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exhaustive list of projects awarded in 2025 globally

At the end of each year Best in Heritage delivers a list of relevant award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. Out of this our Board of Advisors approves a final selection of laureates to be featured in Best in Heritage edition and contains around 28 projects in the core programme and 14 projects in the Multimedia / New Technologies segment IMAGINES. 

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Hands on! International Association for Children in Museums

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Children in Museums Award 2025

  • La Nube STEAM Discovery Center, El Paso, Texas, United States

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​2025 UNESCO–Greece Melina Mercouri International Prize

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  • Wazee wa Mazingira & the Council of Elders from northern Kenya | Safeguarding the Mount Kulal Biosphere reserve, Kenya

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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions

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​IFLA/Baker & Taylor Public Library of the Year Award 2025

  • Gabrielle-Roy Library, Québec, Canada

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International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art - CIMAM 

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CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2025

  • Museo Barda del Desierto, Northern Patagonia, Argentina

  • Bergen Kjøtt, Bergen, Norway

  • The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit, Palestine

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International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works

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Keck Award 2025

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blooloop Innovation Awards 2025

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Storytelling - Culture

  • National WWI Museum and Memorial: Encounters Exhibition

 

Immersive Experience - Culture

  • teamLab Phenomena Abu Dhabi

 

Guest Journey

  • Musa. AI tour guides

 

Accessibility

  • Caesarea Harbour Visitor Centre: Accessible Multimedia Guide with Synced Audio Descriptions

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Prix Versailles - World Architecture and Design Awards 2025

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  • Grand Palais, Paris, France

  • Saka Museum, Bali, Indonesia

  • Audeum, Seoul, South Korea

  • Kunstsilo, Kristiansand, Norway

  • Diriyah Art Futures, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

  • Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, United States

  • Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, United States

 

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ICOM Award for Sustainable Development Practice in Museums

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  • Barbados Museum & Historical Society (BMHS) | Shared Island Stories Between Scotland and the Caribbean: Transnational Youth Exchange

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Research Centre for Museums and Galleries (RCMG), School of Museum Studies, University of Leicester

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The Activist Museum Award 2025​

  • Sado Jirde & Black South West Network, Bristol, United Kingdom

  • Museo Textil de Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Interreg Northern Periphery and Arctic Programme

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Interreg NPA Award 2025

  • Museum Nord | CINE Project, Norway

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International Council of Museums Committee for University Museums and Collections

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UMAC Award of Excellence 2025

  • University of Canterbury Teece Museum of Classical Antiquities: Accessibility Project, New Zealand

  • University of Navarra Museum (MUN): Arts and Life, Spain

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European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2025

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Conservation & Adaptive Reuse

  • Tower Roof of the Church of St. Mauritius, Spitz an der Donau, Austria

  • Antwerp City Hall, Belgium

  • Hôtel Solvay, Brussels, Belgium

  • Nicosia Old Municipal Market, Cyprus

  • Kambones 1615 Historic House, Naxos, Greece

  • EC1 Łódź – City of Culture Complex, Poland

  • National Museum of Resistance and Freedom – Peniche Fortress, Portugal

  • Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain


Research

  • The Heritage Trees Project, Belgium

  • Odeuropa, Netherlands / France / Germany / Italy / Slovenia / UK

  • Glacier Archaeology Programme – Secrets of the Ice, Norway

  • IS-LE: Islamic Legacy, pan-European (coordinated in Spain)


Education, Training & Skills

  • European Heritage Volunteers Programme, Germany

  • “Saber Fazer” Programme, Portugal

  • ASTRA Center for Activities and Regional Resources, Sibiu, Romania

  • Pro Monumenta – Preventive Maintenance of Monuments, Slovakia

 

Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising

  • The Art of Protecting Bedechka, Stara Zagora, Bulgaria

  • Baltic Sea 3D Wrecksite Ontology, Finland

  • Notre-Dame de Paris Restoration Outreach, France

  • Donation Campaign “The Culture of Ukraine has no Means of Defence”, Lithuania / Ukraine

  • Małopolska Culture Heritage Days, Poland

  • Almalaguês – Weaving the Future from the Tapestry of Time, Coimbra, Portugal

  • Hedgehog’s Home – Inventing a Better World, Serbia

  • Casa Batlló: Integrating Neurodiversity in World Heritage, Barcelona, Spain

  • All Together Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine


Heritage Champions

  • Prof. em. Peter Latz, Germany

  • Inge Bisgaard, Greenland / Denmark


Grand Prix 2025

  • Antwerp City Hall, Belgium (Conservation & Adaptive Reuse)

  • Glacier Archaeology Programme – Secrets of the Ice, Norway (Research)

  • Pro Monumenta – Preventive Maintenance of Monuments, Slovakia (Education, Training & Skills)

  • Hedgehog’s Home – Inventing a Better World, Serbia (Citizens’ Engagement & Awareness-raising)

  • Inge Bisgaard, Greenland / Denmark (Heritage Champions)


Public Choice Award 2025

  • Puerta de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain

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European Museum Forum

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European Museum of the Year Award 2025

  • Manchester Museum, Manchester, United Kingdom

 

Council of Europe Museum Prize 2025

  • Euskararen Etxea – The House of the Basque Language, Bilbao, Spain

 

Kenneth Hudson Award 2025 (Institutional Courage & Professional Integrity)

  • Nini Sanadiradze, former General Director of the Union of Tbilisi Museums, Tbilisi, Georgia

 

Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2025

  • MUZOO, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland

 

Portimão Museum Prize for Welcoming, Inclusion & Belonging 2025

  • Istanbul Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Türkiye

 

Silletto Prize for Community Participation & Engagement 2025

  • Alvor Lifeguard Interpretative Centre (CISA), Portimão, Portugal

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European Museum Academy

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Luigi Micheletti Award 2025

  • Obersalzberg Documentation Center, Berchtesgaden, Germany 

 

DASA Award 2025

  • Salon Stolz, Graz, Austria 

 

Art Museum Award 2025

  • Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland

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Art Fund Prize

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Museum of the Year 2025

  • The Living Museum of the North Beamish, Beamish, United Kingdom

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Museums + Heritage Awards 2025

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Innovator Of The Year

  • Anoxart Ltd Insect Eradication For Artworks And Heritage Collections, London

 

Visitor Accessibility Award

  • Wellcome Collection Putting Accessibility At The Heart Of Wellcome Collection, London

 

Sector Impact Award

  • Heritage Open Days: 30 Years Of England’s Largest Festival Of History And Culture, London

 

Visitor Welcome Award

  • Migration Museum Welcome To The Migration Museum, London

 

Sustainable Project Of The Year

  • Railworld Wildlife Haven Entertain And Educate About Our Amazing Planet, Peterborough

 

Sustainable Project Of The Year

  • Stourbridge Glass Museum Eco‑Friendly Upcycled Glass Exhibition In New Eco Museum, Stourbridge

 

Best Use Of Digital – International

  • Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center / East City Films The Journey Back – VR Experiences, Skokie, Illinois, United States

 

Best Use Of Digital – UK

  • London Museum’s New Website – Using AI To Power Content Relationships Between Objects & Stories, London

 

Team Of The Year

  • National Galleries Of Scotland People Team, Edinburgh

 

Community Engagement Programme Of The Year

  • Suffolk Archives (Suffolk County Council) Arrivals: Celebrating Migration To Suffolk, Ipswich, Suffolk

 

International Exhibition Of The Year

  • Museum Of Transport And Technology (MOTAT) Te Puawānanga Science And Technology Centre, Auckland

 

Learning Programme Of The Year

  • Attenborough Arts Centre, Leicester SENsory Atelier Programme, Leicester

 

Partnership Of The Year

  • Pitt Rivers Museum, University Of Oxford The Maasai Living Cultures Project, Oxford

 

Restoration Or Conservation Project Of The Year

  • Crystal Palace Subway Restoration / The Landmark Trust Calverley Old Hall, London / Calverley, West Yorkshire

 

Shop Of The Year

  • Portsmouth City Council – The D‑Day Story D‑Day 80 Shop Refit, Portsmouth

 

Volunteers Of The Year

  • Derbyshire Scout Archaeology Team Morgause Lomas, Derbyshire

 

Permanent Exhibition Of The Year

  • Showtown Blackpool With Casson Mann, Blackpool

 

