The European
Museum of the Year Award
2008 Winners
Kumu Art
Museum (Tallinn,
Estonia) - 2008European Museum of the Year Award
Svalbard Museum (Longyearbyen, Norway)
- 2008 The Council of Europe Award
The Science
Museum, University of Coimbra (Coimbra,
Portugal) - 2008 The Micheletti Award
2008 Specially commended
Catharijneconvent Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands
Museum of Almeria, Almeria, Spain
Wimbledon Lawn Tennis
Museum, London, UK
EUROPA NOSTRA
EU Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa
Nostra Awards
2008 EU Prize for Cultural
Heritage / Europa Nostra Awards
Category 1: Conservation
PRIZES - Conservation
Southern façade of Horní Hrad (Upper Castle),
Český Krumlov State Castle, Czech Republic
Archaeological site of
Skarkos, Island of Ios, Greece
Van Nelle Factory, Rotterdam (Netherlands)
MEDALS - Conservation
Tour & Taxis Site, Brussels, Belgium
Tapiola Swimming Pool,
Espoo, Finland
Grande Forge, Buffon, France
Saint Julien
l'Hospitalier-Saint Blaise, Longsols, France
Max Liebermann Villa and
Garden, Berlin-Wannsee,
Germany
archaeological site of
Galerius' Palace, Thessaloniki,
Greece
Mediaeval Bridge over the Río Truchas , Pobleta de San Miguel, Spain
Church of San Nicolás
de Bari, Madrigal de las
Altas Torres, Spain
Museo
Cerralbo, Madrid,
Spain
The Grange, Ramsgate, UK
EUROPA NOSTRA MEDALS - Conservation
Kaliningrad Cathedral, Russian
Federation
Archaeological site of Saint Pierre Cathedral, Geneva, Switzerland
Category
2: Research
PRIZE - Research
Inventory of the Fortified Military
Architecture, Asociación Española de Amigos de los Castillos, Spain
MEDAL - Research
Somlóvár Park Conservation Plan by
Gábor Alföldy, Hungary
Do Palácio de Belèm by the Museum of the Presidency of the Portuguese Republic,
Portugal
Category 3:
Dedicated Service by Individuals or Organisations
PRIZE - Dedicated Service by Individuals
or Organisations
Stichting Stadsherstel Hoorn,
Netheralands
MEDALS - Dedicated Service by Individuals
or Organisations
Emil van Brederode, The Netherlands
Sherban G. Cantacuzino
CBE FSA D.Univ (York)
MA (Cantab) Friba, Romania
EUROPA NOSTRA MEDAL - Dedicated
Service by Individuals or Organisations
Valéria Suruceanu,
Moldova
Category 4:
Education, Training and Awareness Raising
PRIZE - Education, Training and
Awareness Raising
International Built Heritage Conservation
Training Centre at
Bánffy Castle in Bonţida, (Romania)
MEDALS - Education, Training and
Awareness Raising
Classes
d'éveil au Patrimoine et à ses métiers, (Belgium)
The Jugendbauhütten
(Youth Mason's Guilds) of the Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz e.V., (Germany)
The Schatten van
Amsterdam television series (The Netherlands)
The International Heritage
Photographic Experience (Ihpe)
UNESCO
UNESCO Melina Mercouri International Prize -
Safeguarding and Management of Cultural Landscapes
State Borodino
War and History Museum
and Reserve (Russia) - The Melina Mercouri
International Prize for 2007
Grand Bassin (Ganga
Talao) site (Mauritius) - Special
mention
UNESCO Asia-Pacific Heritage Award for Culture Heritage
Conservation
Awards 2008 - Winners
Awards of
Excellence:
Herat Old
City in Afghanistan
Stadium Merdeka
in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Awards of Distinction
National Pass
in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales, Australia,
Fujian Earth
Buildings in Fujian Province,
China
Suffolk House in Penang, Malaysia.
Awards of Merit
Vysial Street in Pondicherry, India,
the Shigar
Historic Settlements and Bazaar Area in the Northern Areas, Pakistan
Wat Pongsanuk in
Lampang, Thailand.
Honourable Mentions
Béthanie
in Hong Kong SAR, China,
Archiepiscopal
Palace in Goa, India,
Craigie Burn
Bungalow in Matheran, India,
Bach 38 in Rangitoto
Island, Auckland, New Zealand,
Amphawa Canal
Community in Amphawa District, Samut Songkhram Province,Thailand
Crown Property
Bureau Building
in Chachoengsao Province, Thailand.
Commendation for Innovation
733
Mountbatten Road (Singapore)
UNESCO / Jikji Memory of the World
Prize
2007
Phonogrammarchiv, Austrian
Academy of Sciences (Vienna, Austria)
UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts
UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts 2007
Performing Arts Category
Department of Theatre, Faculty of Arts, University of Chile, Chile
Theatre Faculty of Academy
of Performing Arts in Prague, Czech
Republic
Eliza Alexandropoulou, Greece .
School Exhibit of Republic of Korea
Ana Milic and Snezana
Veljkovioc, Serbia
2007 UNESCO Visual Arts and Digital Arts Award
Double prize winner: Lida Abdul (Afghanistan)
project: Brick sellers of Kabul and Lara Almarcegui (Spain), project: Demolitions,
Wastelands, Empty Lots
Digital Arts Category
Coletivo Madeirista, project: The Shadows Inventory
GREAT BRITAIN
The Art Fund Prize for Museums and Galleries
2008 Art Fund Prize for
Museum of the Year
The Lightbox,
(Woking, Surrey, UK)
Museums and Heritage Awards for Excellence
(at Museums & Heritage Show, London, UK)
2008 Awards for Excellence
The Classic Award
Winner – Manx National
Heritage
Highly Commended - Science
Museum
Permanent Exhibition
Winner - London
Transport Museum
Temporary/Touring Exhibition
Winner - British
Museum
Joint Highly Commended –
National Army
Museum
Joint
Highly Commended - Manx National
Heritage
Restoration / Conservation
Winner - Stonewest Ltd
Highly Commended - The National
Trust
Project on a Limited Budget
Winner - The National
Trust
Highly Commended - Exeter City
Council
Marketing Campaign
Winner – National Galleries of Scotland
Joint Highly Commended - National
Portrait Gallery
Joint Highly Commended - Museum of
London
Use of Technology
Winner - National
Trust for Scotland
Highly Commended - Event
Communications
Educational Initiative
Winner - Museum of
London
Highly Commended – Coventry
Transport Museum
Alternative Revenue
Winner - Museum of
East Anglian Life
Outstanding Contribution by
an Individual
Winner - Tony Robinson
Museum & Heritage Magazine
Reader's Award
Winner - V&A
Museum of Childhood
International Award
Winner - National
Museums of Liverpool
The Conservation Awards
2007 Conservation Awards
THE AWARD FOR CONSERVATION
The Scottish Conservation Studio
for Perth Museum & Art Gallery: A rare silk early 17th-century
doublet
THE AWARD FOR CARE AND
COLLECTIONS
Durham University Library: North East Collections Care Scheme
THE STUDENT CONSERVATOR OF
THE YEAR AWARD
Rachel Morrison and The Courtauld Institute of Art: Surface cleaning of unvarnished
paintings
THE DIGITAL PRESERVATION
AWARD
The National Archives of the UK: Active preservation at The National Archives: PRONOM and DROID
THE ANNA PLOWDEN AWARD FOR
RESEARCH AND INNOVATION
