PA MUSEUMS ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE SPECIAL ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS
April 3, 2023, Harrisburg – PA Museums has announced the winners of its 2023 Special Achievement Awards. Since the 1980s, PA Museums has invited nominations from its membership and chosen institutions, projects, and individuals to be recognized. This year, eight (8) organizations from every region of Pennsylvania have won Institutional Awards of Merit. Four (4) organizations are receiving PA Museums’ prestigious S.K. Stevens Award, and one (1) individual will be honored for their contributions to the field with Individual Awards.
This year’s award winners are:
Institutional Achievement Awards
Can you Live 18th Century
Conococheague Institute, Mercersburg
Arch Street Meeting House Exterior Exhibits
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, Philadelphia
I Am a Penn Stater: Nittany Lions in World War II
Penn State University All-Sports Museum, University Park
Beyond Our Doorstep: Bringing Local History Into Your Home
Lackawanna County Historical Society, Scranton
Saint or Sinner? The Complicated Legacy of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay of Beaver, PA
Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, Beaver
Liberty: Don Troiani's Paintings of the Revolutionary War
The Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
Visible Storage Galleries
Chester County History Center, West Chester
Pennsylvania History Special Issue: Exploring Disability History in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical Association, statewide organization
Individual Awards
Janet Mishkin, Quiet Valley Living History Farm and Museum
S.K. Stevens Awards
The Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807
The Science History Institute, Philadelphia
Downstream
The Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh
American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Stenton Museum and National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Virtual History Hunters
PA Museums’ Special Achievement Awards Campaign is leading up to the PA Museums conference in April 2023. The upcoming campaign includes details about the people, museums, and projects PA Museums is recognizing with awards and will feature posts on Facebook and Twitter @PA_Museums, as well as in direct emails like this one to members and subscribers.
“PA Museums’ annual awards are meant to inspire the museum field and impress visitors to museums,” said Rusty Baker, executive director of PA Museums. “Pennsylvania’s museums and historical organizations are star performers, and we are proud to recognize the great work being done throughout the Commonwealth.”
About PA Museums
PA Museums is Pennsylvania’s statewide museum association with 350 members across the Commonwealth. PA Museums’ membership includes museums and historical organizations of many types and sizes, and in addition to providing professional development opportunities for museum professionals, the organization also leads advocacy campaigns on behalf of the museum community.
