SUBMISSIONS WILL CLOSE AT COB FRIDAY 9TH JUNE 2023
HAVE YOU SENT A NOMINATION FORM BUT NOT YET RECEIVED A RESPONSE?
If you have not had a response or have noticed a ‘bounced’ notification, please re-email your form to gina.hammond@mq.edu.au
If you have any other questions, please contact Akiko Fukuno
UMAC celebrates excellence, creativity, and, more importantly, the impact of university museums and collections on their host universities, their communities and contemporary society through the UMAC AWARD.
The UMAC AWARD was created in 2016. It honours excellence and innovation in university museums and collections worldwide. It seeks to distinguish recent outstanding contributions to all areas of museum and collections theory and practice, particularly those with interdisciplinary approaches and potential wide application.
Eligibility
Projects and initiatives eligible to the UMAC AWARD must be less than 3 years old at the time of the nomination. They may cover all areas of museums and collections theory and practice, including exhibition, education, conservation, teaching, research, management and business models, design and architecture, ethics, service to the university and the public, strategic planning, and advances in museology.
All university museums and collections are eligible regardless of their location, type or size. Nominees do not have to be UMAC members. However, they must be nominated by two UMAC members.
Criteria
Projects or initiatives nominated must demonstrate: i) innovation/creativity; ii) excellence; iii) transferability of ideas that can be adopted by other university museums and collections regardless of geography, size or location; and iv) impact on the host university, the community or society at large.
Nominations must be made online by two UMAC members in good standing. Nominators can nominate themselves. If you are thinking of making a nomination, please read the UMAC Award Rules and, for reference, check the PDF sample of the form here.
Nominations are now open for the UMAC Award 2023
Application form can be accessed here: 2023 Nomination Form
See examples of UMAC Award winners here:
- UMAC Award 2022: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
- UMAC Award 2021: Aarhus University, Denmark
- More past winners
Do you have questions about the UMAC Award?
Contact the Chair of the UMAC Award Committee: Akiko Fukuno