The Twentieth Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition recognized outstanding achievement in the exhibition format from all types of museums, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens and any other types of non-commercial institutions offering exhibitions to the public. The competition is the joint project of the following AAM Standing Professional Committees (SPCs): Curators Committee (CURCOM), the National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME), the Committee on Audience Research and Evaluation(CARE) and the Education Committee (EdCom). The deadline is January 4, 2008.

• Twentieth Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition Entry Form

The winners of the competition will be announced at the AAM 2008 Annual Conference in Denver on Tuesday, April 29th at 2:15-3:30 pm. at the AAM Excellence in Exhibition Award session. The winners will also be featured in the fall issue of Museum News. If you have questions, please feel free to contact:R. Maria Marable_Bunch. Exhibition Competition Coordinator. 708-254-7397. mmarableb@aol.com

The Nineteenth Annual Excellence in Exhibition Competition drew 23 highly competitive entries from a variety of institutions, including natural history and science museums, art and history museums, children’s museums and institutions with living collections. The budgets of the exhibitions ranged from $3,200 to $58 million (the latter a long-term exhibit with acres of outdoor facilities).

Competition judges declared one institution the clear winner and awarded honorable mentions to four others. Each exhibition cited for superior quality conveyed engaging messages, used appropriate media to help visitors acquire skills or engage in rich sensory experiences and demonstrated a commitment to audience research to achieve its goals. We urge all museums to enter next year’s competition so that energy gained from wonderful entries can continue to propel the competition forward.

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