Professor Norman Tennent, Fyne Conservation
Services and Dr Jim Nobbs, University of Leeds: Colour-matching for ceramic
conservation
Interpret Britain
and Ireland
Awards
(by Association for Heritage
Interpretation)
2007 Interpret Britain and Ireland Awards
Awarded:
Kelvingrove New Century
Project, Kelvingrove Art Gallery
and Museum
Foynes Flying Boat Museum, Foynes Flying Boat Museum and Jack Harrison
Atlantic Edge Exhibition, Cliffs of Moher Experience and
Martello Media
Commendations:
Bath Postal
Museum, Bath Postal Museum Trustees and Imagemakers
Battle Abbey and
Battleground, English
Heritage
Paws on the Moors, Peak District National Park Authority
The Runnymede Room, Chertsey Museum
Staircase House, Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council
"Enjoy England Awards for Excellence"
2008 The Large Visitor
Attraction of the Year (over 100,000 visitors)
Gold Winner
Imperial War
Museum Duxford
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Silver Winner
Tullie House
Museum
2008 The Small Visitor
Attraction of the Year (under 100,000 visitors)
Gold Winner
Roald Dahl
Museum and Story Centre
Silver Winner
Rockingham
Castle
Forde Abbey
and Gardens, Dorset
"Excellence in Tourism Awards" - in
Association with Enjoy England
Small
Visitor Attraction of the Year 2008 Award
Winner - Goodrich Castle - Herefordshire
Highly Commended Award - Haden Hill House - Black
Country
Large
Visitor Attraction of the Year 2008 Award
Gold Award Winner - Drayton Manor Theme Park -
Staffordshire
Joint Silver Award - Heritage Motor Centre - Warwickshire
Joint Silver Award - Kenilworth Castle – Warwickshire
Highly Commended Award - National Memorial Arboretum -
Staffordshire
GREAT BRITAIN - SCOTLAND
Scottish Thistle Awards
(categories: Events and
Festivals; Customer
Care - Visitor
Attraction;
Sustainable Tourism; Marketing Initiative)
Scottish Thistle Awards 2008
Events and Festivals: Regional
Stena Line Wigtown Book Festival
Events and Festivals: International
Celtic Connections 2008
Customer Care: Activities & Attractions
Huntly Peregrine Wildwatch
Sustainable Tourism
Radisson SAS Hotel, Edinburgh
Marketing Initiative
National Galleries of Scotland - Andy Warhol Campaign
FRANCE
"Diderots de l'initiative culturelle"
(Categories: "Personnalités";
"Institutions"; "Expositions- Manifestations")
by
Association des musées et centres pour le développement de la
culture scientifique, technique et industrielle (AMCSTI)
"Prix Diderot de
l’initiative culturelle" 2008
Prix Hubert Curien
Hervé Guérin
Catégorie
"Institution"
Pavillon de Manse ou Moulin des
princes, Monument Historique, patrimoine industriel au centre de Chantilly
Catégorie "Evénement"
Festival d’Oullins "A
nous de voir - Science et Cinéma"
NORWAY
The Museum of the Year Award by Norges
museumsforbund
Lillehammer Kunstmuseum
(Norway) - Norwegian Museum of the Year 2008
NETHERLANDS
Prins Bernhard
Cultuurfonds Awards
(categories:
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Museum Prijs &
Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Monumenten Prijs &
BankGiro Loterij Museumprijs)
Hunebedcentrum in Borger - 2008
BankGiro Loterij Museumprijs
Prof. dr. ir. C.L. Temminck Groll.- 2008 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds Monumentenprijs
Yo! Opera - 2008 Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds heeft de Prijs voor Kunst
BELGIUM
Museumprijs - Prix des Musées
Prix des Musées 2008
Bruxelles: Les
Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique
Flandre: MuHKA, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen
Wallonie: Musée
provincial Félicien Rops, Namen
Prix du Public 2008
Bruxelles: Muziekinstrumentenmuseum
Flandre: Memorial
museum Passchendaele 1917
Wallonie: CEDARC /
Musée du Malgré-Tout, Treignes
CultuurPrijzen Vlaanderen
(categories: Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor
Cultureel Erfgoed &
Prijs van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
voor Architectuur en Vormgeving)
CultuurPrijzen Vlaanderen 2007
Architectuur: Coussée en Goris
Beeldende Kunst: David Claerbout
Cultureel Erfgoed: Sylvia Van Peteghem
Film: Jekino
Jeugdliteratuur: André Sollie
Jeugdtheater: Jo Jochems
Muziek: Poppunt
Podiumkunsten: Abattoir Fermé
Poëzie: Peter Holvoet-Hanssen
Smaakcultuur: Academie voor streekgebonden Gastronomie
Vrijwilliger: Open Kamp
Algemene
Culturele Verdienste: Kunstencentrum Vooruit
PORTUGAL
Prémios de
Museologia Da Associação Portuguesa de Museologia (APOM)
Awards for the Best
Portuguese Museum
Date available soon.
RUSSIA
Open Museum Forum Award
by Open Museum Association Russia
Date available soon.
CANADA
Canadian Museums Association - Awards for
Outstanding Achievement
The Awards for Outstanding
Achievement 2007
Publication
Société des musées
québécois - guide Museums to Discover
Exhibitions
Reynolds-Albert
Museum - Life and Times of the Motorcycle
Conservation
Peterborough
Centennial Museum and Archives, (ON) - PCMA
Flooded Negatives Restoration
Education
Calgary
Military Museums Society and the Crowfoot Gee Force Bantam Hockey team - Vimy
Ridge Education Project
Award for Distinguished
Service
Patricia
Bovey, Marcel Brisebois, George Ettinger,
Dr. Dan Gallacher, Mary Ellen Herbert, Renée Huard, Robert Levesque, Frances Roback
ICOM
Canada
International Achievement Award
ICOM Canada's
International Achievement Award 2007 recipient
Dr. David Grattan, Conservation
British Columbia Museums Association - Museums in Motion Award
Date available soon.
Interpretation Canada
Awards of Excellence
by Interpretation Canada
(An Association for Heritage Interpretation)
Interpretation Canada Awards of
Excellence
Personal Interpretation
Gold
"Room to Roam" / Third Eye Mind Ltd. / Whitehorse, Yukon / Ross
Burnet
Silver
"Invasion of the Aliens" / Carrie Dolan / Waterton Lakes National Park
/ Waterton, Alberta
Bronze
"Beetle-mania" / Madelyn Robinson, Quentin Robinson, Rachel Horwat,
Cory Mohr / Spruce Woods Provincial Park / Carberry, Manitoba
Honourable Mention
"Mission to the Alpine" / Jo Hughes / Manning Provincial Park /
Kamloops, British Columbia
Non-Personal Interpretation
Gold
"Heartbeats of Denali" / Interpretive Centre theatre film
presentation at Denali National Park, Alaska / McCloskey Productions Inc. / Patrick McCloskey, Heather Walter /
Canmore, Alberta
Silver
"North-West Mounted Police: A Tradition in
Scarlet" / Virtual
Museum of Canada Website / Robertson-Weir Ltd. / Anna Robertson / Lacombe,
Alberta
USA
American Association of Museums - AAM Awards for Excellence
2008 AAM Museum Publications Design Competition
The Frances Smyth-Ravenel Prize for Excellence in
Publication Design
(“Best in Show”)
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C.
