Each year, the Institute of Museum and Library Services presents select museums and libraries with the nation’s highest honor, the National Medal for Museum and Library Service.
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2018 National Medal Recipients
- Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (Denver, CO)
- The Detroit Historical Society (Detroit, MI)
- El Paso Museum of Art (El Paso, TX)
- Georgetown Public Library (Georgetown, TX)
- History Museum at the Castle (Appleton, WI)
- Orange County Library System (Orlando, FL)
- Pueblo City-County Library District (Pueblo, CO)
- Reading Public Library (Reading, PA)
- Rochester Public Library (Rochester, MN)
- University of Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Eugene, OR)
The winners were honored at the National Medal award ceremony on May 24, 2018.
2018 National Medal Winners |
2018 National Medal Ceremony Video |
2018 National Medal Ceremony Photos
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2018 National Medal Finalists
Libraries
- Carson City Library (Carson City, NV)
- Cuyahoga County Public Library (Parma, OH)
- Georgetown Public Library (Georgetown, TX)
- Ketchikan Public Library (Ketchikan, AK)
- LA County Library (Los Angeles County, CA)
- Mancos Public Library (Mancos, CO)
- North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (Chapel Hill, NC)
- Orange County Library System (Orlando, FL)
- Pueblo City-County Library District (Pueblo, CO)
- Reading Public Library (Reading, PA)
- Rochester Public Library (Rochester, MN)
- Sacramento Public Library (Sacramento, CA)
- Terrebonne Parish Library (Houma, LA)
- Wiggin Memorial Library (Stratham, NH)
Museums
- 9/11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center (New York, NY)
- Chicago Zoological Society/Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield, IL)
- Children’s Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus (Denver, CO)
- Detroit Historical Society (Detroit, MI)
- El Paso Museum of Art (El Paso, TX)
- High Desert Museum (Bend, OR)
- History Museum at the Castle (Appleton, WI)
- Missouri Historical Society (St. Louis, MO)
- National Railroad Museum (Green Bay, WI)
- Newark Museum (Newark, NJ)
- Orlando Science Center (Orlando, FL)
- Pretend City Children’s Museum (Irvine, CA)
- Science Museum of Virginia (Richmond, VA)
- South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston, SC)
- University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History (Eugene, OR)