What a year! Social media, open-source software, touch screens, mobile knowledge, rethinking access to our collections, and overall sharing, networking, and just being curious. In it’s 23rd year, the MUSE award nominees have outdone themselves again. The variety and innovative ways of presenting content and reaching out to the world are a testament to the reasons of why we love to do what we do.
Congratulations to all the 2012 winners!
Winners, download the press release here.
Applications & APIs
Honorable Mention
The Life of Art, J. Paul Getty Museum
Audio Tours & Podcasts
Honorable Mention
Ghostwriter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum
Blast Theory
Bronze
Trailhead to Utah, Natural History Museum of Utah
Mediatrope, Frankly, Green and Webb
Silver
Demons, Angels, and Monsters Audio Tour, J. Paul Getty Museum
Gold
Iconic Images Audio Tour, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program in partnership with the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Acoustiguide, Inc.
Digital Communities
Bronze
History is Served, Colonial Williamsburg
Silver
Digital participation: make it personal., Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
Gold
The Reciprocal Research Network Museum of Anthropology, UBC
Musqueam Indian Band, Stó:lō Nation/Stó:lō Tribal Council, U’mista Cultural Society
Education & Outreach
Honorable Mention
ArtNC (www.artnc.org), North Carolina Museum of Art
Ashley Weinard, education consultant, Kyle Jaebker, IMA Labs, Chad Weinard, North Carolina Museum of Art, Scott Sayre, Sandbox Studios
Bronze
MNopedia, Minnesota Historical Society
Silver
For Kids, Whitney Museum
Gold
Project Archaeo: Investigating the City of the Sun, Cahokia Mounds Museum Society
Schwartz & Associates, Dr. Mark Esarey and William Iseminger, Cahokia Mounds, Dr. James A. Brown, Northwestern University, Dr. John Kelly, Washington University, Dr. Timothy Pauketat, University of Illinois, Dr. F. Kent Reilly, Professor, Southwest Texas State University
Games & Augmented Reality
Honorable Mention
Tasiwoo a u Wutokwenu, Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center
Bean Creative
Bronze
Beyond Planet Earth, American Museum of Natural History
Silver
Building Detroit, Detroit Historical Society
Eduweb
Gold
Urbanology, BMW Guggenheim Lab
Local Projects LLC
Interactive Kiosks
Honorable Mention
Innovation I-Wall, Sioux City Public Museum
Monadnock Media, Gerard Hilferty & Associates, Inc.
Bronze
Abbott Hall “Restoring Earth” Green Wall, The Field Museum
Bluecadet
Silver
Horizon, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
Kin, Renderheads, University of Dundee
Gold
The Copenhagen Museum Wall, Museum of Copenhagen
Gibson International, Spild af Tid
Interpretive Interactive Installations
Honorable Mention
Reset the Future – you’re in charge, University Museum Utrecht
Tinker imagineers, Schaalwerk, Kiss The Frog, Klaartje Berkelmans, VHS
Bronze
Vishnu: Hinduism’s Blue-Skinned Savior, Brooklyn Museum
Silver
High Arctic, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
United Visual Artists
Gold
Beyond Landscape, National Palace Museum
Mobile Applications
Honorable Mention
Just add art!, Bonnefantenmuseum, Pocket Proof, Sharewire
Bronze
CB Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
Mill Creek Software
Silver
American Revolution Interactive Timeline, American Revolution Center
Bluecadet
Gold
ArtClix, High Museum of Art
Second Story Interactive Studios
Multimedia Installations
Honorable Mention
The 1968 Exhibit Vietnam Stories, Minnesota Historical Society
Bronze
Vault of the Secret Formula, World of Coca-Cola
Second Story Interactive Studios, Donna Lawrence Production, Gallagher & Associates, Electrosonic, Romeantics, Available Light, Lexington, New South
Silver
Rapid Inventory Theater, The Field Museum
Gold
Along the River, During the Ching-ming Festival, National Palace Museum
Online Presence
Honorable Mention
BMW Guggenheim Lab website, Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Sulki & Min, Bureau for Visual Affairs, Dioscouri Design, Jennifer Knox White
Honorable Mention
How Things Fly Online Exhibition, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Night Kitchen Interactive, Eduweb
Bronze
Split Second: Indian Paintings, Brooklyn Museum
Silver
Mural Arts African American Iconic Images Website, City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program in partnership with the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Bluecadet
Gold
The New Walker Website, Walker Art Center
Public Outreach
Bronze
XLVI Reasons to Visit the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis Museum of Art
Silver
museOn, Kalamazoo Valley Museum
Gold
I went to MoMA and…, The Museum of Modern Art
POKE New York
Video, Film & Computer Animation
Honorable Mention
Out in Chicago videos, Chicago History Museum Trillium Productions, LLC, WTTW Channel 11 Chicago
Bronze
The Vlog Project, Whitney Museum of American Art
Silver
Chicago Community Series, The Field Museum
Gold
Native Voices, Five-screen program, Natural History Museum of Utah
The Paiute Tribe of Utah, The Navajo Nation, The Ute Indian Tribe, The Northwestern Band of Shoshone Indians, The Skull Valley Band of Goshute and the Confederated Tribes of Goshute Indians, Northern Light Productions
Honeysett & Din Student Award
Silver
Cravens World Touch-based Website Installation, UB Anderson Gallery, University at Buffalo
Gold
My Gallery Interactive, Museum of Photographic Arts
Pacific Rim Undergraduate Experience (PRIME), UC San Diego
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Tokyo and Kyoto
Blackaby
The Copenhagen Museum Wall, Museum of Copenhagen, Gibson International, Spild af, Tid