Temporary Or Touring Exhibition Of The Year / Budget More Than £80k

  • British Library, University Of Westminster & Freehaus Beyond The Bassline: 500 Years Of Black British Music, London

 

Temporary Or Touring Exhibition Of The Year / Budget Less Than £80k

  • Ferens Art Gallery Jason Wilsher Mills: Are We There Yet, Hull

 

Marketing + Communications Campaign Of The Year

  • Royal Armouries TikTok Debut, Leeds

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Family Friendly Museum Awards 2025

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Best Small Museum / Overall Winner 2025

  • Experience Barnsley Museum & Discovery Centre, Barnsley (South Yorkshire) 

 

Best Medium Museum 2025

  • V&A Dundee, Dundee 

 
Best Large Museum 2025
The Burrell Collection, Glasgow 

 

Best Accessible Museum 2025

  • Eureka! The National Children’s Museum, Halifax

 

Best Museum Youth Project 2025

  • Social Justice — Black Cultural Archives, London (Brixton)

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VriendenLoterij Museumprijs 2025

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  • Bakkerijmuseum De Oude Bakkerij, Medemblik

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Associação Portuguesa de Museologia

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Portugese Museum of the Year 2025

  • Serralves Museum

 

International Project Award 2025

  • Faro Municipal Museum – Cities of Knowledge

  • Sesimbra Maritime Museum – Coastal Cultural Center | Sesimbra: A Bridge Between Portugal and Norway

 

Safeguarding, Conservation and Restoration in Cultural Heritage Award 2025

  • MUDE – Museum of Design – MUDA Building: Heritage Activated by Museology and Design

 

Digital Project and Content Award 2025

  • Faro Municipal Museum – Virtual Exhibition of Italian Cinema Posters

  • Regional Directorate of Culture of the Azores – From Shadow to Carnation: April 25 through the Eyes of Cultural Heritage

 

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Swedish Museum Association / ICOM Sweden

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Museum of the Year 2025

  • Tekniska museet, Stockholm

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Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport Austria

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Österreichische Museumspreis 2025

  • Nordico Stadtmuseum Linz, Linz

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Živa Awards

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The Best Slavic Museum 2025

  • The Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia

 

Živa Award for the Best Slavic Heritage Site 2025

  • NI Institute for Protection of Monuments of Culture and Museum – Ohrid, Ohrid, North Macedonia

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Finnish Museums Association & ICOM Finland

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Museum of the Year 2025

  • Lahti City Museums, Lahti 

 

Communication Act of the Year

  • Renaming Nootti – Museum of Finnish-Russian Relations, Helsinki 

  • “From Tokyo to Tapiola” exhibition, Leikki – The Museum of Play, Espoo 

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Museum Card Special Awards 2025

 

All-Time Favorite Museum Award

  • Ateneum Art Museum

 

Children’s Favorite Destination award

  • Heureka – the Finnish Science Centre

 

All-Time Museum Discovery Award

  • Finnish Motorcycle Museum

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Norwegian Museum Association

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Norwegian Museum of The Year 2025

  • The National Museum, Oslo

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Museums Association United Kingdom

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Best Museums Change Lives Project 2025

  • Birmingham Museums Trust – Citizens’ Jury

 

Best Small Museum Project 2025

  • Timespan (Helmsdale Heritage and Arts Society) – The People’s Mobile Archive

 
Equitable Partnership Award 2025

  • Horniman Museum and Gardens with partners, creatives and young people – The Great Kingdom of Benin

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Radical Changemaker Award 2025

  • Elizabeth Scott, Guildhall Art Gallery

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European Cultural Tourism Network / Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2025

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Resilience in Sustainable Cultural Tourism Destinations

  • Transylvanian Highlands – Responsible Tourism in the Saxon Cultural Landscape: A Path to Community Resilience, by Asociația Colinele Transilvaniei, Romania

 

Wine and Gastronomy Tourism based on eno-culinary heritage preservation

  • Tasty Tartu – A Month Full of Flavours, invigorating the Low Season, by Visit Tartu / Tartu County Tourism Foundation, Estonia

 

Digitalisation in Smart Tourism, Cultural Heritage and Creativity

  • Time travel was once the stuff of science fiction, by Associação Rota Histórica das Linhas de Torres, Portugal

 

