2011 MUSE Award Winners
Applications & APIs
GOLD: AB EX NY iPad App
Museum of Modern Art, New York and Deep Focus
Audio Tours & Podcasts
GOLD: Spatial Audio Guide
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Potion Design, and Variate Labs
SILVER: Straight from the Horse’s Mouth
J. Paul Getty Museum
BRONZE: GuideCam™
Digital Communities
GOLD: The 80s are Back Exhibition and Online Presence
The Powerhouse Museum
SILVER: Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello
Thomas Jefferson Foundation, Monticello and Night Kitchen Interactive
BRONZE: Constitution Daily
National Constitution Center and Technically Media
Education and Outreach
GOLD: www.JFK50.org
John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, ESI Design, Artgig Studio and Ager Meillier Films Inc.
SILVER: Science and Technology of World War II
National WWII Museum, Leininger Animation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BRONZE: Coming of Age Website
Museum of Jewish Heritage, C & G Partners, Second Look Productions
Games / Augmented Reality
GOLD: Tate Trumps
Tate Modern, Hide&Seek, Tate Media, Mobile Pie, and Play Nicely
SILVER: GISKIN ANOMALY
Balboa Park Online Collaborative, Writerguy, and Robb Mills Studio
Interactive Kiosks
GOLD: Create a Chemical Reaction
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, James Patten Studios, Cortina Productions, Evidence Design, and Lexington Design + Fabrication
SILVER: Why Did Paleolithic People Make Cave Paintings?
The Field Museum, The Elumenati Group, and Pat Bradley
BRONZE: MOA CAT kiosks
Museum of Anthropology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and rorym
HONORABLE MENTION: Trade Canoe for Don Quixote
Denver Art Museum and Experience Design
Interpretive Interactive Installations
GOLD: FIRE – Combustion
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Cortina Productions, Evidence Design, Focus Lighting, MAD Systems, Advanced Entertainment Technology, and Lexington Design + Fabrication
SILVER: One Road
National Museum of Australia and Lightwell
BRONZE: Contemporary Issues Forum
National Museum of American Jewish History, Philadelphia and Local Projects LLC
HONORABLE MENTION: Atmosphere…..exploring climate Science
Science Museum, London, Gallery design, Casson Mann, Nick Bell Design, AllofUs, and DHA Design
Mobile Applications
GOLD: Explore 9/11
National 9/11 Memorial and Museum and Local Projects LLC
SILVER: MoMA Mobile
Museum of Modern Art, RenderMonkey, and Walking Productions
BRONZE: Explorer
American Museum of Natural History and Spotlight Mobile
Multimedia Installations
GOLD: Rio Tinto Volcanic 3D in AVIE by iCinema UNSW
Museum Victoria
SILVER: 18 Camps
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, Potion, Variate Labs, and Belzberg Architects
BRONZE: Dreams of Freedom
National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia and Local Projects LLC
HONORABLE MENTION: Life in Balance
Louisiana State Museum and A Côte Blanche Production
Online Presence
GOLD: Connections
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
SILVER: Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation (‘Imiakea)
Exploratorium
BRONZE: A Sailor’s Life for Me!
USS Constitution Museum and Eduweb
Public Outreach
GOLD: Race to the Museum
National Museum of American History
SILVER: MOB Museum Trailer
The MOB Museum, City of Las Vegas and Northern Light Productions
BRONZE: One Word
The Rubin Museum of Art and VideoArt Productions
HONORABLE MENTION: Teacher Gazette
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Video/Film/Computer Animation
GOLD: What Can We Learn By Looking at Tusks?
The Field Museum and Angle Park, Inc.
SILVER: City of Ruins
The Warsaw Rising Museum and Platige Image
BRONZE: Driven: True Stories of Inspiration
Exploratorium
Honorable Mention: Colossus
Computer History Museum and Impact Media Group
HONEYSETT & DIN STUDENT AWARD:
Museum Studies | Conversations at the Textile Museum – Video Podcast Series
JIM BLACKABY INGENUITY AWARD:
Streetmuseum
Museum of London and Brothers and Sisters