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.

• Open Call for 2025 OMPA Nominations

  

  CIMAM announces the Call for Nominations for the fifth edition of the Outstanding Museum Practice Award (OMPA) 2025, an international recognition of the incredible work being done in modern and contemporary art museums worldwide. Apply now until June 27, 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.