2002 MUSE Award Winners
Science
Gold: Current Science & Technology Center, Current Science & Technology Center
Museum of Science, Boston, Installation, Production Company: Magian Design Studio
Silver: Astro Bulletin, American Museum of Natural History, Installation
Bronze: Mutation Station, American Museum of Natural History, Installation
History and Culture
Gold: A More Perfect Union: Japanese Americans and the U.S. Constitution
National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution(www.americanhistory.si.edu/perfectunion), Production company: Second Story
Gold: War Stories Videowall, The Newseum, Installation
Silver: Marble House Audio Tour, The Preservation Society of Newport County, Installation
Silver: HistoryWired, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution , www.historywired.si.edu
Bronze: Voices of the Geniza, Spertus Institute, Installation
Bronze: When the Forest Ran Red, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, Installation
Honorable Mentions:
Eternal Egypt, American Federation of the Arts (Video)
Get to the Basement! Minnesota Historical Society (Installation)
The judges said: “This object theater was very entertaining and creatively staged. Sound was both evocative and realistic.”
Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes, Inland Seas Maritime Museum (Installation)
Rhythm Shakedown, Experience Music Project (Installation)
Art
Gold: Points of Departure: Prototyping a Museum of the Future, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Installation
Gold: The Sport of Life and Death: The Mesoamerican Ballgame
Mint Museum of Art, www.ballgame.org, Production company: Interactive Knowledge
Silver: Arts of Asia, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, www.artsmia.org/arts-of-asia
Silver: Yanardilyi – Cockatoo Creek, Explorers Hall, National Geographic Society, Production Company: Magian Design Studio
Bronze: Thomas Eakins, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Bronze: Exploring Picasso’s LaVie, Cleveland Museum of Art, Installation
Honorable Mentions:
Artists of Brucke: Themes In German Expressionist Prints, Museum of Modern Art (www.moma.org/brucke), Production company: Second Story
Jacob Lawrence: Over the Line, The Phillips Collection
Devices of Wonder, J. Paul Getty Trust , www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/devices
Gallery Kiosks for Treasures from a Lost Civilization: Ancient Chinese Art from Sichuan, Seattle Art Museum,
Installation
Promotion of an Institution
Gold: Jacob Lawrence–Exploring Stories, Whitney Museum of American Art (www.whitney.org/jacoblawrence), Production company: Funny Garbage
Silver: Please Touch Museum Website, Please Touch Museum, www.pleasetouchmuseum.org
Bronze: The California Historical Society, California Historical Society, www.californiahistoricalsociety.org
Collection Database or Reference Resource
Gold: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Web Site, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, www.hirshhorn.si.edu
Silver: Virtual Museum of Canada, Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN), www.virtualmuseum.ca/English/
Honorable Mentions:
The Collection in Context, Asia Society (http://asiasocietymuseum.org/)
Connecticut History on Line, Mystic Seaport (http://www.cthistoryonline.org)
Two-way Communication
Gold: Kids Design Network (KDN), DuPage Children’s Museum, Production Company: Educational Web Adventure (Eduweb)
Silver: A Brush with Wildlife: Create a Composition with Carl Rungius, National Museum of Wildlife Art, Production Company: Educational Web Adventure (Eduweb)
Bronze: Sichuan Web Site, Seattle Art Museum, www.seattleartmuseum.org/sichuan
Honorable mention:
Hostages of Two Worlds, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, http://www.history.org/history/teaching/eft.cfm
Production Company: Educational Web Adventure (Eduweb)