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PA MUSEUMS ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE SPECIAL ACHEIVEMENT AWARDS
April 3, 2024, Harrisburg – PA Museums has announced the winners of its 2024 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, twelve (12) organizations from nearly every region of Pennsylvania have won Institutional Awards of Merit. One (1) organization is receiving PA Museums’ prestigious S.K. Stevens Award, and two (2) individuals will be honored for their contributions to the field with Individual Awards.
This year’s award winners are:
Institutional Achievement Awards
Forged by Fire: The Heritage, Honor, and History of Firefighting, The Sigal Museum, Easton
The Story of Us, Hagen History Center, Erie
18th Century Teaching Garden, Fort LeBoeuf Historical Society, Waterford
Gilded, Not Golden, The Frick Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Black Founders: The Forten Family of Philadelphia, The Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
Korean War Exhibit, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall and Museum, Pittsburgh
At the Water's Edge: Working and Living Along the Delaware River, The Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia
Conversations with Birds, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia
Aim High, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Trolley Museum Welcome & Education Center, Pennsylvania Trolley Museum, Washington
Celebrating Juneteenth: Commemorating African American History, Chester County History Center, West Chester
Beyond the Battle Museum, Adams County Historical Society, Gettysburg
Individual Awards
Candace Perry, The Schwenkfelder Library and Heritage Center, Pennsburg
President’s Award – Richard Burkert, The Johnstown Area Heritage Association, Johnstown
S.K. Stevens Awards
Saint or Sinner? The Complicated Legacy of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay of Beaver, PA
Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, Beaver
PA Museums’ Special Achievement Awards Campaign is leading up to the PA Museums conference in April 2024. The upcoming campaign includes details about the people, museums, and projects PA Museums is recognizing with awards and will feature posts on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Pennsylvania-Federation-of-Museums-and-Historical-Organizations-109132959231/ and Twitter @PA_Museums, as well as in direct emails to members and subscribers.
“PA Museums’ annual awards are meant to inspire the museum field and impress museum visitors,” said Rusty Baker, executive director of PA Museums. “Pennsylvania’s museums and historical organizations have so much to offer, 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.
Contact: Rusty Baker, PA Museums, [email protected]
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