Transnational Thematic Tourism Products involving Culture and Heritage

  • European Route of Historic Gardens – A Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, by European Route of Historic Gardens (ERHG), Spain-based association

 

Cultural Tourism Services for All

  • Living Heritage for All: Revitalizing Rural Museums through Inclusive, Authentic, and Sustainable Cultural Tourism in the Laona Plateau, by Kathikas, Ineia, Droushia, and Arodes Synergy, Pafos region, Cyprus

 

Public Choice Award

  • Via Transilvanica: The Road That Unites, by Tasuleasa Social Association, Romania

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ICOM Russia Museum Olymp Awards 2025

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  • State Museum-Reserve Gatchina | Arms Gallery, Saint Petersburg

 

Temporary Exhibition

  • Perm Local History Museum | The City Needs a Hero, Perm

 

Museum for Children

  • State Museum-Reserve Kulikovo Field | Archaeology for Children, Tula Region

 

 

Museum Event

  • Architectural-Ethnographic Museum Semenkovo | Theatrical Seasons of the Semenkovo Museum, Vologda

 

Russian Museum of the Year 2025

  • Slantsy Historical and Local History Museum | Slantsy: Five Lives of One Land, Slantsy Leningrad Region

 

Museum Masterpiece (Special Jury Award)

  • State Museum-Reserve Tsarskoye Selo | Catherine II: Personal Space, Pushkin Saint Petersburg

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2025 Sandford Awards UK

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  • ​Kensington Palace, London

  • The Cooper Gallery, Barnsley

  • The British Schools Museum, Hitchin

  • Ushaw Historic House, Chapels and Gardens, Ushaw Moor, Durham

  • Keats House, London

  • Gainsborough Old Hall, Gainsborough

  • Clifton Suspension Bridge Museum, Bristol

  • The National Archives, London

  • Flag Fen Archaeology Park, Peterborough

  • Bridging the Tamar Visitor & Learning Centre, Devon / Cornwall border

  • The Food Museum, Swindon

  • St Albans Museum + Gallery, St Albans

  • Milton Keynes City Discovery Centre at Bradwell Abbey, Milton Keynes

  • La Hougue Bie Museum, Jersey, Channel Islands

  • Kirkleatham Museum, Redcar, North Yorkshire

  • Chiltern Open Air Museum, Buckinghamshire

  • Cranwell Aviation Heritage Museum, Sleaford, Lincolnshire

  • Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln

  • Holdenby House, Northamptonshire

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Chinese Museums Association

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Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2025

  • Nanjing Chinese Imperial Examination Museum, Nanjing

  • Linping Museum, Hangzhou

  • Hubei Provincial Museum, Wuhan

  • Zhengzhou Museum, Zhengzhou

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2025 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation

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Award of Distinction

  • Sihang Warehouse Conservation Project, Shanghai, China

  • Iwami Ginzan Library Conservation Project, Ōda, Shimane Prefecture, Japan

 

Award of Merit

  • Our Lady of Grace Cathedral Conservation Project, Vasai (Papdy village), Maharashtra, India

  • Jestha Varna Mahavihara Conservation Project, Lalitpur (Patan), Nepal

  • Lowo Nyiphug Namrol Norbuling Monastery Conservation Project, Mustang, Nepal

  • Azhike Hani Village Conservation Project, Honghe, Yunnan Province, China

  • Xiankeng Village Cultural Landscape Conservation Project, Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, China

 

Special Recognition for Sustainable Development

  • Lenggong Valley Heritage Revitalisation Project, Lenggong Valley, Perak, Malaysia

  • Chief Roi Mata’s Domain Heritage Community Project, Efate Island, Shefa Province, Vanuatu

 

Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts

  • Yunnan Yong’an Village Revitalisation Project, Yong’an Village, Yunnan Province, China

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Japanese Association of Museums Award 2025

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2025 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA)

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Projects / Organisations with 1-6 FTE Paid Staff

  • Qantas Founders Museum for Yayoi in the Outback, Longreach, Queensland

 

Projects / Organisations with 7+ FTE Paid Staff

  • Queensland Museum Kurilpa for Say Our Name: Australian South Sea Islanders, South Brisbane (Brisbane), Queensland

 

