Outstanding Museum Practice Award

• About the Outstanding Museum Practice Award

  

  The CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award recognizes the incredible work being done in museums around the world. It is dedicated to promoting excellence in innovation in modern and contemporary art museums, encouraging public accessibility and exchange, and sustainability within the sector.

• Open call for nominations for OMPA 2024

  

  The call for nominations for the Outstanding Museum Practices Award is open from March 18 through August 30, 2024, to recognize the incredible work being done in museums around the world.

• OMPA 2024 Nomination Form

  

  The deadline to present nominations is the 30th of August, 2024. To make your nomination clear and understandable to a broader audience, colleagues, and jury members, we kindly ask you to include precise information about why you consider your practice, project, or program you are nominating to be exemplary and inspiring for others, locally and globally.

• 2023-25 OMPA working group

  

  The 2023-25 CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award steering committee consists of CIMAM Board members: Suzanne Cotter (Chair), Suhanya Raffel, Joselina Cruz, Leevi Haapala, Chus Martinez, and Kamini Sawhney.

• Interview with Suzanne Cotter, Chair of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award

  

  "We want to recognize the potential of nominated practices that give us permission to think and act differently and to question systemic ways of working that are no longer socially, ethically, or environmentally viable". Read the full interview here.

• OMPA 2021

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2021.

• OMPA 2023

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2023.

• OMPA 2022

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2022.