Asiatica 2008 annual
report
2008 Prizes awarded to institutions with budgets
greater than $750,000
Exhibition Catalogues
First Prize
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Art of the American Snapshot,
1888–1978
Second Prize
Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, Ill.,
He and She: Vallien and Hydman Vallien
Honorable Mention
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., From the Ground Up: 2007 Renwick Craft
Invitational
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C.,
Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., Joseph Cornell: Navigating the Imagination
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Surrealism and Beyond in the Israel Museum
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst,
Mass., Children Should Be
Seen: The Image of the Child in American Picture Book Art
Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge, Mass., American Chronicles: The Art of Norman
Rockwell
Newport Art Museum and Art Association, Newport, R.I., Collector: The Collection of Elizabeth Brooke
Blake
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, Georges Seurat: The Drawings
Posters
First Prize
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh,
N.C., Reptile and Amphibian
Day
Second Prize
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Kinetic Cattle Drive
Honorable Mention
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C., Patterned
Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters from the Price Collection
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh,
N.C., Science Café
Series— Summer Pests
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh,
N.C., Science Café
Series— Honeybees
Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center, Hutchinson, Kans., 50th Anniversary of Space Exploration
The Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Miami
Beach, Fla., Ballet
Mécanique performance poster
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh,
N.C., Fossil Fuel Double
Feature
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Quebec, Glenn Gould: The Sounds of Genius
Annual Reports
First Prize
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., Chicago Botanic Garden 2006
Second Prize
Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, 2006–2007 Annual Report
Honorable Mention
National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, 2006 Annual Report
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute,
Williamstown, Mass.,
2006–2007 Annual Report
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Ogden Museum of Southern Art, August
2005–August 2007
Books
First Prize
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, Ashen Sky: The Letters of Pliny the Younger
on the Eruption of Vesuvius
Second Prize
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington,
D.C., In Plane
View/Abstractions of Flight
Honorable Mention
Princeton Architectural Press, New York, Moderne: Fashioning the French Interior
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, The Art of New Mexico: How the West Is One
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, Changing Dreams: A Generation of
Oaxaca’s Woodcarvers
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, My Travels with Clara
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts
Getty Publications, Los Angeles, Edward Weston’s Book of Nudes
Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kans., The Prints of Roger Shimomura: A Catalogue
Raisonné, 1968–2005
Museum of New Mexico Press, Santa Fe, Shared Images: The Innovative Jewelry of
Yazzie Johnson and Gail Bird
Newsletters
First Prize
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., Garden Talk member magazine
Second Prize
Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts, Auburn, Ala., Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Arts,
Fall 2007
Honorable Mention
The Jewish Museum, New York, NY, Winter 2008 Members Newsletter
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Del., Exhibitions and Programs, November/December
2007
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn., Scope SITES-Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibition Service, Washington, D.C., Siteline,
no. 54, Winter 2008
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art,
Nashville, Tenn., Inspire
Getty Publications,
Los Angeles, First Draft, Newsletter of the Getty Research Institute, no. 6
Magazines
First Prize
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and
Pacific Film Archive,
Berkeley,
Calif., BAM/PFA Art
and Film Notes
Second Prize
Australian Museum, Sydney, Explore Magazine, vol. 29, nos. 3, 4, 5 and 6
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C., Women in the Arts
Honorable Mention
Autry National Center, Los Angeles, Convergence Magazine, Summer 2007
Autry National Center, Los Angeles, Convergence Magazine, Fall 2007
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington,
D.C., Hirshhorn Magazine
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, New, the ICA members magazine
The Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, Lakewood,
Colo., The Lab Notebook and
News from Labrador, No. 2, The Pen Pals Issue
Artpace San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, artpace 07.2-Summer 2007, Spring 2007 and
Winter 2007
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass., Connections Members’ Magazine, May/June
2007
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Yale University Art Gallery, Fall 2007
Magazine
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, Connections Members’ Magazine,
March/April 2007, January/February 2007 and September/October 2007
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Visions, vol. 13, All Faiths Beautiful!
Folger Shakespeare
Library, Washington, D.C., Folger Magazine, Spring 2007, Fall 2007 and Summer
2007
Scholarly journals
First Prize
Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, Okla., Gilcrease Journal
Second Prize
White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C., White House History No. 20: White House
Kitchens and Cooking
Calendars
First Prize
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, Noah’s Ark at the Skirball Calendar
Second Prize
American Folk Art Museum, New York, A Year of Folk Art Quilts 2008 Wall Calendar
Honorable Mention
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, Vancouver, Wash., Treasures of Fort Vancouver The Museum
collection 2008
Invitations to Events
First Prize
American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Home + Beast Feast
Second Prize
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Lizards and Snakes: Alive! media party
Honorable Mention
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., John Alexander: A Retrospective opening
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., From the Ground Up: 2007 Renwick Craft
Invitational opening
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, Art-A-Fare
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, R. Crumb opening
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Frogs! media party
The Jewish Museum, New York, An Enchanted Evening—Jewish Museum’s Masked
Ball in Celebration of Purim
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Cockrell Butterfly Center Reopening media
party Science Museum of Minnesota, St.
Paul, Minn., SciParty, the Science Museum’s 100th anniversary gala
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, Noah’s Ark at the Skirball
Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art,
Nashville, Tenn.,
Fabergé Exclusive Preview Party
Press Kits
First Prize
Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
Second Prize
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Education—The Metropolitan Museum of
Art
Honorable Mention
Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn., A Day in Pompeii
Fundraising/Membership Materials
First Prize
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., Case Statement for Plant and Science
Conservation
Second Prize
Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, Calif., Campaign Case Materials for Bridges: The
Campaign for Magnes
Honorable Mention
Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk, Conn., An Opportunity to Grow: The Campaign for
Stepping Stones at Ten
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C.,
Encompassing the Globe: Portugal and the World in the 16th and 17th Centuries
Gala Program
Autry National Center, Los Angeles, Heart of the West Campaign Materials
The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Series of Postcards for Planned Giving
Calendars of events
First Prize
The Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, Boston, Summer 2007 Program brochure
August Wilson Center for African American Culture,
Pittsburgh, August Wilson
Center, 2007/2008 Season brochure
Honorable Mention
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Concerts in the Courtyard brochure
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C., Korean Film
Festival D.C.
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo., Explore Art
Hood Museum of Art, Hanover, N.H., Hood Museum of Art, 2007 General Brochure
Educational resources
First Prize
The Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Ky., Five Easy Pieces Family Fun Guides
Second Prize
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Roman Art: A Resource for Educators
Honorable Mention
Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia, Andy Warhol—Kids Activity Book
North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh,
N.C., Educator’s Guide
07–08
Foundation for the National Archives, Washington, D.C., Archive This! The National Archives’
Archivist-in-Training Kit
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Summer Artventures: Dallas Museum of Art, 2007
Family Experiences
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical
Gardens, San Marino, Calif.,
C.S.I.: Conservatory Science Investigation
Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe, Ill., Best Practices Catalogue
Wave Hill, Bronx, N.Y., Magnify Your World poster and field cards
Supplementary Materials
First Prize
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, Archival Replicas brochure
Second Prize
Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nev., Group Sales Kit
Honorable Mention
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C., The Prints of Sean Scully brochure
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., Yale University Art Gallery table tents
Mid-America Arts Alliance, Kansas City, Mo., Return of the Yellow Peril: A Survey of the
Work of Roger Shimomura, 1969–2007 exhibition brochure
Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Del., Case Statement for the Museum
“Delaware Art Museum: Who Needs It?”
