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.
2016 National Medal Winners
IMLS congratulates the 2016 winners:
- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn, New York)
- The Chicago History Museum (Chicago, Illinois)
- Columbia Museum of Art (Columbia, South Carolina)
- Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children (Gulfport, Mississippi)
- Madison Public Library (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Mid-America Science Museum (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
- North Carolina State University Libraries (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- Otis Library (Norwich, Connecticut)
- Santa Ana Public Library (Santa Ana, California)
- Tomaquag Museum (Exeter, Rhode Island)
2016 National Medal Finalists
- Brooklyn Public Library (Brooklyn, New York)
- Chicago History Museum (Chicago, Illinois)
- Children’s Museum Tucson (Tucson, Arizona)
- Columbia Museum of Art (Columbia, South Carolina)
- Dallas Holocaust Museum (Dallas, Texas)
- Dallas Public Library (Dallas, Texas)
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (Amherst, Massachusetts)
- Fitchburg Art Museum (Fitchburg, Massachusetts)
- Haines Borough Public Library (Haines, Alaska)
- Honolulu Museum of Art (Honolulu, Hawaii)
- Illinois Fire Service Institute Library (Champaign, Illinois)
- Imagination Station, Toledo’s Science Center (Toledo, Ohio)
- James E. Brooks Library at Central Washington University (Ellensburg, Washington)
- Juneau Public Libraries (Juneau, Alaska)
- Kitsap Regional Library (Bremerton, Washington)
- Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum (Wausau, Wisconsin)
- Longmont Public Library (Longmont, Colorado)
- Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children (Gulfport, Mississippi)
- Madison Public Library (Madison, Wisconsin)
- Mid-America Science Museum (Hot Springs, Arkansas)
- Nantucket Historical Association (Nantucket, Massachusetts)
- North Carolina State University Libraries (Raleigh, North Carolina)
- Otis Library (Norwich, Connecticut)
- Richland Library (Columbia, South Carolina)
- San Mateo County Libraries (SMCL) (San Mateo, California)
- Santa Ana Public Library (Santa Ana, California)
- Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (Santa Cruz, California)
- Terrebonne Parish Library System (Houma, Louisiana)
- Tomaquag Museum (Exeter, Rhode Island)
- Whitney Museum of American Art (New York, New York)
Press Releases
- First Lady Michelle Obama Honors Extraordinary Museums, Libraries - June 2, 2016
- Ten Winners of Nation’s Highest Museum and Library Honor Announced - April 19, 2016
- Thirty museums and libraries honored as finalists for National Medal Award - February 23, 2016