exhaustive list of projects awarded in 2023 globally
At the end of the year Best in Heritage delivers a list of relevant award-winning museum, heritage and conservation projects. Out of this our Advisory Board approves a final selection of laureates to be featured in Best in Heritage edition and contains 28 projects in the core programme and 14 projects in the Multimedia / New Technologies segment IMAGINES.
global
Hands on! International Association for Children in Museum
Children in Museums Award 2023
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Tokyo Toy Museum, Tokyo, Japan
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The Society for the History of Technology
Dibner Award 2023
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Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History, University of Luxembourg |
Minett Stories: Remixing Industrial Pasts in the Digital Age, Luxembourg
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International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
Systematic Public Library of the Year Award 2023
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Barcelona Libraries City Network, Spain
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International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art - CIMAM
CIMAM Award for Outstanding Museum Practices 2023
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Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Panamá | CHAGRES: the Nomadic Residency Programme
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europe
European Heritage Awards / Europa Nostra Awards 2023
Category Conservation and Adaptive Reuse
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Steam Engine Brewery, Lobeč, Czechia
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Friluftsskolen Open-Air School, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hôtel de la Marine, Paris, France
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Royal Gardens of Venice, Italy (Grand Prix)
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Museum of Urban Wooden Architecture, Vilnius, Lithuania
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Wit Stwosz Altarpiece in St. Mary’s Basilica, Kraków, Poland
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Mudéjar Ceilings of the Cathedral of Funchal, Madeira, Portugal
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Deba Bridge, Gipuzkoa, Spain (Grand Prix)
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Ruins of the Monastery of San Pedro de Eslonza, Gradefes, Spain
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Cleveland Pools, Bath, United Kingdom
Category Research
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Scientific-Archaeological Studies for the Preservation of Ererouyk, Aramenia/France
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Proto-Industrial Architecture of the Veneto in the Age of Palladio, Italy
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Safeguarding of the Artisanal Fishing Technique “Arte-Xávega”, Portugal
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MINIARE: The Art & Science of Manuscript Heritage, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Category Education, Training and Skills
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MADE IN: Crafts and Design Narratives, Austria/Croatia/Slovenia/Serbia
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ACTA VISTA, Marseille, France (Grand Prix)
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Carpenters without Borders, Paris, France
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National Centres for Restoration of Historic Vessels, Norway
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Pathfinders of the Waters, Danube Delta, Romania
Category Citizens’ Engagement and Awareness-raising
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Village Square Meer, Antwerp, Belgium
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Budapest100, Hungary
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Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Dublin, Ireland (Grand Prix)
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Open for You, Italy
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ALMADA Project, Lisbon, Portugal
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Via Transilvanica, Romania (Public Choice Award 2023)
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Un-archiving Post-industry, Ukraine
Heritage Champions
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Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO), Ukraine/International (Grand Prix)
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European Museum Forum
European Museum of The Year 2023
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L'Etno, Valencian Museum of Ethnology, València, Spain
The Council of Europe Museum Prize 2023
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The Workers Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Kenneth Hudson Award for Institutional Courage and Professional Integrity 2023
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23,5 Hrant Dink Site of Memory, Istanbul, Türkiye
Portimão Museum Prize for Welcoming, Inclusion and Belonging 2023
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Chillida Leku, Hernani, Spain
Silletto Prize for Community Participation and Engagement 2023
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Otar Lordkipanidze Vani Archaeological Museum of Georgian National Museum, Georgia
Meyvaert Museum Prize for Environmental Sustainability 2023
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Swiss Museum of Agriculture, Burgrain, Switzerland
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European Museum Academy
Luigi Micheletti Award 2023
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FLUGT: Refugee Museum of Denmark, Oksbøl, Denmark
DASA Award 2023
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Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Centre, Budapest, Hungary
Art Museum Award 2023
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S.M.A.K. Communal Museum for Contemporary Art, Ghent, Belgium
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Art Fund Prize
Museum of the Year 2023
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The Burrell Collection, Glasgow, Scotland
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Museums + Heritage Awards 2023
Judges’ Special Recognition Award
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National Museum of the History of Ukraine | Ukraine - Crucifixion
Innovator of The Year
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Meyvaert Kaap Skil, oxygen-free conservation showcases
Sector Support Award
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Kids in Museums
Café or Restaurant of The Year
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Museum of North Craven Life | The Folly Coffee House: A Year in the Life
Visitor Welcome Award
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The Scottish Crannog Centre | Welcome to the Scottish Crannog Centre!