National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, Community Brochure
August Wilson Center for African American Culture,
Pittsburgh, Charles
“Teenie” Harris Rhapsody in Black and White traveling exhibition
gallery guide
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown,
Mass., The Clark Is Growing
save-thedate card
Marketing/Public Relations Materials
First Prize
New England Aquarium, Boston, MBTA Penguin Poster
SITES-Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
Service, Washington, D.C.,
Dig It! The Secrets of Soil marketing piece
Second Prize
Freer Gallery of Art/Arthur M. Sackler Gallery,
Washington, D.C., Patterned
Feathers, Piercing Eyes: Edo Masters from the Price Collection
Honorable Mention
SITES-Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition
Service, Washington, D.C.,
American Letterpress: The Art of Hatch Show Print
The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, Rebuild. Restore. New Orleans.
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Lucy’s Legacy newspaper polybag
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Lizards and Snakes: Alive! newspaper polybag
Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Frogs! newspaper polybag
Prizes awarded to institutions with budgets less than
$750,000
Exhibition Catalogues
First Prize
Main Art Gallery California State University,
Fullerton, Calif., The Way of
the Artist: Reflections on Creativity and the Life, Home, Art and Collections
of Richard Marquis
Second Prize
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San
Francisco, Artists of
Invention: A Century of CCA
Honorable Mention
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture,
Cantonsville, Md., Andrea
Robbins and Max Becher: Portraits
University of Hawaii Art Gallery, Honolulu, Excelling the Work of Heaven: Personal
Adornment from China
International Quilt Study Center and Museum, Lincoln,
Neb., Quilts in Common
Skagit County Historical Museum, La Conner, Wash., Harvesting the Light: Images of
Contemporary Skagit Farm Life
Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, New
York, Click Chic: The Fine
Art of Fashion Photography
Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, New
York, The Master Series:
Steven Heller
Posters
First Prize
Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara,
Calif., The Still-Life Show
Honorable Mention
Pearson Air Museum, Vancouver, Wash., Second Saturday Cinema
Annual reports
First Prize
Aspen Art Museum, Colo., AAM Annual Report 05–06
Honorable Mention
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Va., LCVA Annual Report 2006–07: A Year as
a Gift
Books
First Prize
Museums Australia (Victoria), Carlton South, Victoria, Exhibitions: A Practical Guide for Small
Museums and Galleries
Second Prize
The Noble Maritime Collection, Staten Island, N.Y., The Terrible Captain Jack Visits the Museum
or, A Guide to Museum Manners for Incorrigible Pirates and the Like
Honorable Mention
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, Conn., Art and Emancipation in Jamaica
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vt., Walter Cerf: A Personal Odyssey
Newsletters
First Prize
Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, Md., Native Seed
Second Prize
Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum,
Lafayette, La., Viewfinder-Museum
Newsletter
Magazines
Honorable Mention
Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh, Western Pennsylvania History—Winter
2007, Fall 2007, Summer 2007 and Spring 2007
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO, Members Magazine
Scholarly Journals
First Prize
Drake Well Museum, Titusville, Pa., Oilfield Journal
Second Prize
Center for Art, Design and Visual Culture,
Cantonsville, Md., The
1980’s: A Virtual Discussion
Invitations to Events First Prize
Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara,
Calif., The Still-Life
Second Prize
FIDM Museum and Galleries, Los Angeles, The 16th Annual Art of Motion Picture
Costume Design Exhibition Opening Night
Honorable Mention
Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA, Special Event: Jack Blanton Recognition
Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara,
Calif., Storytellers:
Childrens Book Illustrators Show
Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, New
York, The Master Series: Steven
Heller
Press Kits
First Prize
U.S. National Slavery Museum, Fredericksburg, Va., U.S. National Slavery Museum:
Commemorating-Understanding-Overcoming
Second Prize
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art, Biloxi, Miss., George Ohr Rising: The Emergence of an
American Master
Fundraising/Membership Materials
Honorable Mention
Sky City Cultural Center and Haaќu Museum,
Acoma, N.Mex., Friends of
Haaќu Museum Membership Application
Westmont College Reynolds Gallery, Santa Barbara,
Calif., Reynolds Gallery
2007–2008 Membership Brochure
Calendars of Events
Honorable Mention
Salisbury University, Salisbury, Md., Exhibitions and Events, Spring 2008
San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose,
Calif., Talking Art Public
Programs Schedule 2007–2008
Educational Resources
First Prize
Museum of Anthropology, Winston-Salem, N.C., Museum of Anthropology Education Programs
Guide
Second Prize
Dallas Contemporary, Art Think™ Journal
Supplementary Materials
First Prize
Phoenix Airport Museum, Exhibition Postcards/Gift Pack
Second Prize
Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, Brochure published in conjunction with John
Cerney: Big Landscape, Big West
Honorable Mention
Middlebury College Museum of Art, Vt., Art in Public Places
Marketing
First Prize
Visual Arts Museum at the School of Visual Arts, New
York, The Master Series:
Steven Heller
EdCom Awards for
Excellence
By American Association of Museums -
The Education Committee of the American Association of
Museums (EdCom)
2008 Excellence in Practice
Claudia Ocello - Associate Director, Education and Public Programs, Save
Ellis Island, Mount Olive, N.J.
2008 Excellence in
Programming Award
Design Apprenticeship Program, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.
2008 Excellence in
Published Resources Award
GreatChicagoStories.org, Chicago History Museum
Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series Teaching Kit, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.
National Awards for Museum and Library Service (USA)
by The Institute
of Museum and Library
Services
2008 National Awards for Museum and Library Service
Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody,
WY
The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia,
PA
General Lew
Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, IN
Jane Stern
Dorado Community Library, Inc., Dorado, PR
Kansas City Public Library, Kansas
City, MO
Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New
York, NY
Miami-Dade Public Library System,
Miami, FL
Norton Museum of Art, West
Palm Beach, FL
Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, ME
Skokie Public Library, Skokie, IL
National Preservation Awards
by National Trust for Historic Preservation (USA)
2008 National Preservation Award Winners:
Mark Michel and
Jane Blaffer Owen
Andrew Potts, Washington, DC
Gifford Park Association, Elgin, IL
Edison & Ford Winter Estates, Fort Myers, FL
Curley School Project, Ajo, AZ
V-Site
Restoration Project, Los Alamos, NM
2008 National
Preservation Honor Award Winners:
Arkansas
Heritage SITES, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
William, Gayle
and Carl Cook, Bloomington, IN.
Crow Canyon Archaeological
Center, Cortez, CO
Ford Assembly
Building, Richmond, CA
General
Services Administration's Modern-Era Buildings Initiative, Washington, DC
Heritage
Foundation of Franklin & Williamson County, Franklin, TN
Kansas Army
National Guard, Topeka, KS
Museum at
Eldridge Street, New York, NY
Oak Court,
Dallas, TX
Partners for
Sacred Places, Philadelphia, PA
Pasadena City
Hall, Pasadena, CA
Roma Visitors'
Center and Plaza, Roma, TX
TWA Corporate Headquarters Building, Kansas City, MO
Union Station,
Springfield, IL
Washington
Mills Building No. 1, Lawrence, MA
Preserve America
Presidential Awards (USA)
(White House initiative in cooperation with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation; the U.S. Departments of Defense,
Interior, Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, Transportation,
and Education; the National Endowment for the Humanities; the President's
Committee on the Arts and Humanities; and the President's Council on
Environmental Quality)
2008 Preserve America
Presidential Awards winners
African
Burial Ground Project, Manhattan, NYC
The
Corinth and Alcorn County Mississippi Heritage Tourism Initiative
Lower
East Side Tenement Museum, NYC
Texas
Historic Courthouse Preservation Program
The Interpretive Media Awards
by the National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
2007 Interpretive Media Competition Award Recipients
Audio
1. Mount Rushmore: A Living Memorial - Mount Rushmore History Association and Q Media
Productions, Inc.