Engagement / Organisations with 1-6 FTE Paid Staff

  • Gympie Regional Gallery for Guy Denning: Works on Paper, Gympie, Queensland

 

Engagement / Organisations with 7+ FTE Paid Staff

  • Museum of Brisbane for Micro Museum, Brisbane, Queensland

 

First Nations / Open

  • State Library of Queensland for Deaf in Dance: Feeling the Beat, Brisbane, Queensland

 

Sustainable Practices / Open

  • Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology for Abbey Museum Art Gallery & Café Extension Project, Caboolture, Queensland

 

Volunteer Museum / Gallery of the Year

  • Queensland Air Museum, Sunshine Coast, Queensland

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IMAGinE Awards 2025

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Exhibition Projects

 

Galleries And Visual Arts (Small Or Volunteer Galleries)

  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Dhuluny: The War That Never Ended 

 

Galleries And Visual Arts (Medium)

  • Grafton Regional Gallery, Tweed Regional Gallery & Margaret Olley Art Centre & Lismore Regional Gallery With Arts Northern Rivers | Bulaan Buruugaa Ngali 

 

Major Metropolitan Institutions

  • Chau Chak Wing Museum, The University Of Sydney | Mungari: Fishing, Resistance, Return 

 

Museums And Heritage (Volunteer Organisations)

  • Port Macquarie Museum | Barayal Bila 

 

Museums And Heritage (Small Organisations)

  • Tweed Regional Museum | How To Draw A Dinosaur 

 

Museums And Heritage (Medium Organisations)

  • Qtopia Sydney | We’re Here, We’re Queer 

 


Engagement Programs

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Engagement Programs (Small And Volunteer Organisations)

  • Bank Art Museum Moree | Team Trampoline 

 

Engagement Programs (Medium Organisations)

  • Bathurst Regional Art Gallery | Dhuluny: The War That Never Ended 

 

Engagement Programs (Large Organisations)

  • Newcastle Art Gallery | Megan Cope: Ngumpi Kinyingarra Oyster House 

 

Accessible Arts Award For Access And Inclusion

  • Parramatta Artists Studios | Pas Access & Inclusion Program 2024–25 

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Institute of Museum and Library Services

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National Medals for Museum and Library Service 2025

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  • Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts Foundation (Little Rock, AR)

  • Citizen Potawatomi National Cultural Heritage Museum (Shawnee, OK)

  • Haines Borough Public Library (Haines, AK) 

  • Maine Discovery Museum (Bangor, ME) 

  • Mengle Memorial Library (Brockway, PA) 

  • Nicholas P. Sims Library (Waxahachie, TX)

  • Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive History (Kennesaw, GA) 

  • Terrebonne Parish Library System (Terrebonne, LA)

  • Ten Sleep Branch Library (Ten Sleep, WY)

  • Texas Heritage Museum (Hillsboro, TX)

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American Alliance of Museums

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Chair’s Leadership Award 2025

  • Marinela Servitje, Mexico City, Mexico

 

 

Distinguished Service to Museums Award 2025

  • Richard West, Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the American Indian and Autry Museum of the American West, Washington, D.C.

 

 

Museum Impact Award – Program / Initiative 2025

  • California Academy of Sciences for California: State of Nature, San Francisco, California

  • Initiative First Americans Museum for WINIKO: Reunions, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Initiative Tucson Museum of Art & Historic Block for community‑based curation toolkit, Tucson, Arizona

 

 

Institutional Award 2025

  • Charlotte Museum of History, Charlotte, North Carolina

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Canadian Museums Association Awards 2025

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Award of Outstanding Achievement – Exhibitions

  • Chinese Canadian Museum — Dream Factory: Cantopop, Mandopop 1980s–2000

 

Award of Outstanding Achievement – Audience Outreach

  • Lac La Biche Museum — Community Outreach Strategy

 

Award of Outstanding Achievement – Research

  • Museum of Vancouver — SAGE (Sustainable Arts and Green Ecosystems)

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Alberta Museums Association

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Robert R. Janes Award for Social Responsibility 2025

  • Millet And District Museum And Archives, Canada

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Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC) 

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Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards 2025

 

Organizational Awards

  • North Carolina Children’s Museum and Hands On! Children’s Museum, North Carolina, United States

  • Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont, United States 

  • Springs Preserve, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States 

  • TELUS Spark Science Centre, Calgary, Alberta, Canada 

  • The Tech Interactive, San Jose, California, United States 

  • University of Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence, Kansas, United States

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Heritage in Motion Awards 2025

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Overall & Heritage Audiovisuals

  • Hands Deep – A Journey into the Demoscene, Finland 

 

New Digital Experiences

  • Mouthful of Dust, State Library Victoria, Australia 

 

Virtual & Augmented Reality

  • HistoryCity, Italy / UK

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F@IMP Awards 2025 by AVICOM

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Website Category

 

Inclusivity and Sustainability Prize

  • Capital Museum | The Accessible International Website of the Capital Museum, Beijing, China

 

Interpretation Prize

  • National Museum of Korea | H+Low: Visual Exploration of Cultural Heritage with Generative AI, Seoul, South Korea

 


Museum Film, Animation Category

 

Education and Mediation Prize

  • Museu de Mariana - Casa Conde de Assumar | A Cidade dos Bispos / The City of Bishops, Mariana, Brazil

 

Research and Documentary Prize

  • Gala-Salvador Dalí Foundation | The Dalí Theatre-Museum: History of Art, Short but Clear by Salvador Dalí, Figueres, Spain

 

Inclusivity and Sustainability Prize

  • Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli | Moving the Stones, Mexico City, Mexico

 


Mobile Application Category

 

Education and Mediation Prize

  • Museum of Ethnography | EthnoFusion, Budapest, Hungary

 

Interpretation Prize

  • Dark Pyramid for AI Solutions | Manetho AI Translator

 


Media Category

 

Research and Documentary Prize

  • Museum of Palencia | MUSEO_IA, Palencia, Spain

 

Education and Mediation Prize

  • Polytechnic University of Marche | Suasa Experience: Ancient City, Smart Future, Ancona, Italy

 

 

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Interpretation Prize

  • Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Roots of Eternity, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA

 

Inclusivity and Sustainability Prize

  • Polytechnic University of Marche | Before the via flaminia. A journey with the warriors, Ancona, Italy

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ICOM Dubai Special Prize

  • Museum of Ethnography | A Polyphonic Museum Experience, Budapest, Hungary

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Grand Prize – Claude Nicole Hocqard Prize of Avicom

  • Palace Museum | The Ways in Patterns: An Immersive Digital Exhibition from the Palace Museum, Beijing, China

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2025 Webby Awards

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Websites & Mobile Sites, Cultural Institutions​

  • Nordiska Museet 

 

Media & Enterntainement, Cultural Institutions

  • Whitney Museum of American Art

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AI, Immersive & Games / Best Installation or Experience 2025

  • UNICEF | Countdown for Change — an immersive installation

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Digital Culture Network UK

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2025 Digital Culture Awards

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Digital Marketing

  • The Tank Museum – Tanks, YouTube & The Creator Economy  

 

Digital Content

  • Cardboard Citizens - More Than One Story  

 

Using Data

  • Noise Solution CIC - Beats and Stories: Demonstrating and improving outcomes   

 

Digital Inclusion – joint Winners

  • Extant – Unseen  

  • Zoo Co Creative Ltd – Perfect Show for Rachel 

 

Digital Culture Network Award Winners

  • Barber Institute of Fine Arts

  • Migration Museum

  • Gulbenkian Arts Centre

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Museums in Short Award 2025

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Popular Choice Award 2025

  • Kode Bergen Art Museum | Heidi Bjørgan: Meet the Ceramicist Who Was Meant to Be a Footballer, Bergen, Norway

 

Museums in Short Award 2025

  • NOESIS Science Center & Technology Museum | "Living in a Digital World", Thessaloniki, Greece

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Apollo Awards 2025

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Digital Innovation of the Year

  • Getty Provenance Index

 

Museum Opening of the Year

  • Frick Collection, New York

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Exhibition of the Year

  • ‘Siena: The Rise of Painting, 1300–1350’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and National Gallery, London

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Collections Trust Award 2024-25

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  • Royal Armouries | Colonial collections, data management, and the responsible use of AI, United Kingdom

 

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Serious Play Awards 2025 / Learning Game Designed for Museum

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  • National Gallery of Art | Paint ‘n' Play, Washington DC, United States

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