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2024 Awards of DistinctionGiving Voice to Value Annual Conference | Albany, NYApril 6 - 9, 2024 MANY’s Awards of Distinction recognize the exceptional achievements of New York’s museums and museum professionals. Awards celebrate museums and honor museum professionals who create transformative experiences for visitors, shape innovative programs, and use collections to tell the stories of everyone who calls New York home.
Any museum or individual may nominate an organization, person(s), or project completed in 2023 at a museum, heritage, or cultural organization in New York State. Nomination of oneself or one’s organization is permissible and encouraged. 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 |
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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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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