Sustainable Project of The Year
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Food Museum | Hedgerow
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SS Great Britain Trust Voyage to Carbon Neutral
Best Use of Digital – International
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Eye Filmmuseum, Amsterdam, Studio Louter and Kiss the Frog | Film Catcher
Best Use of Digital – UK
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StoryFutures | StoryTrails
Team of The Year
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National Museums Liverpool | Housekeeping Team
Community Engagement Programme of The Year
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The Cartoon Museum | Cartoon Museum Autism Programme
International Exhibition of The Year
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Vardemuseerne, Tinker imagineers | FLUGT - Refugee Museum of Denmark
Learning Programme of The Year
Learning without Borders - a collaboration between Brooklands Museum and Bourne Education Trust
Partnership of The Year
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Colchester + Ipswich Museums | Joy at the Jobcentre
Restoration or Conservation Project of The Year
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Cleveland Pools Trust | Cleveland Pools Restoration
Shop of The Year
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Bletchley Park Shop
Permanent Exhibition of The Year
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National Trust | The Children's Country House at Sudbury
Temporary or Touring Exhibition of The Year
Navrang Arts Rebuilding Lives: 50 Years of Ugandan Asians in Leicester
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English Heritage The future belongs to what was as much as what is.
Marketing + Communications Campaign of The Year
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Castle Howard Estate Ltd Christmas at Castle Howard
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Family Friendly Museum Awards 2023
Best Accessible Museum & Overall Winner
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Craven Museum, Skipton
Best Small Museum
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Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro
Best Medium Museum
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The Beaney House of Art & Knowledge, Canterbury
Best Large Museum
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Museum of Liverpool
Best Youth Project
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Climate – Tullie, Carlisle
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VriendenLoterij Museumprijs 2023
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Museum Jan Cunen, Oss, The Netherlands
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Associação Portuguesa de Museologia
...to be announced
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Swedish Museum Association / ICOM Sweden
Museum of the Year 2023
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Museum of Östergötland, Linköping
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Federal Ministry for Arts, Culture, the Civil Service and Sport Austria
Österreichische Museumspreis 2023
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Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna
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Finnish Museums Association & ICOM Finland
Finnish Museum of the Year 2023
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Riihisaari – Nyslotts Museum, Savonlinna
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Estonian Museum Awards 2023
...to be announced
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Norwegian Museum Association
Norwegian Museum of The Year 2023
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Naturhistorisk Museum, Oslo
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Museums Association United Kingdom
Best Museums Change Lives Project
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Glasgow Museums, Bangladesh Association Glasgow, and Our Shared Cultural Heritage | Scotland’s Lascar Heritage
Best Small Museum Project
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The Whithorn Trust | Whithorn ReBuild Schools Engagement Project
Decolonising Museums Award
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Wilberforce House Museum | Changing Perspectives in Hull
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European Cultural Tourism Network / Destination of Sustainable Cultural Tourism Awards 2023
Digitalisation advances and digital transition in Sustainable Cultural Tourism
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rurAllure: promotion of rural museums and heritage sites in the vicinity of European pilgrimage routes by University of Vigo, Spain,
History and Heritage Tourism
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REVIVE: Reviving public heritage into sustainable tourism in Portugal by Turismo de Portugal, Portugal
Riverside Heritage Tourism
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Emajõgi - The Binding River: Drawing Inhabitants Closer in Tartu, by Visit Tartu, Estonia
Transnational Thematic Tourism Products
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Liberation Route Europe: Transnational memorial of trails connecting World War Two remembrance sites and stories - Cultural Route of the Council of Europe, by LRE Foundation, Belgium (United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Poland and Czechia)
Spiritual, Religious and Pilgrimage Tourism
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Púca Festival at County Meath, Ireland's Ancient East by “Failte Ireland” (Welcome Ireland), National Tourism Development Authority, Ireland
Traditional Skills, Crafts and Creativity
