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Excellence in Design This award acknowledges extraordinary achievement in design in three categories: Publications/Graphics, Media/Marketing Campaigns, and Exhibition Design. Engaging Communities These awards celebrate organizations that use exceptional and resourceful methods to engage their communities and build new audiences. Awards are made based on the size of an organization’s operating budget. |
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2023 Excellence in Design: Exhibition award winner The Wild Center "Climate Solutions" 
2023 Engaging Communities award winner Bird Homestead and Meeting House Conservancy "William Voris Archaeological site Excavation" The Individual Achievement Award honors a dedicated museum professional or volunteer that played a significant role in advancing their organizations. Award winners are selected for their valuable contributions to expanding audience reach, increasing the number and types of staff, successful campaigns for endowment or capital projects, or instilling financial stability at their organization. Nominations are accepted for a museum staff person or a museum trustee or volunteer.
Rising Star
The Rising Star award celebrates a museum professional with five years or less who displays creative thinking and inspires institutional change. Nominees should be individuals whose performance demonstrates innovation, professionalism, and leadership. Multiple awards may be given to museum professionals working in programs and education or collections and exhibitions.
Anne Ackerson Innovation in Museum Leadership
The Anne Ackerson Innovation in Museum Leadership Award honors a museum professional who during their career made significant contributions to the museum field or to their organization. This award commends a staff leader or board member that saw their organization through a critical challenge or significant opportunity in a creative and effective manner over a sustained period. Award winners are selected for their commitment to accessibility, equity, and inclusion, and their dedicated work towards community engagement, relevance, and sustainability.
Board of Directors Special Achievement Award
Members of MANY’s board of directors will consider nominations for awards that do not fall into the above categories or for nominated projects that deserve exceptional attention.
Award nominations close Friday, December 8 at 5 PM Have a question about any of the nomination categories? Email conference@nysmuseums.org or call 518-273-3400 Click here to learn more about the 2023 award winners
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2023 "Excellence in Design: Media & Marketing" award winner the NYS Equal Rights Heritage Center, Harriett Tubman Bicentennial. Photo by Daylight Blue Media.