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 2024

  

  Istanbul Museum of Modern Art (Turkey), the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), and the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Art in Kyiv, (Ukraine) have been named OMPA 2024 winners for their progressive models and practices that can inspire museums worldwide

• Nominations received in 2024

  

  The call for nomination for the fourth edition of OMPA closed on September 30. Find all the nominations received for the 2024 edition.

• 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 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.