2 . Doing Time: The Alcatraz
Cellhouse Tour - Antenna
Audio and Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
3. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Orientation
Tour - Antenna Audio and the National
Underground Railroad Freedom Center
Curriculum
1 (tie). Explore the Fort - Lake County Forest Preserves
1 (tie). Fair is Fair - Brown
v. Board of Education National Historic Site
3 (tie). Everglades ABC’s Activity Guide for Grades
K–3 Teachers - Everglades National
Park Education Program
3 (tie). The Great Water Odyssey, Grades 4 and 5 - St. Johns River Water Management District
3 (tie). Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition Teacher’s
Guide - Premier Exhibitions, Inc.
Interior Exhibit
1. A Full View: Nix Nature Center, Laguna Coast Wilderness - Laguna Canyon Foundation, The Acorn Group, and SoLa Creative
2. Tillamook Forest Center
Interpretive Exhibitry - Tillamook Forest Center, Oregon Department of Forestry
3. Muscatine: Pearl Button Capital of the World - Muscatine History and Industry Center and
Split Rock Studios
Wayside Exhibit
1. Kansas Flint Hills Wayside Exhibit - Fermata, Inc.
2 (tie). Black Moshannon State Park
Interpretive Signs - Graphics and Design
2 (tie). Confederation Boulevard Interpretation Program - National Capital Commission/Commission de
la Capital Nationale
3. Extreme Environments, Amazing Life Forms, Phase II - Yellowstone National Park Division of
Interpretation
Site Publication
1. The Dalton Highway Visitor Guide - Alaska Natural History Association and Bureau of Land Management
2. 1906 Earthquake Centennial - Point Reyes National Seashore, Interpretation and Resource Education
3. Nicaragua Interpretive Flyers - U.S. Forest Service, International Institute of Tropical Forestry
Video
1. Oregon Ecoregions: Preserving Our
Natural Diversity - BLM Coos Bay
District and Oregon State University Forestry Media Center
2 (tie). Alaska’s Wild Legacy: Conserving the Great Land
- National Park Service, Harpers Ferry
Center/Anchorage Alaska Center
2 (tie). Bears of Sequoia - Steven M. Bumgardner
3. Kings Canyon National Park:
Gem of the Sierra - Kings Canyon
National Park and Aperture Films, Ltd.
Large Book
1. Cuyahoga Valley National Park Handbook - Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Carolyn V.
Platt, and Kent State University Press
2 (tie).Arkansas Butterflies and Moths - Lori Spencer, author, and Don Simons, photographer
2 (tie).I Am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the
Havasupai People - Stephen Hirst, I Am the Grand Canyon, Grand
Canyon Association
3. The Greatest Single Feature-A Sky-Line Drive: 75 Years of a
Mountaintop Motorway - Shenandoah
National Park Association and Reed L. Engle
Small Book
1. Frozen In Motion: Alaska’s
Glaciers - Alaska Natural History
Association
2. Making Their Mark: The Signature of Slavery at Mammoth Cave
- Joy Medley Lyons
3 (tie). Unruhige Erde (Restless Earth) - R&D-Programme Geotechnologien, Simon
Schneider
3 (tie). Belle - Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, Division of State Parks
Trail Guide
1. Denali Road
Guide - Alaska Natural History Association and Denali National
Park and Preserve
Multimedia
1. iScout
Multimedia Guide - Antenna Audio and
Buffalo Bill Historical Center
2. Windows into Wonderland “Getting Into Hot
Water” Electronic Field Trip - Yellowstone
National Park
3. Chicago Blues - Acoustiguide and Chicago
Office of Tourism
The ASLA (American Society of Landscape Architects)
Awards
(ASLA Landmark Award & ASLA Professional Awards)
2008 General Design Category, Award of Excellence
The Lurie
Garden, Millennium Park, Chicago, Illinois - Gustafson
Guthrie Nichol Ltd, Seattle, Washington , client: Millennium Park,
Inc.
2008 General Design Category, Honor Awards
Boston
Children’s Museum Plaza, Boston, Massachusetts - Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates,
Inc., Landscape Architects, Cambridge, Massachusetts client: Boston
Children’s Museum
Walden Studios,
- Alexander Valley, California
- Andrea Cochran Landscape
Architecture, San Francisco, California
Lost Dog Wash
Trailhead, - Scottsdale, Arizona Floor
Associates, Inc, Phoenix, Arizona, Architect: Weddle Gilmore
Architects, Tempe, Arizona, client: City of Scottsdale Preservation Division
Fountain
Promenade at Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico - Grupo De Diseño Urbano SC, Mexico, client: Mexico City
Government, Citizen’s Regent Group and Revive Chapultepec Board of Donors
Lagoon Park:
Living at the Edge of Wilderness, Santa Barbara, California - Van Atta Associates, Inc., Santa Barbara, California, client:
University of California, Santa Barbara
Washington
Monument, Washington, DC - Olin
Partnership, Philadelphia, Pennslyvania, client: National Park
Service
James
Clarkson Environmental Discovery Center, White Lake Township,
Michigan - MSI Design, Columbus,
Ohio, client: Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority
Gannett/USA
Today Headquarters, McLean, Virginia - Michael
Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd., Alexandria, Virginia, client:
Gannett, Inc.
