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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2019 National Medal Winners
- Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Library (Sequim, WA)
- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (Ann Arbor, MI)
- New Haven Free Public Library (New Haven, CT)
- Gulfport Public Library (Gulfport, FL)
- Meridian Library District (Meridian, ID)
- Barona Band of Mission Indians - Barona Cultural Center and Museum (Lakeside, CA)
- New Children's Museum (San Diego, CA)
- Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL)
- National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel (Memphis, TN)
- South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston, SC)
IMLS Announces 10 Recipients of Nation’s Top Award for Museums and Libraries - May 7, 2019
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2019 National Medal Finalists
Libraries
- Aaniiih Nakoda College Library (Harlem, MT)
- Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library (Bismarck, ND)
- Flint Public Library (Flint, Michigan)
- Gulfport Public Library (Gulfport, FL)
- ICPSR at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research (Ann Arbor, MI)
- Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library (Sequim, WA)
- Jane Stern Dorado Community Library (Dorado, Puerto Rico)
- LA County Library (Los Angeles County, CA)
- McMillan Memorial Library (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
- Meridian Library District (Meridian, ID)
- New Haven Free Public Library (New Haven, CT)
- Route 9 Library and Innovation Center (New Castle, DE)
- Spokane Public Library (Spokane, WA)
- Tempe Public Library (Tempe, AZ)
- Union County Carnegie Library (Union, SC)
Museums
- 9/11 Memorial Museum (New York, NY)
- Barona Cultural Center and Museum (Lakeside, CA)
- Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield, IL)
- El Pueblo History Museum (Pueblo, CO)
- Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX)
- Minnesota Children’s Museum (Saint Paul, MN)
- National Civil Rights Museum at the Lorraine Motel (Memphis, TN)
- New York Aquarium (Brooklyn, NY)
- Northwest African American Museum (Seattle, WA)
- Orange County Regional History Center (Orlando, FL)
- Orlando Science Center (Orlando, FL)
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum (Chicago, IL)
- South Carolina Aquarium (Charleston, SC)
- The New Children’s Museum (San Diego, CA)
- Tower Hill Botanic Garden (Boylston, MA)