National Medal for Museum and Library Service

The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is an award given annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to American libraries and museums with outstanding service to their communities. The IMLS refers to the medal as "the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community." The award is typically presented by the first lady of the United States.

1994

• Brukner Nature Center, Troy, Ohio • The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida • Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri ==1995==

1995

• Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York • The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois • Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont • The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington ==1996==

1996

• The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC • The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois • The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina ==1997==

1997

• The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana • The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas • National Aquarium in Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland ==1998==

1998

• Belknap Mill Society, Laconia, New Hampshire • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan • New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey ==1999==

1999

• Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois • Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada • St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum, St. Simons Island, Georgia ==2000==

2000

In 2000, the first year that the award was given to libraries, the following seven institutions received it: • Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York • Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska • B.B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga, Alabama • Queens Borough Public Library, Jamaica, New York • Simon Wiesenthal Center Library and Archives, Los Angeles, California • Urie Elementary School Library, Lyman, Wyoming • Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia, Beckley, West Virginia ==2001==

2001

• Alaska Resources Library and Information Services, Anchorage, Alaska • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose, California • Hancock County Library System, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi • Miami Museum of Science, Miami, Florida • New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts • Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island ==2002==

2002

• Boundary County District Library, Bonners Ferry, Idaho • Hartford Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut • Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania • Southwest Georgia Regional Public Library System, Bainbridge, Georgia • Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York ==2003==

2003

• Bozeman Public Library, Bozeman, Montana • Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Pocahontas County Free Libraries, Marlinton, West Virginia • San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas • USS Constitution Museum, Boston, Massachusetts ==2004==

2004

• Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois • Flint Public Library, Flint, Michigan • Mayagüez Children's Library, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico • The Regional Academic Health Center Medical Library of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas • Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada • Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California ==2005==

2005

• COSI Toledo, Toledo, Ohio • Johnson County Library, Overland Park, Kansas • Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, North Carolina • Mathews Memorial Library, Mathews, Virginia • Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska • Saint Paul Public Library, Saint Paul, MN ==2006==

2006

• Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, Michigan • Frankfort Community Public Library, Frankfort, Indiana • John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois • Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln, NE • Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina • San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas ==2007==

2007

• Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Birmingham, Alabama • Brookfield Zoo of the Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois • Georgetown County Library, Georgetown, South Carolina • Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library, Hoopa, California • Memphis Public Library & Information Center, Memphis, Tennessee • National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC • The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois • Ocean County Library, Toms River, New Jersey • Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon • Vermont Historical Society, Barre, Vermont ==2008==

2008

• Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming • The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, Indiana • Jane Stern Dorado Community Library, Dorado, Puerto Rico • Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri • Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York • Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, Florida • Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida • Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine • Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illinois ==2009==

2009

• Braille Institute Library Services, Los Angeles, California • Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio • Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois • Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana • Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon • Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, Florida • Pritzker Military Museum & Library, Chicago, Illinois • Stark County District Library, Canton, Ohio • Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee ==2010==

2010

In 2010, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: • Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Fishers, Indiana • Explora, Albuquerque, New Mexico • Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California • Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS • Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee • The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York • Patchogue-Medford Library, Patchogue, New York • Peter White Public Library, Marquette, Michigan • Rangeview Library District and Anythink Libraries, Adams County, Colorado • West Bloomfield Township Public Library, West Bloomfield Township, Michigan ==2011==

2011

In 2011, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: • Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, Florida • Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York • Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio • EdVenture Children's Museum, Columbia, South Carolina • Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania • Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Collegeville, Minnesota • Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia • Madison Children's Museum, Madison, Wisconsin • San Jose Public Library, San Jose, California • Weippe Public Library & Discovery Center, Weippe, Idaho ==2012==

2012

In 2012, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: • Bootheel Youth Museum, Malden, Missouri • Contra Costa County Library, Pleasant Hill, California • Cumberland County Public Library, Fayetteville, North Carolina • Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, Illinois • Long Island Children's Museum, Garden City, New York • Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, Florida • Naturita Community Library, Naturita, Colorado • Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington • Park View High School Library Media Center, Sterling, Virginia • Shaler North Hills Library, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania ==2013==

2013

In 2013, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums, and presented by First Lady Michelle Obama: • Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts • Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio • Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi • Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, California • Marshalltown Public Library, Marshalltown, Iowa • National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa • Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Washington • Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio • Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, Rancho Cucamonga, California • Waukegan Public Library, Waukegan, Illinois ==2014==

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