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Museum’s
Juneteenth Wins Institutional Excellence Award
Special
to The Truth
The Ohio
Museums Association (OMA) announced last week that the
Toledo Museum of Art’s annual Juneteenth celebration has
received an Institutional Excellence Award at the 2007 OMA
Outstanding Achievement Awards. This is the third
Institutional Excellence award for the Museum in the past
four years.
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Jim Proctor and Clark A
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The
panel of judges included professionals from Ohio museums,
small and large, rural and urban. Entries are judged on the
projects’ descriptions, goals, unique aspects and outcomes.
The judges then evaluated how well the Juneteenth
celebration helped accomplish the Museum’s mission and
utilized its collection. Above all, judges closely examined
how the project had exceeded TMA’s everyday operations to
make a lasting impression on the community.
“Juneteenth energizes the entire Museum – our collection,
our studios, our programs and our campus to reach out to our
community with this historical and cultural celebration,”
TMA Director Don Bacigalupi said. “Now in our fourth year,
Juneteenth has consistently grown and attracts thousands of
visitors annually.”
Juneteenth 2008 will take place on Saturday, June 21, from
11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. This free festival features music,
dance, film, live demonstrations, food and hands-on art
activities – all highlighting the profound impact that
African-American culture has on our community.
The OMA
is a nonprofit organization that serves the museums of Ohio,
including art museums, aquariums, zoos, botanical gardens,
science and technology centers and historic parks and sites.
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