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Regional Museum/Information Centre of Akamas Rural Life at Droushia village by Droushia Community Council, Cyprus
Public Choice Award
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Holistic Digital Documentation of Asinou Church a UNESCO World Heritage Monument by UNESCO Chair on Digital Cultural Heritage, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
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Collections Trust Award 2023
...to be announced
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asia & pacific
Chinese Museums Association
Most Innovative Museums in China Award 2023
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Jingdezhen Imperial Kiln Institute, Jingdezhen
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China Grand Canal Museum, Yangzhou
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Chengdu Museum (National Shadow Puppetry Museum in Chengdu), Chengdu
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2023 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation
Award of Excellence
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Rambagh Gates and Ramparts, Punjab, India
Award of Distinction
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Fanling Golf Course, Hong Kong SAR, China
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Dongguan Garden Residences, Yangzhou, China
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Karnikara Mandapam at Kunnamangalam Bhagawati Temple, Kerala, India
Award of Merit
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Yan Nan Yuan at Peking University, Beijing, China
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Pan Family Residence, Suzhou, China
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Church of Epiphany, Haryana, India
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David Sassoon Library and Reading Room, Mumbai, India
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Bikaner House, New Delhi, India
Award for New Design in Heritage Contexts
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Erlitou Site Museum of the Xia Capital, Luoyang, China
Special Recognition for Sustainable Development
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Karnikara Mandapam at Kunnamangalam Bhagawati Temple, Kerala, India
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Pipal Haveli, Punjab, India
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Sikami Chhen, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Japanese Association of Museums Award 2023
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Akashi Municipal Planetarium, Akashi City, Okayama Prefecture
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2023 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA)
Projects: Organisations With Paid Staff
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Museum of Brisbane for Play Moves
Projects: Organisations Volunteer Run
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Babinda Museum for Building Babinda Museum
Engagement: Organisations With Paid Staff
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Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art for QAGOMA Learning: DESIGN TRACKS
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2023 Victorian Museum Awards
Volunteer-run Project of the Year
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Queenscliffe Historical Society | Queenscliffe Revealed: Hidden Histories, New Narratives
Small Project of the Year (Museum)
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Yarra Ranges Regional Museum | Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges
Small Project of the Year (Gallery)
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RMIT Culture for Radical Utopia, The Design Archaeology of a Creative City
Medium Project of the Year (Museum)
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Museums Victoria | More Than a Tarrang (tree): Memory, Material, Cultural Agency
Medium Project of the Year (Gallery)
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Art Gallery of Ballarat | Beating About The Bush: A new lens on Australian Impressionism
Large Project of the Year
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Museums Victoria | Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing
First Nations Project of the Year
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Daylesford and District Historical Society with Djaara Elder Uncle Rick Nelson | Coranderrk Portraits
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2023 New Zealand Museum Awards
...to be announced
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IMAGinE Awards 2023
Exhibition Projects – Galleries and Visual Arts Projects / Small or Volunteer Galleries
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Hawkesbury Regional Gallery | Dyarubbin
Exhibition Projects – Galleries and Visual Arts Projects / Medium
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Upriver Downriver
Exhibition Projects – Major Metropolitan Institutions
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Australian Museum | Burra Learning Place
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage Projects / Volunteer Organisations
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Miss Porter’s House | Series of Audio Stories
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage Projects / Small Organisations
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Orange Regional Museum | Mulaa Giilang: Wiradjuri stories of the night sky
Exhibition Projects – Museums and Heritage Projects / Medium Organisations
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Sydney Jewish Museum | Reverberations: A Future for Memory
Engagement Programs / Small and Volunteer Organisations
