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The National Medal for Museum and Library Service is an award given annually by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to American libraries and museums with outstanding service to their communities. The IMLS refers to the medal as "the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries for service to the community." The award is typically presented by the First Lady of the United States.

From 1994 to 1999, the award was known as the National Award for Museum Service and given to museums only. From 2000 to 2006, it was awarded to three museums and three libraries annually, and was known as the "National Award for Museum and Library Service". From 2007 to the present, it has borne its present name, and been awarded to up to five museums and five libraries.

The lists of awardees for 1994–2009 are drawn from the 2009 medals booklet, published by the IMLS.

1994

  • Brukner Nature Center, Troy, Ohio
  • The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida
  • Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, Missouri

1995

  • Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, New York
  • The Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum, Chicago, Illinois
  • Montshire Museum of Science, Norwich, Vermont
  • The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington

1996

  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
  • The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois
  • The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina

1997

1998

  • Belknap Mill Society, Laconia, New Hampshire
  • Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Dearborn, Michigan
  • New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, New Jersey

1999

2000

In 2000, the first year that the award was given to libraries, the following seven institutions received it:

2001

  • Alaska Resources Library and Information Services, Anchorage, Alaska
  • Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose, San Jose, California
  • Hancock County Library System, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi
  • Miami Museum of Science, Miami, Florida
  • New England Aquarium, Boston, Massachusetts
  • Providence Public Library, Providence, Rhode Island

2002

  • Boundary County District Library, Bonners Ferry, Idaho
  • Hartford Public Library, Hartford, Connecticut
  • Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania
  • Southwest Georgia Regional Public Library System, Bainbridge, Georgia
  • Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo, Bronx, New York

2003

2004

  • Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois
  • Flint Public Library, Flint, Michigan
  • Mayagüez Children's Library, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
  • The Regional Academic Health Center Medical Library of the University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas
  • Western Folklife Center, Elko, Nevada
  • Zoological Society of San Diego, San Diego, California

2005

  • COSI Toledo, Toledo, Ohio
  • Johnson County Library, Overland Park, Kansas
  • Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Mathews Memorial Library, Mathews, Virginia
  • Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska
  • Saint Paul Public Library, Saint Paul, MN

2006

  • Artrain USA, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • Frankfort Community Public Library, Frankfort, Indiana
  • John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois
  • Lincoln Children's Zoo, Lincoln, NE
  • Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, Charlotte, North Carolina
  • San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas

2007

2008

  • Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming
  • The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • General Lew Wallace Study and Museum, Crawfordsville, Indiana
  • Jane Stern Dorado Community Library, Dorado, Puerto Rico
  • Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, Missouri
  • Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York
  • Miami-Dade Public Library System, Miami, Florida
  • Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida
  • Skidompha Public Library, Damariscotta, Maine
  • Skokie Public Library, Skokie, Illinois

2009

2010

In 2010, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Fishers, Indiana
  • Explora, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, California
  • Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
  • