This is for that special colleague or for your own wonderful museum
Help us recognize good work!
Deadline: April 30th for MPMA’s Awards Program
Let us know about the wonderful work your museum is doing or that a colleague
is doing in MPMA's 10-state region. Send in a nomination for MPMA’s Annual
Awards Program. Deadline is April 30th. Visit MPMA’s website for more
information about the awards and for an application: www.mpma.net
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
AWARDS NOMINATION & PUBLICATION DESIGN COMPETITION
for the
2006 Conference in Taos, New Mexico
September 18-22, 2006
The Awards Committee of the Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA) is
accepting nominations for its annual awards ceremony to be held at MPMA’s 2006
conference in Taos, New Mexico. Nominations are now being accepted for the
following awards: the Hugo G. Rodeck Award for Excellence, the Museum Leadership
Award, and Excellence in Publication Awards.
Nominees should be institutions or colleagues in MPMA's 10-state region.
Hugo G. Rodeck Award for Excellence
The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual member of MPMA who
has contributed significant service to the museum field within the MPMA region
and to MPMA. It is given infrequently and only in recognition of long and very
distinguished service. Recipients are noted for their contributions to the
field of state, provincial, and local history, art, anthropology or natural
history and are recognized nationally as leaders in the profession.
This award is not made on an annual basis. Nominations must demonstrate:
· The nature and extent of individual service
· Significance of scope of service
· Contribution to the growth and development of
the profession
Past recipients of the Hugo Rodeck Award for Excellence:
1998 Hugo Rodeck
1999 Dennis Medina
1990 Cindy Sherrell-Leo
2002 Anne Bond
1993 Jo Steward Randal 2003
Kittu Longstreth-Brown
1994 Aalbert Heine
2004 Kit Neumann
1994 Helmuth Naumer 2004
Lorena Donahue
1998 Sam Hoyle
Museum Institutional Leadership Award
The leadership award recognizes a MPMA member institution for its leadership
or significant contribution to the museum field within the MPMA region.
Nominations must demonstrate:
· The nature and extent of the leadership role
or contribution to the
museum field
· Significance and scope of service
· Contribution to the growth and development of
museums in the
MPMA region
MPMA Publication Design Competition
Entries are judged in two budget levels.
1. Operating budget under $250,000
2. Operating budget $250,000 and over
Entry categories.
• Books and exhibition catalogs
• Brochures and rack cards
• Development or Promotion Package*
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
All award nominations and supporting materials must be sent to the MPMA
Awards Chair
Kathy Dickson
Oklahoma Historical Society/2409 N. Laird/Oklahoma City, OK 73105
Deadline: Nominations must be postmarked no later than April 30, 2006
Need more information?
Email Kathy at [log in to unmask] Or go to MPMA's web site at
www.mpma.net and click on conferences.
Monta Lee
Monta Lee Dakin
Executive Director
2006: Year of the Museum
MPMA's Annual Conference in 2006 is in Taos, New Mexico, September 18-22nd.
Join us as we explore together "A Convergence of Cultures" and learn about the
wonders of
northern New Mexico's material culture.
MPMA: A Ten-state museum network
MPMA is the professional service provider to museums in ten states: Colorado,
Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Texas and Wyoming.
For more information
Click here: Mountain-Plains Museums Association (MPMA)
Mountain-Plains Museums Association
7110 West David Drive
Littleton, Colorado 80128-5404
303-979-9358 / fax 303-979-3553 http://www.mpma.net/
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