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2022 Awards of MeritEnvisioning Our Museums for the Seventh GenerationApril 9-12, 2022 | Corning, NY |
MANY’s Awards of Merit recognize outstanding and innovative programs, staff, and volunteers who have enriched New York State museums with new and remarkable projects. Any organization or individual can nominate an organization, person(s), or project completed in 2021 at a museum, heritage, or cultural organization in the state of New York. Nomination of oneself or one’s organization is permissible and encouraged. Award of Merit winners can register for the conference at a discounted rate and can invite up to two guests to attend the Award of Merit presentation. Award of Merit Nomination Categories:Anne Ackerson Innovation in Leadership Award This award recognizes a board member or staff leader that saw their organization through a critical challenge or significant opportunity in a creative, effective manner over a sustained period. The Rising Star Award This award recognizes a museum professional who is under the age of 35 and currently employed at a cultural institution. The Rising Star displays creative thinking and inspires institutional change. Individual Achievement This award recognizes devoted staff and volunteers who are instrumental in moving their organizations forward. Nominations are accepted for individuals or a team of staff and/or volunteers. Development Award This award recognizes institutions whose fundraising campaigns have been innovative, engaging, and successful. This award showcases teams or individuals who garner financial support creatively and effectively for the benefit of their organization and their community’s cultural economy. Excellence in Design Award This award recognizes an exhibition (physical and/or digital) produced by a cultural institution that articulates content through engaging design and creates a satisfying visitor experience. Supporting materials must include installation documentation and audience feedback.
Innovation in Collections Access Award For the Innovation in Collections Access Award and Engaging Communities Award judges will consider making awards in the following four budget categories: Volunteer - $100,000, $100,000 - $500,000, $500,000 - $1,000,000, and over $1,000,000 Awards of Merit nomination portal is now closed. To view the Award of Merit nomination form in advance, click here to access the PDF. Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of MANY board members and museum professionals from the Corning area. Have a question? Email conference@nysmuseums.org or call 518-273-3400 |
Then Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul presenting the MANY 2018 annual conference “Visioning Change” Innovation in Collection Access Award of Merit to the New York State Museum’s “Votes for Women: Celebrating New York’s Suffrage Centennial
2020 Engaging Communities Award of Merit recipient Hudson River Museum for Through Our Eyes: Collection Initiative and exhibition, a new digital archive documenting the diverse history of the people of Yonkers, NY.
MANY Board Member Georgette Grier-Key with 2019 Engaging Community Award Winner Kathryn Murano Santos from Rochester Museum & Science Center for "Take it Down." |
JUDGING CRITERIA AND NOMINATION REQUIREMENTS Nominations will be reviewed on their own merit and will be evaluated on the basis of relevance, significance to the field, overall quality, and their unique or innovative character. Judges will consider the ways in which a project demonstrates the professional growth of an organization or individual, adherence to museum standards and best practices, level of risk and return on investment, and how the project enhanced the organization’s mission. |
Congratulations to our 2020 Award of Merit Winners! Anne Ackerson Innovation in Leadership Award Ed Varno, Former Executive Director of the Ontario County Historical Society
Individual Achievement Stuart Lille, Vice President of Public History, Fort Ticonderoga Stephanie Krusa, Montauk Historical Society Development Award Paleontological Research Institution (Museum of the Earth) Teach Climate Science Project Excellence in Design Award Camp: Notes on Fashion by The Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Long Road to Freedom: Surviving Slavery on Long Island by the Long Island Museum of American Art, History, and Carriages
Innovation in Collections Access Award Engaging Communities Award Volunteer - $100,000 Civil War Day, Military History Society of Rochester $100,000 - 500,000 We Were There: Schoharie County and the 9/11 Response $1,000,000 - 5,000,000 Through Our Eyes: Collection Initiative and exhibition, Hudson River Museum Over $5,000,000 Vogueing Program by The Costume Institute and the Education Department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Click here to learn more about the 2020 Award of Merit winners |