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Hawkesbury Regional Museum | Bangadyi Nawi Making a Canoe
Engagement Programs / Medium Organisations
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Museum Of The Riverina | RETURN: Reconnecting objects and collections with people and places
Engagement Programs / Large Organisations
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Museum Of Contemporary Art Australia & Parramatta Artists’ Studios (PAS) / Being Together: Parramatta Yearbook
Innovation & Resilience / Budget of $10,000 or less
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Tamworth Regional Film And Sound Archive | Relocation Rush
Innovation & Resilience / Budget of between $10,000 and $100,000
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New England Regional Art Museum | HOME
Innovation & Resilience / Budget of $100,00 or greater
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Bathurst Regional Council, Museums Bathurst | Central Tablelands Collections Facility
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2023 Museums and Galleries National Awards (MAGNA)
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 1
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Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre | History's Mysteries Young Writers Competition
Level 2
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Museums Victoria | FlushBack - Spotswood Pumping Station Quest
Level 4
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Powerhouse Museum | 100 Climate Conversations
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Australian Museum | Burra Learning Place
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 1
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Nongirrna Marawili: Daughter of the Lightning Snake
Level 2
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Shrine of Remembrance | Defending with Pride: Stories of LGBTQ+ Service
Level 3
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Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory | Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma (Making successful business together)
Level 4
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Australian Museum | Sharks
Permanent exhibition or gallery fit out
Level 2
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Canberra Museum and Gallery | Canberra/ Kamberri: Place & People
Level 3
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Wodonga Council | Bonegilla ID Cards Exhibition – Bonegilla Migrant Experience
Level 4
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University of Melbourne, Museums and Collections | Science Gallery Melbourne
Community engagement and outreach
Level 1
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | The Maitland Archive
Level 2
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Tweed Regional Museum | Museum on Wheels
Level 3
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Australian Museum | WorldPride at the Australian Museum
Level 4
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Powerhouse Museum | Powerhouse Lates
Sustainability project
Level 2
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Powerhouse Museum | Powerhouse Climate Action Plan and Caring for Country Principles
Level 4
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Bathurst Regional Council | Central Tablelands Collections Facility
Indigenous project
Level 1
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Maitland Cultural Resurgence
Level 2
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Shire of Toodyay | Gnulla Karnany Waangkiny (Our Truth Telling)
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north america
Institute of Museum and Library Services
National Medals for Museum and Library Service 2023
Libraries
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Kuskokwim Consortium Library (Bethel, AK)
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LA County Library (Los Angeles, CA)
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Long Branch Free Public Library (Long Branch, NJ)
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Toledo Lucas County Public Library (Toledo, OH)
Museums
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Center of Science and Industry (COSI) (Columbus, OH)
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Jim Gatchell Memorial Museum (Buffalo, WY)
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Museum of Discovery and Science (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
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Riverside Art Museum (Riverside, CA)
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Canadian Museums Association Awards 2023
CMA Awards of Outstanding Achievement
Audience Outreach
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MEM — Centre des mémoires montréalaises
Exhibitions
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Art Gallery of Alberta
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Musée de la Gaspésie
Research
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Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Social Impact
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MONOVA — North Vancouver Museum & Archives
Stewardship of Collections
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Canadian Museum for Human Rights and Manitoba Museum | Witness Blanket conservation project
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2023 Governor General’s History Awards Canada
Excellence in Community Programming
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Craft at Risk | Heritage NL
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Mettre en lumière l'histoire des femmes | Comité Mémoire des femmes de la Fédération Histoire Québec
Excellence in Museums: History Alive!
