Past Recipients of the Sustainability Excellence Award
Past Recipients of the Sustainability Excellence Award
2020 Recipients
Programming
Winner
Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh, PA
Facilities/Site Operation
Winner, Existing Facility
Spurlock Museum, Urbana, IL
Winner, New Construction
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA
Honorable Mention
Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT
2019 Recipients
Facilities/Site Operation
Buffalo Bill Center of the West Cody, WY (Existing Facility)
Museum of the American Revolution Philadelphia, PA (New Construction)
Programming
Charles H. Wright Museum and Michigan Science Center, Detroit, MI
Honorable Mentions
Roseville Utility Exploration Center, Roseville, CA
Sarah Sutton, LEED-AP Principal of Sustainable Museums
2018 Recipients
Facilities/Site Operation
Missouri Historical Society
Programming
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
Honorable Mentions
San Diego Zoo Global
Science Museum of Minnesota
2017 Recipients
Facilities/Site and Operation
National Museum of the American Indian
Programming
Smithsonian Folklife Festival
Exhibitions
Balboa Park Sustainability Studio
Honorable Mention
The Field Museum Sustainable Food Operator Program
2016 Recipients
Facilities/Site and Operation
Exploratorium (Large Museum)
San Francisco
Walter Anderson Museum of Art (Small Museum)
Ocean Springs, MS
Programming
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum, Chicago Academy of Sciences (Large Museum)
Chicago
Exhibitions
San Diego Natural History Museum (Large Museum)
San Diego
Honorable Mention
- Springs Preserve (DesertSol)
Las Vegas, NV - San Diego Natural History Museum (PROBEA, Smart Schools: Green Practices in the Baja California Peninsula)
San Diego
2015
Facilities/Site and Operation
- Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
- Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia
Programming
- The Erie Art Museum, Pennsylvania
Exhibitions
- Museo Interactivo de Economia, Mexico City
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland
Honorable Mention
- Milwaukee Public Museum, Wisconsin
- Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City
- Phipps Conservatory SEED Classroom, Pittsburgh
2014
Facilities/Site and Operations
- Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Ohio
Programming
- Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Pittsburgh
Exhibitions
- The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago
Honorable Mention
- Museo Interactivo de Economia, Mexico City