2008 Residential Design Category Award of Excellence
Ketchum
Residence, Ketchum, Idaho - Lutsko
Associates, San Francisco, California
2008 Honor Awards
Bassil
Mountain Escape, Faqra, Lebanon - Vladimir Djurovic Landscape Architecture, Broumana, Lebanon,
client: Jimmy Bassil
New Poetic
Mountain Habitat-the Fragrant Hill 81 Yard, Beijing, China - Zhu YuFan, Department of Landscape
Architecture, School of Architecture, Tsinghua
University Research Center of Landscape vs. Design Study, Urban
Planning & Design Institute of Tsinghua, client: Liu Yong
Unfolding
Terrace, Dumbo, Brooklyn, New York - Terrain-NYC, Inc., New York, New York
Malibu Beach
House, Malibu,
California - Pamela Burton
& Company, Santa Monica, California
Coastal
Island Retreat, Spring
Island, South Carolina - Oehme, van
Sweden & Associates, Inc., Washington, DC
Passage to
the Lake, Stoneham, Maine - Michael Van
Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects, New York, New
York, client: Margaret Nomentana
Beach House,
Amagansett, New York - Dirtworks, PC Landscape Architecture,
New York, New York
San Juan
Island Residence, San Juan Islands, Washington - Paul
Broadhurst & Associates, Seattle, Washington
Altamira
Ranch, Palos Verdes, California - Marmol Radziner & Associates, Los Angeles, California
2008 Analysis and Planning Category, Award of
Excellence
Viet Village
Urban Farm, New Orleans, Louisiana - Mossop + Michaels, Tulane City Center, Urban Landscape Lab
LSU, New Orleans, Louisiana, client: Mary Queen of Vietnam Community
Development Corporation
2008 Analysis and Planning Category, Honor Awards
Port Lands
Estuary: Reinventing the Don River as an Agent of Urbanism, Toronto,
Ontario, Canada, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates,
Inc., Landscape Architects, New York, New York, client: Waterfront
Toronto
New Terrain
for the North Lake Region of Chongming Island, Shanghai, China - SWA Group, Los Angeles, California, client: Shanghai Urban
Planning Administrative Bureau
Orange County
Great Park Comprehensive Master Plan "A Vision for the Great Park of the
21st Century",
Irvine, California, Ken Smith
Workshop West, Irvine, California, Team Lead, and Mia Lehrer + Associates, Los Angeles,
California , client: City of Irvine / Orange County Great Park Corporation
Porchscapes:
An Affordable LEED Neighborhood Development - University of Arkansas Community Design Center, Fayetteville,
Arkansas, client: Habitat for Humanity of Washington County
New
Orleans Riverfront: Reinventing the Crescent, New Orleans,
Louisiana - Hargreaves
Associates, Cambridge, Massachusetts, client: New Orleans Building
Corporation
2008 Communications Category, Honor Awards
So What?,
ah’bé landscape
architects, Culver City, California, client: ah’bé landscape architects
Twenty-Fifth
Anniversary of Landscape Journal: Design, Planning, and Management of the Land,
Madison, Wisconsin, SUNY ESF, Syracuse, New
York, client: Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture
Louisiana
Speaks: Our Voice. Our Plan. Our Future - Center for
Planning Excellence, Baton Rouge, Louisiana client: LRA Support
Foundation
Bird-Safe
Building Guidelines - SCAPE Landscape Architecture PLLC, New York, New York, client:
New York City Audubon
2008 Landmark Award, Co-sponsored by the
National Trust for Historic Preservation
Tanner
Fountain, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Peter Walker, SWA Group, Berkeley,
California, client: Harvard University
AUSTRALIA
The National Trust Energy Australia Heritage Awards
2008 Energy Australia
National Trust Awards
Conservation Built Heritage for Project over $1
million
National Pass Heritage Conservation Project - Department of Environment and Climate
Change, Parks and Wildlife, Group, Landlign Environmental Contracting P/L
Conservation Built Heritage for Project under $1
million
Refurbishment of the State Drawing Rooms at Government
House - Historic Houses Trust
Conservation
Landscape Heritage
Lake Wollumboola Little Tern Conservation Program, Department of Environment and Climate
Change, Shoalhaven City, Council, South Coast Shorebird Volunteers
Adaptive Reuse
Carriageworks at Eveleigh, Tonkin Zulaikha Greer
Tourism
Grafton Heritage Trail, Grafton Community Economic Development Program, Clarence
River, Tourism, Clarence Valley Council
Interpretation and Presentation
The Rocks Interpretation Strategy and Interpretation
Installations, Sydney Harbour
Foreshore Authority, Godden Mackay Logan, 3D, Projects, Birdcreative,
Definitive Group, Fine Art Empire, Oblong Box
Homes in the Sky: Apartment Living in Australia, Miegunyah, Melbourne University Press,
Historic Houses Trust
Interpretation and Presentation - Community Groups
Mount Gibraltar Book Project, Mount Gibraltar Landcare and Bushcare
Interpretation and Presentation - Individuals
Designing Australia's Cities, Robert Freestone
Education - Corporate / Government
Trap That Toad, Department of Environment and Climate Change
EnergyAustralia Award: Conservation – Energy
Management
88 George S, Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority
IAA National Awards for Excellence in Heritage Interpretation
by Interpretation Australia Association
National IAA Awards for Excellence in Heritage Interpretation
2008
Category
1 – Best of the Excellent
Ranger Roo - Connecting
kids with parks - Marketing and Education team - Parks Victoria
Category
2 – Excellence in Interpretive Practice
1. Cardwell Bush Telegraph Heritage Centre - Claire
Speedie and Malcolm Turner - Scribbly
Gums
2. Swarbrick Forest
Wilderness Discovery - Gil Field and Shaun Bunting - Department of the Environment and Conservation Western Australia
3. Point Fraser
Development Stages 1& 2 - Dr. Kathy Meney - Syrinx Environmental PL
4. Taronga
Free-Flight Bird Show - Taronga Bird Show Team Members - Taronga Conservation Society Australia
AbaF (The
Australia Business Arts Foundation) Awards
2008
AbaF Partnership of the Year
West
Australian Symphony Orchestra and Ernst & Young (WA)
Dame Elisabeth Murdoch Arts Business Leadership Award
Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Richard Pratt Business Arts Leadership Award
Ian Darling
City of Melbourne Encouragement Award
La
Boite Theatre Company and Queensland Gas Company (QLD)
Bytecraft Entertainment Commitment Award
West Australian Symphony Orchestra and Ernst &
Young (WA)
Australia Council Arts for Young People Award
Company B and Freehills (NSW)
QantasLink Regional Award
AWESOME Arts Australia and BHP Billiton Nickel West
(WA)
Toyota Community Award
Company B and Freehills (NSW)
National Australia Bank SME Award
Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra and B&E Ltd (TAS)
KPMG adviceBank Award
Montsalvat and Michael Rowe of RUN Property (VIC)
AbaF Giving Award
West Australian Symphony Orchestra (WA)
Marsh Partnering Award
The Big Book Club and Kraft Foods (SA)
The South Australian Tourism Awards
(NOTE: only selected categories)
2008 South Australian Tourism Awards Winners
Major Tourist Attractions
Jacob's Creek
Visitor Centre
Significant Tourist Attractions
Cleland Wildlife Park
Major Festivals & Events
2008 Clipsal
500 Adelaide
Significant Festivals & Events
Loxton
Christmas Lights Festival
Ecotourism
Sinclair's
Gully
Heritage & Cultural Tourism
Old Timers
Mine
New Tourism Development
Port Lincoln Hotel
Western Australian Tourism Awards
(categories: Major Tourist Attractions, Significant
Tourist Attractions, Significant Festivals & Events, Ecotourism, Heritage
& Cultural Tourism, Visitor Centres Destination Promotion)
2007 Western Australian Tourism
Awards Winners
Major Tourist Attractions
Winner
– Fremantle Prison
Silver
– The Bell Tower, Home of the Swan
Bells of Perth
Bronze
– Bunbury Dolphin Discovery
Significant Tourist Attractions
Winner
– Willie Creek Pearl Farm
Silver
– Sandalford Wines
Bronze
– Bibbulmun Track
Major Festival and Events
Winner
– 2008 Australian Surf Life Saving
Championships
Silver
– Perth Red Bull Air Race World
Series Perth 2007
Significant Festivals & Events
Winner
– Argyle Diamonds Ord Valley
Muster
Silver
– Channel Seven Crab Fest Mandurah
Bronze
– City Of Perth Winter Arts
Festival
Ecotourism
Winner
- Karijini Eco Retreat
Silver
– Bunbury Dolphin Discovery
Bronze
– Donnelly River Cruises
Heritage & Cultural Tourism
Winner
– Fremantle Prison
Silver
– The Bell Tower, Home of the Swan
Bells of Perth
Bronze
– Broome Sightseeing Tours
Qantas Award For Excellence In Sustainable Tourism
Winner – Kooljaman at Cape Leveque
NEW ZEALAND
The New
Zealand Tourism Industry Awards
(NOTE: only selected categories)
New
Zealand Tourism Industry Award - Winners
2008
Visitor Activities & Attractions
Adventure Activity
Shotover Canyon Swing
Events, Meetings and Incentives
WOMAD NZ Festival 2007
Visitor Attraction
Agrodome
Leisure Activity
White Island Tours Ltd
Major Awards
Philips Innovation Award
Air New
Zealand Grabaseat
Westpac Small Tourism Operator Award
Skydive Lake Wanaka Ltd
DOC Conservation in Action Award
Karori Sanctuary
Special
Awards
New Zealand
Trade and Enterprise
Export Award
Real Journeys & Stewart Island Experience
Green Globe Sustainability Award
The Langham, Auckland
Qualmark Tourism Mark of Quality Award
Magic Travellers Network
OTHER AWARDS
The Tourism for Tomorrow Awards
(by The World Travel &
Tourism Council - WTTC)
Tourism for Tomorrow 2008 Awards
Destination Award
Winner - Blackstone
Vallleyl, USA
Finalist - Town Of Bouctouche, Canada
Finalist - The Rinjani Trek Ecotourism Programme,
Lombok, Indonesia
Conservation Award
Winner – Ecotourism Australia, Brisbane
Finalist - Grootbos Nature Reserve, South Africa
Finalist - The Turtle Conservation Project (TCP), Sri
Lanka
Community Benefit Award
Winner - La
Ruta Moskitia,
Honduras
Finalist - Fair Trade in Tourism South Africa (FTTSA)
Finalist - Rainforest Expeditions - Posada Amazonas,
Peru
Global Tourism Business Award
Winner - Six Senses resort and spas, Thailand &
Global
Finalist - Scandic, headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden
Finalist - Serena Hotels and Lodges, Kenya & Global
Dibner Award for
Excellence in Museum Exhibits
(by Society for the History of
Technology)
2008 Winner of the Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits
Museums of Communication, Bern, Switzerland, exhibition ‘As Time Goes
Byte’ - planned by
element, iart and büro4 .
