Entrants will be notified of their awards status via email.
Winners in each category receive either a Gold, Silver, Bronze, or Honorable Mention award. All awards will be presented and featured at a reception during the AAM Annual Meeting, April 29 to May 2, 2012 in Minneapolis. Winning entries are publicized on the Media & Technology website and in the November-December 2012 issue of Museum.
Winning Entries
Winners will be contacted once all judging has been finalized and information processed by the M&T MUSE chair. At that time, we will request that winners provide us with required information.
If you receive an email that you have won an award, within one week’s time you are required to:
- Confirm the accuracy of the information emailed to you, that includes: entry number, entry title, category, producers (institution + external producer if applicable), primary contact(s) name and email.
- Email one TIF image file representing your entry (.TIF — 300 dpi at 5 inches x 7 inches, to accommodate use on the web, in a PowerPoint presentation, and in print). Note: Use your entry number + category as the file name (e.g., 00000-podcast.TIF)
- Email one Word document with a brief paragraph (200 words maximum) that describes the target audience, goals, and outcome of your project. If you wish to include credits, please include them in prose form rather than as a bulleted list.Note: Use your entry number + category as the file name (e.g., 00000-podcast.doc).
- Gold MUSE winners will be featured in an exciting podcast series showcasing exemplary museum media and technology projects. Gold winners will be interviewed about the winning project as part of a podcast series. These podcasts will be featured on the M&T itunes feed and the M&T Web site. Gold Winners will be contacted to make arrangements. Gold winners will also be featured in the upcoming TIE 2011 online conference as session presenters.
Note: If you have multiple winners please send separate materials for each, do not combine.
Winners will not know what specific level of award they have won until the AAM M&T MUSE Awards reception. At that time the Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Honorable Mention winners will be announced for each category and will be asked to come on stage to accept their award.
