Outstanding Museum Practice Award

• About the Outstanding Museum Practice Award

  

  The CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award recognizes the incredible work being done in museums around the world. It is dedicated to promoting excellence in innovation in modern and contemporary art museums, encouraging public accessibility and exchange, and sustainability within the sector.

• Outstanding Museum Practice Award Winners 2025

  

  Recipients of the OMPA 2025 have been the Museo Barda del Desierto (mBDD) (Northern Patagonia, Argentina), the Bergen Kjøtt Foundation (Bergen, Norway), and The Palestinian Museum (Birzeit, Palestine) for their clearly intentioned and impactful practices that reinforce the core values and purposes of museums.

• OMPA Nominations received in 2025

  

  Explore the 48 self-nominated museum practices submitted for the fifth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award. The OMPA Steering Committee will announce the awardee(s) on 28 November 2025 at the CIMAM Annual Conference in Turin.

• The Call for 2025 OMPA Nominations is Closed

  

  CIMAM closes the Call for Nominations for the fifth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA) 2025. Deadline June 27, 2025.

• Museums as Agents of Change: The Importance of Sharing Outstanding Practices

  

  Article written by Suzanne Cotter, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, Australia, CIMAM Board Member and founding Chair of the OMPA Steering Committee, for theICOM's "Sharing is Caring" editorial platform, on May 14, for the occasion of International Museums Day, May 18, 2025.

• How Museums Can Shape a More Equitable and Sustainable World

  

  Article by Suzanne Cotter, Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia and Chair of the CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award, for Museum ID magazine.

• 2023-25 OMPA working group

  

  The 2023-25 CIMAM Outstanding Museum Practice Award steering committee consists of CIMAM Board members: Suzanne Cotter (Chair), Suhanya Raffel, Joselina Cruz, Leevi Haapala, Chus Martinez, and Kamini Sawhney.

• Interview with Suzanne Cotter, Chair of the Outstanding Museum Practices Award

  

  "We want to recognize the potential of nominated practices that give us permission to think and act differently and to question systemic ways of working that are no longer socially, ethically, or environmentally viable". Read the full interview here.

• OMPA 2024

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2024.

• OMPA 2023

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2023.

• OMPA 2022

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2022.

• OMPA 2021

  

  Explore the nominations received and the practices awarded the OMPA recognition in 2021.