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Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library and Ross House Museum | mámawihitowin | Ganaagishkwadaadiwin | Asenbli | Rencontre | Gathering: Indigenous Beadwork, Embroidery and Quillwork
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Alberta Museums Association
Robert R. Janes Award for Social Responsibility 2023
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Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
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Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards 2023
Awards for Business Practice
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Children's Museum of Pittsburgh
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National Children’s Museum, Washington DC
Awards for Community Service
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Children’s Discovery Museum, Normal, Illinois
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COSI—the Center of Science and Industry, Columbus, Ohio
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Awards for Resilience
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Ontario Science Centre, Toronto, Canada
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Palouse Discovery Science Center, Pullman, Washington
Award for Visitor Experience
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Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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multimedia and new technologies
FAIMP Festival 2023 by AVICOM
Grand Prize - Claude Nicole Hocqard prize of AVICOM
Titanic Belfast | The Ship of Dreams, United Kingdom
Exhibition Installation
Media Museum | Interpretation by Sound & Vision, Netherlands
Exhibition Installation, Education and Mediation
Petőfi Literary Museum | How to make a revolution? Hungary
Exhibition Installation, Research And Documentary I.
Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo | Francis Alÿs. Children’s Games, (1999-2022), Mexico
Exhibition Installation, Research And Documentary II.
The History of Florianópolis | Estúdio Preto e Branco, Brazil
Media, Interpretation I.
Shanghai History Museum | Romanticism from the East, Beautiful Life Through History, China
Media, Interpretation II.
Museum of Ethnography | Headscarved, Hungary
Media, Education and Mediation
Estúdio Preto e Branco | Future Professions Quiz, Brazil
Museum Film, Animation, Interpretation
Museo Frida Kahlo | Posthumous letter to Frida Kahlo, Mexico
Museum Film, Animation, Education and Mediation
Estúdio Preto e Branco | What is Material Culture? Brazil
Mobile Application
Inclusivity and Sustainability
Nashwa Bohi and Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim | MuZtism, Egypt
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Museums and the Web Awards 2023
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to be announced
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2023 Webby Awards
Websites and Mobile Sites / Cultural Institutions - Webby Winner
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Q42, Fabrique & Rijksmuseum | Closer to Johannes Vermeer
Websites and Mobile Sites / Cultural Institutions - People's Voice Winner
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Guggenheim Bilbao Museum's New Web Site
Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual / Arts, Fashion, Retail & Culture - Webby Winner
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Q42, Fabrique & Rijksmuseum | Closer to Johannes Vermeer
Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual, Best Installation or Experience - Webby Winner, People's Voice Winner
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Dali Museum | The Dream Tapestry
Websites and Mobile Sites, Science - Webby Winner
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Science Museum Group | Wonderlab+
Apps, dApps and Software, Education & Reference - Webby Winner
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Science Museum Group | Wonderlab AR
Metaverse, Immersive & Virtual, Best Experiential Design - Webby Winner
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Bluecadet | MIT Museum
Websites and Mobile Sites, NetArt - People's Voice Winner
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The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) | New Tab With MoMA
Social, Art & Culture - People's Voice Winner
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Museo Nacional del Prado | The Prado Museum on TikTok
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Heritage in Motion Awards 2023
New Digital Experiences & Heritage in Motion Award 2023
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Media Museum at Sound & Vision
Heritage Audiovisual
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The New Dutch Waterline (The Netherlands)
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Museums Australasia Multimedia & Publication Design Awards (MAPDA) 2023
Digital learning experience
Level A
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Arts Health Activity (6 episodes)
Level B
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State Library of Queensland | Summer Reading Club
App
Level B
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Museums Victoria | FlushBack Digital Quest
Program website
Level B
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WA Museum Boola Bardip | WAnderland
Best in Show
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Griffith University Art Museum | Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen
National Winner
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Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Overall excellence demonstrated through museum display, design and interpretation
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Museums in Short Award 2023
...to be announced
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