EdCom has recognized outstanding contributions to museum education by individual practitioners, museums offering distinguished programs, and by individuals whose leadership at the national level has impacted the public dimension of the museum. Judging is based upon the EdCom publication Excellence in Practice: Museum Education Standards and Principles.

 

The award for published resources recognizes outstanding resources developed for educators, families, children, and other audiences in print or multimedia formats. The published materials are reviewed by discipline specialists. The first awards in this category were presented in 2003.

 

Applications for the 2010 Excellence in Published Resources are being accepted now through January 15, 2010. Click here to download the application form.

 

2008 Award for Excellence in Published Resources:

 

greatchicagostories.org an online resource that brings Chicago history to life by integrating museum artifacts with historical fiction narratives for elementary and high school students, by the Chicago History Museum

Jacob Lawrence and The Migration Series Teaching Kit, a multi-disciplinary resource that functions metaphorically as an African American “call and response” while addressing universal themes such as storytelling, social change, community and family, by The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC

 

Past recipients:

 

2007

Overall:

• Portland Museum of Art for Look at ME: Reading Art and Stories with the Portland Museum of Art

2006

Teachers:

• The Art Institute of Chicago, ABCs of Art: A Guide for Early Childhood Education

2005

Families and/or Children: 

• Museo de Arte dePuerto Rico, The Artist Within

Teachers:

• Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Texas: The Big Picture

2004

Overall:

• J.Paul Getty Museum, Be a Getty Art Detective: Explore the Architecture and Gardens

Discipline Specific – Art:

• J.Paul Getty Museum, Language Through Art, An ESL Enrichment Curriculum

Discipline Specific – Science:

• Museum of Science & Industry, Chicago, IL Live From the Heart

Educator Resources – Across the Curriculum:

• The Phillips Collection, Art of the City Teaching Kit

    2003

Discipline Specific – Natural History:

• Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County for Earth Odyssey: Teacher Guide and Student Field Notebook

Educator Resources - Across the Curriculum:

• Portland Museum of Art for Looking to Learn: Teaching Across the Curriculum with the Portland Museum of Art

Museum Guides:

• Art Institute of Chicago for Looking At Art Together: Parent Guide and Process Catalogue