For Immediate Release: July 28, 2016

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Oklahoma Museums Association Announces 2016 Award Winners

Awards to be Presented During Annual Conference

(OKLAHOMA CITY) - The Oklahoma Museums Association has announced the award recipients being honored during its annual conference on Sept. 21-23 in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. The awards program honors the excellence and quality of projects accomplished by institutional members throughout the state. Also, the program recognizes individuals and groups whose contributions have impacted Oklahoma museums and the museum profession.

OMA awards recognize achievements from the past 18 months in the categories of conservation, exhibits, promotional pieces, publications, outreach or education programs and technology media. The competition is further divided into project budget categories. In addition, awards for service to the profession and contributions of individuals, groups and businesses to Oklahoma museums or a specific museum in the community will be presented.

The awards dinner is at 6 p.m. on Sept. 22. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased before Aug. 29 online using the registration button found at OKMuseums.org.

The OMA Conference is open to all board members, volunteers, students and staff of museums, historical societies, historic sites, zoos and botanical gardens, historic houses, living history museums, tribal cultural centers and other museum-related institutions. The annual conference and awards is one of the many programs and services offered by the OMA to further its mission to assist Oklahoma museums in their efforts to educate, inform and entertain. The conference registration deadline is Aug. 29. Download a conference booklet or to register online at OKMuseums.org/conference.

The Oklahoma Museums Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in 1972. Programming offered by the Oklahoma Museums Association is important as the primary source of information and professional development for Oklahoma’s 500 museums, historical societies, historic sites, zoos and botanical gardens, historic houses, living history museums, tribal cultural centers and other museum-related institutions.

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Note to media: Please find the list of 2016 award winners below.

2016 Oklahoma Museums Association Award Winners

Award for Service to the Profession

Christine Knop Kallenberger

Certificate of Recognition

Susan Bowers, Leonardo’s Children’s Museum

Mike Sheriff, Oklahoma History Center

Jennifer Towry, Honey Springs Battlefield Historic Site

Conservation or Preservation

Budget Category $5,001 to $15,000

Western Center for the Conservation of Fine Arts & Oklahoma History Center, Conservation of Elizabeth Janes’ 1939 Trail of Tears Mural: An Interactive Public Program

Exhibits

Exhibits Budget Category $0 to $5,000

Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center, Nʉmʉnʉʉ Tsaakʉ Yʉkatʉ (Comanche Good Life)

Tulsa Historical Society & Museum, Designing Tulsa: Oil Capital Architects Exhibit (Honorable Mention)

Exhibits Budget Category $5,001 to $15,000

American Banjo Museum, The Banjo World of Steve Martin

Exhibits Budget Category $15,001 and over

University of Oklahoma Libraries, Galileo’s World Exhibition

Philbrook Museum of Art, Nir Evron: Projected Claims (Honorable Mention)

Outreach or Education

Outreach or Education Budget Category $0 to $5,000

University of Oklahoma Libraries, Galileo’s World

Logan County Historical Society, WPA Tours (Honorable Mention)

Outreach or Education Budget Category $15,001 and over

Philbrook Museum of Art, Off The Wall Teen Initiative

Gilcrease Museum, Gilcrease on Wheels (Honorable Mention)

Promotional Piece

Promotional Piece Budget Category $0 to $5,000

The Museum Broken Arrow, Website: The Museum Broken Arrow

Promotional Piece Budget Category $5,001 to $15,000

Leonardo’s Children’s Museum, Leonardo’s Grand Reopening

Publication

Publication Budget Category $0 to $5,000

Philbrook Museum of Art, Philbrook Magazine for Members

Publication Budget Category $15,001 and over

Philbrook Museum of Art, Collective Future: Gifts in Honor of Philbrook’s 75th Anniversary

Technology Media

Technology Media Budget Category $15,001 and over

University of Oklahoma Libraries, Galileo’s World

Tulsa Historical Society & Museum, Boomtown: An American Journey Documentary (Honorable Mention)