Mehmet Nuri Ersoy said in an announcement.

Canakkale Troya Museum promotional film

"One of the most significant contemporary archeological historical centers on the planet, our Museum of Troy was shortlisted at the European Museum of the Year Award in 2020," Ersoy said on Twitter, sharing a photograph of the exhibition hall.

"I salute each one of the individuals who added to the exhibition hall which was named among numerous galleries," Ersoy included, additionally expressing gratitude toward Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Champ to be declared on May 2020

The champ of the European Museum of the Year Award will be declared at a service toward the finish of the yearly meeting of the European Museum Forum, which will be held in Cardiff, Wales, from April 29 to May 2, 2020.

Last March, Turkish President Erdoğan formally opened the exhibition hall, which was built as a component of a task that passed a challenge sorted out by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2013.

Among the other 61 shortlisted up-and-comers are the National Museum of Scotland, Athletic Bilbao Museum in Spain, Museum of Warsaw in Poland and the Anne Frank House in the Netherlands.

The European Museum Forum said on its site that the honor will be given to an exhibition hall that "contributes most legitimately to drawing in spectators and fulfilling its guests with an exceptional climate, creative understanding and introduction".

In 1997, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in the Turkish capital Ankara won the European Museum of the Year Award.

The Museum of Troy is situated alongside the Troy archeological site, one of the most popular old destinations on the planet, with 4,000 years of history.

Troy was deified by the antiquated Greek writer Homer in his epic The Iliad, recounting to the tale of the most recent year of the decade-long Trojan War.