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  • IAM Awards 2024

  • Congratulations to the award winners for 2024! Thank you for sharing 

  • your amazing work with us.

    Welcome Award

  • Quincy Children’s Museum


    Anniversary Awards

  • 10 Years – National Museum of the American Sailor
  • 50 Years – The Grove National Historic Landmark
  • 100 Years – Quincy Art Center


    Volunteer Service Award

  • Daphne H. Sumner – St. Clair County Historical Society – 30 Years


    Best Practices Awards


    Exhibits

    Awards of Merit

  • Gallatin County Tourism Committee/Ohio River Visitors Center – Award of Merit - Salt: Equality’s First Innovation
  • DuPage County Historical Museum the Roaring Elgin – Award of Merit
  • Awards of Excellence

  • GAR Military Museum in Aurora – Award of Excellence – Hidden Warriors
  • Pick Museum of Anthropology – Good Food – Award of Excellence
  • The Raupp Museum, The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and the National Indo American Museum – Summer Weddings – Award of Excellence
  • History Center of Lake Forest – Lake Bluff – Deeply Rooted and Rising High: African American Experiences in Lake Forest – Award of Excellence
  • Lake Bluff History Museum – The Lake: Lake Michigan and Michi Gami – Award of Excellence
  • Abraham Lincoln Public Library and Museum – Here I Have Lived – Award of Excellence
  • Awards of Superior Achievement

    Illinois State Museum – Growing Up X – Award of Superior Achievement

     

    Special Projects

  • Addison Historical Museum – Museum Orientation Video – Award of Excellence
  • Elmhurst History Museum – In Pursuit of Happiness exhibit, supporting programs – Award of Excellence
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    Educational Programming

  • Naper Settlement – Award of Merit – Field Watchers
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    Building Site Preservation

  • GAR Military Museum – Award of Excellence – Memorial Hall Restoration

  • Printed Materials

  • DeMoulin Museum – Coloring book – Award of Merit
  • DeKalb County History Center – Cornsilk magazine – Award of Excellence
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    Community Partnerships

  • GAR Military Museum – Veteran of the Month Program – Award of Merit
  • Champaign County History Museum – History Harvest – Award of Excellence
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    Conservation/Collections

  • Elmhurst History Museum – Award of Superior Achievement – Jane Byrd Bryant painting restoration
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    Virtual Materials

  • Illinois Humanities – A Bicentennial Crossroads: 200 Years of Continuity and Change in Rural Illinois

 

    Innovation Awards

  • Illinois Aviation Museum – Faces of Flight Exhibit
  • DuPage Children’s Museum – Wonder Room
  • Chicago Fair Trade Museum – Pop-Up Museum
  • Illinois State Museum – The Rec Room – Immersive Hands-on Space

 

    Museum Volunteer of the Year

  • Gina Goldsmith – DeMoulin Museum

 

    Museum Professional of the Year

  • Julia Kelly – Krannert Art Museum


Watch the 2024 IAM Awards Ceremony here:

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