The Royal Institute
of British Architects
(RIBA) - Architectural awards
(The Crown Estate Conservation Award, RIBA Conservation
Award,
RIBA International Awards, RIBA European Awards)
The Crown Estate Conservation Award 2008 Winner
St Pancras International by Alastair Lansley for Union Railways
International Awards
Akron Art Museum, Ohio, USA - Architect: COOP HIMMELB(L)AU - Client: Akron Art
Museum
Casa Kike, Cahuita, Costa Rica - Architect: Gianni Botsford Architects
Client: Keith Botsford
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado, USA - Architect: Adjaye Associates - Client:
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art, Toronto,
Ontario,Canada - Architect:
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects - Client: Gardiner Museum of Ceramic
Art
New British High Commission, Kampala, Uganda - Architect: Cullum & Nightingale
Architects - Client: Foreign & Commonwealth Office
European Awards
Am Kupfergraben, Berlin, Germany - Architect: David Chipperfield Architects -
Client: Am Kupfergraben
Amsterdam Bijlmer ArenA Station - Architect: Grimshaw/Arcadis - Client:
Prorail/City of Amsterdam
BMW Welt Event, Exhibition and Automobile Delivery
Centre, Munich - Architect:
Coop Himmelb(l)au - Client: BMW AG
Carabanchel Social Housing - Architect: Foreign Office Architects - Client:
Empressa Municipal de la
Vivienda y Suelo (EMVS)
Empire Riverside Hotel, Hamburg, Germany - Architect: David Chipperfield Architects
-Client: Empire Riverside GmbH Co KG
Lufthansa Aviation Centre, Frankfurt, Germany - Architect: Ingenhoven Architects - Client:
Deutsche Lufthansa Aktiengesellschaft
Nordpark Cable Railway, Innsbruck, Austria -
Architect: Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher - Client: Nordpark
The Royal Playhouse - Architect: Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitektfirma
Client: Det Kongelige
Teater
The Living Bridge - Architect: Wilkinson Eyre Architects - Client:
University of Limerick
The Sleeping Giant - Architect: O'Donnell Tuomey Architects - Client:
Private
The Design Week Awards
(Categories: Museum, Galleries & Visitor Attractions
& Temporary Exhibition Design)
2008
Winners
Temporary Exhibition Design
The National Gallery asked The Partners
Museums, Galleries & Visitor Attractions
The Exchange, Penzance
by MUMA
Hospitality Environment
V&A Café by MUMA
Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame by Science Museum
The D&AD Awards (or
‘Yellow Pencils’)
(Category: 3D Design - Environmental Design)
2008 Winners
Museums and Galleries
Title: V&A Porter
Gallery - Agency: Block Architecture
- Client: Victoria and Albert Museum
Exhibitions
Title: Bisj Poles, Sculptures from the Rainforest
- Agency: Kossmann.dejong - Client: Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
Title: House of Bols - Agency: ...,staat -
Client: Lucas Bols BV
Installations
Title: Jurascopes - Agency: ART+COM - Client:
Humboldt-Universit?t zu Berlin
Title: Pink Project - Agency: Graft - Client:
Make It Right Organization
Title: Reactable - Agency: Music Technology
Group - Client: Reactable
Title: Stockland Flip Dot Wall - Agency: Frost
Design - Client: Stockland
European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Mies van der Rohe Award
2007
Awarded Works
MUSAC - Contemporary
Art Museum of Castilla y León - León,
Spain –
architects: Luis M. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Physics and
Mathematics - Ljubljana, Slovenia – architects:
Matija Bevk, Vasa J. Perovic
International Architecture Award
for the Best New Global Design
2008 Awarded Museum Buidling
Designs
Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany - Architects: UNStudio, Client: Daimler Real
Estate, Contractor: Züblin International GmbH
Museum of The History of Polish Jews, Warsaw, Poland - Architects: Architects Lahdelma &
Mahlamaki Associate Architects: APA Kurylowicz & Associates, Client: State
of Poland, City of Warsaw
Renovation and Extension of The Orangerie Museum,
Paris, France - Architects:
Agence D'Architecture Brochet-Lajus-Pueyo
Chocolate Museum, Toluca, Mexico - Architects: Rojkind Arquitectos, Client:
Néstle de México, S.A. de C.V.
