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Awards of Distinction 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 2024 at a museum, heritage, or cultural organization in New York State. Nomination of oneself or one’s organization is permissible and encouraged. Nominations are due Monday, December 2 by 5 PM Award recipients will be recognized on Monday, April 7 at the 2025 annual conference "Cultivating Community: Looking In, Reaching Out" in Ithaca, NY. |
Excellence in Design This award acknowledges extraordinary achievement in design in three categories: Publications/Graphics, Media/Marketing, and Exhibition Design. Click here to nominate |
Syracuse University Art Museum "Take Me to the Palace of Love" 2024 Award of Distinction Engaging Communities |
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College "What Now? (Or Not Yet)/Body Matters" 2024 Award of Distinction Excellence in Design: Exhibition
Engaging Communities These awards celebrate organizations that use exceptional and resourceful methods to engage their communities and build new audiences. Nominated projects can include innovative preservation or digital technology to increase public access to museum collections or programs that broaden community partnerships. Nominations may include collections interpretation, exhibitions, lecture series, educational or public programs, civic engagement, focus groups, strategic planning, or other community connection efforts. Awards are made based on the size of an organization’s operating budget.
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2024 Award of Distinction Engagement Communities |
The Long Island Museum "SOMOS/WE ARE: Latinx Artists of Long Island Individual Achievement
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. |
2024 Award of Distinction Special Achievement |
The Strong National Museum of Play "The Strong Neighborhood of Play"
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