On April 3, Pennsylvania Museums (PA Museums) announced the winners of its 2023 Special Achievement Awards. Eight organizations from every region of Pennsylvania won Institutional Awards of Merit; four organizations will receive PA Museums’ prestigious S.K. Stevens Award, and one individual will be honored for their contributions with Individual Awards.
The winners are:
Institutional Achievement Awards
Can you Live 18th Century
Conococheague Institute, Mercersburg
Arch Street Meeting House Exterior Exhibits
Arch Street Meeting House Preservation Trust, Philadelphia
I Am a Penn Stater: Nittany Lions in World War II
Penn State University All-Sports Museum, University Park
Beyond Our Doorstep: Bringing Local History Into Your Home
Lackawanna County Historical Society, Scranton
Saint or Sinner? The Complicated Legacy of Senator Matthew Stanley Quay of Beaver, PA
Beaver Area Heritage Foundation, Beaver
Liberty: Don Troiani’s Paintings of the Revolutionary War
The Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
Visible Storage Galleries
Chester County History Center, West Chester
Pennsylvania History Special Issue: Exploring Disability History in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Historical Association, statewide organization
Individual Awards
Janet Mishkin, Quiet Valley Living History Farm and Museum
S.K. Stevens Awards
The Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia
When Women Lost the Vote: A Revolutionary Story, 1776-1807
The Science History Institute, Philadelphia
Downstream
The Senator John Heinz History Center, Pittsburgh
American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
Stenton Museum and National Society of The Colonial Dames of America, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
Virtual History Hunters
For more information on PA Museums and the Special Achievement Awards, click here.