RECOGNITION AWARDS
The MSA Recognition Awards acknowledge the essential role that nonprofit retail professionals and museum store vendors play in the success of cultural institutions. The awards provide MSA members with an opportunity to be recognized, and awarded, for the extraordinary work they do. Receiving a MSA Recognition Award can go a long way toward advocating for your store internally or for promoting your products to buyers.
Congratulations to the 2024
Recognition Award Recipients
Best Visual Merchandising
The Museum Of Flight
This award recognizes excellence in visual merchandising by an institution. Nominations were evaluated based on the creative use of resources, collaboration, and how well the display extends the museum experience.
Best Product Development
The National WWII Museum
The Best Product Development Award recognizes excellence in product development by an institution. Nominations were evaluated based on the fulfillment of the institution’s mission, achieved sales goal, collaboration and marketing efforts.
Best Store Web Presence
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Recognizing excellence in web presence by an institution. Nominations were evaluated based on collaboration, innovation, customer-need orientation and responsiveness, quality, and service.
Best Advertising or Marketing
Scott Family Amazeum
This award recognizes excellence in a marketing activity that showcased a museum store, brand, special event, or product for an MSA member. Nominations were evaluated based on campaign creativity and innovation.
Best Museum Store Sunday Event
Chrysler Museum of Art
This award recognizes excellence in a Museum Store Sunday special event at an institution. Nominations were evaluated based on creative elements used, how Museum Store Sunday mission/event focused the store or event is, any Museum Store Sunday collateral used, and its marketing plan.
Best Pop-Up Store or Store Special Event
Eastern State Penitentiary
Recognizing excellence in a pop-up store or store special event at an institution. Nominations were evaluated based on creative elements used, how mission/event-focused the store or event is, any increase in sales, and its marketing plan.
MSA Vendor of the Year
MODGY
The Vendor of the Year recognition is awarded to a vendor who collaborates, works with, and supports the MSA. Nominations were evaluated based on collaboration, innovation, customer orientation, quality, and service.