New Mercedes-Benz Museum, Stuttgart, Germany - Architects: hg merz architekten
museumsgestalter, Client: Daimler Real Estate GmbH
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Necker,
Germany - Architects: David
Chipperfield Architects, Client: Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marback
Gardiner Museum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada - Architects: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg
Architects, Client: Gardiner Museum
WEB & DIGITAL MEDIA AWARDS
"AVICOM - Fi@mp"
List of Award Winners of Fi@mp 2007
AVICOM Grand Prix - All Categories
HYPTIQUE company, Paris – France -for the virtual exhibition of the
Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la
Méditerranée, France, "Cornemuses d'Europe
et de Méditerranée"
Interactive stations Category
Interactive Multimedi'Art Award - Musée
du quai Branly, Paris – France for the interactive station of
Cosmonote company, Paris – France, "Sonorama, sud du
Bénin"
Special Mention in documentary fullness -
DD Studio, Riga – Lettonie
for the interactive station of the Jurmala city museum, Latvia, "Jurmala
City Museum's digital exhibition"
Special Mention in interactive project - Magian
Design Studio Pty Ltd, Melbourne – Australia for the 40 interactive
stations of the "Museo Interactivo de Economía", Mexico
Special Mention in pedagogic and didactic project - Musée
de l'Arles et de la Provence
antiques, Arles – France for the interactive station of Alyen
company, Marseille – France "Ingres et l'Antique – Le
laboratoire secret"
CD-ROM / DVD ROM Category
Russian National Multimedia Centre, Russia, “The Crimean War and the Defense of
Sebastopol“
National Palace Museum, Taiwan R.O.C., “Protecting your valuable Collections
– You can do it, too! “
Audiovisual Category
Short length films
National Palace Museum, Taiwan R.O.C.,
"Neo-vision 06, old is new"
National Palace Museum, Taiwan R.O.C., "Neo-vision 06, 3D animation short
film"
Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia, "Novi New, New Museum of Contemporary
Art Zagreb"
Preto e Branco Projetos audiovisuales, Brazil, "Somos – A criação
popular brasileira" exhibition
Medium length films
National Palace Museum, Taiwan R.O.C., "Adventures in the National Palace
Museum"
Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de
Neuchâtel, Switzerland, "Aglagla...l'âge de glace –
La valse du climat"
Arte France, France, "Architectures : la Villa Barbaro Andrea
Palladio 1560"
Arte France, France, "Design – La cafetière
Conica"
Dd Studio, Latvia, "Money in Latvia : past and present"
Museum Victoria, Australia, "One day in the life of the Museum
Victoria"
Long length films
National Gallery of Art, United States, "Paul Mellon : in his own words"
Web sites Category
Web'Art Award
National Palace Museum, Taipei – Taiwan, R.O.C - for the web site
"National Palace
Museum", http://www.npm.gov.tw/
NOVACOM ASSOCIES, FRANCE, "Musée virtuel des Arts & Traditions
du Gabon",
http://www.legabon.org/livre/musee.php
TELIMAGE, FRANCE, "Galerie Jeanne-Bucher",
http://www.jeanne-bucher.com/galerie/index3.php
UNIVERSIDAD AUTONOMA METROPOLITANA, MEXICO, "System of virtual Museums",
http://museosvirtuales.azc.uam.mx/
Virtual exhibition
National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa – Canada for the virtual exhibition of
IdéeClic company, Gatineau – Canada "Drawing with Light"
http://cybermuse.gallery.ca/cybermuse/youth/dwl/index_f.jsp
"Museums and the Web - the Best of the Web"
by Archives & Museum Informatics
2008 Museums and the Web - the Best
of the Web winners
Best On-line Exhibition
Winner
The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr., http://americanimage.unm.edu/
Honourable Mention
The Digital Vaults, http://www.digitalvaults.org
Best Educational Use
Winner
Great Chicago Stories, Chicago History Museum, http://greatchicagostories.org
Best Innovative or
Experimental Application
Launchball, Science Museum, London, http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchball
Best Museum Professional's Site
Winner
ExhibitFiles, Association of Science-Technology
Centers, http://exhibitfiles.org
Honourable Mention
The IMA Dashboard, Indianapolis Museum of Art, http://dashboard.imamuseum.org
Best Research Site
Winner
Prints and Printmaking,
Australia, Asia, Pacific, http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au/Catalogues/Work.aspx
Community
Winner
My Brighton and Hove, http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk
Honourable Mention
Brooklyn Museum of Art Community, Brooklyn Museum of
Art http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/
People’s Choice
Maps: Tools for Adventure, The Children's Museum of
Indianapolis (in conjunction with the National Geographic Society), http://www.nationalgeographic.com/education/toolsforadventure
"MUSE Awards"
by the AAM Media and Technology Committee
2008 Muse Award Winners
Audio and
Visual Tours
Gold
Kara Walker:
My Complement, My Enemy, My Oppressor, My Love
- Whitney Museum of American Art and Antenna Audio
Silver
Richard Serra
Sculpture: Forty Years - Museum of Modern Art
and Acoustiguide
Bronze
Richard
Prince Retrospective - Solomon R. Guggenheim
Museum
Honorable
Mention
The
Goat’s Dance: Photographs by Graciela Iturbide
- J. Paul Getty Museum
Games
Gold
Betwixt Folly
and Fate - Colonial Willliamsburg Foundation and eduweb
Honorable
Mention
Room of
Wonders - French Regional American Museum Exchange
Interactive Kiosks
Gold
D-Day 096
Interactive - National World War II Museum and
Unified Field
Silver
Carmel Church
Bone Bed - Virginia Museum of Natural
History and Cortina Productions
Bronze
The John
Deere GPS Combine/Tractor Display - Museum of
Science and Industry, Chicago and Silver Oaks
Honorable
Mention
Kensett and
the White Mountains - Davis Museum and Cultural
Center, Wellesley College
Honorable
Mention
Phillips
Service Stations - Phillips Petroleum Company Museum
with Haley Sharpe Ltd and Atacama
Interpretive Interactive
Installations
Gold
Limud Tables - Museum
at Eldridge Street and Potion Design
Silver
Lincoln's
Toughest Decisions - President Lincoln's
Cottage at the Soldiers' Home
Bronze
Getting
Closer: Technology-based Interpretation at the Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit
Institute of Arts and Acoustiguide
Multimedia
Installations
Gold
Infection Connection: IC Express - Liberty Science Center
Silver
Sejarah Singapura -
National Museum of Singapore
Bronze
The Festival Experience - The Museum at Bethel Woods and Cortina Productions
Honorable Mention
An Island Story - Bainbridge Island Historical Museum
Online
Presence
Gold
Powerhouse
Museum Collection Database - Powerhouse Museum
Silver
ArtShare on
Facebook - The
Brooklyn Museum
Bronze
Tracing the
Che School in Chinese Painting - National Palace Museum
Public
Relations and Development
Gold
The IMA
Dashboard -
Indianapolis Museum of Art
Silver
The Grand
Tour - The
National Gallery, London and Antenna Audio
Bronze
More Than Just A Commercial - Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History
Teaching and
Outreach
Gold
Great Chicago
Stories - Chicago
History Museum
Silver
Never
Lose Sight of Freedom, Educational Resource Kit -
National Park Service
Bronze
Excelling the
Work of Heaven: Personal Adornment from China - University of Hawaii Art Gallery
Honorable Mention
Emissaries of
Peace - Colonial
Williamsburg Foundation
Video
Gold
Lives Lost, Lives Found - Jewish Museum of Maryland
Silver
Ribbon of Sand - National Park Service
Bronze
Louise Nevelson: A Conversation With Six Artists - The Jewish Museum and Mediacombo
Honorable Mention
1968: A Year That Shook America - The Museum at Bethel Woods with the History
Channel
Jim Blackaby
Ingenuity Award
ArtShare on
Facebook -
The Brooklyn Museum
"NODEM - Nordic Digital
Excellence in Museums"
Award winner 2008
The NODEM Award for the best digital design for museums
communication:
Mediated Museum - The Museum
of National Antiquities, Stockholm, Sweden
http://www.mediatedmuseum.se/
The Jodi Awards
by museumcomputergroup
The Jodi Awards 2008
Award for
excellence for people with a learning disability
Outside In
Pathways, for their project in which a group of people with learning
disabilities made films using digital technology at the V&A museum, London.
Award for
excellence in accessible digital media
The National Trust, for
their virtual tour pilot project. 12 virtual tours were developed, and four
more are in production.
Commendation for
excellence with a low budget - Web accessibility
-Thackray Museum
in Leeds, and their website redevelopment
project
Award for
excellence in Web accessibility
British Museum for its
BSL Schools Web Project
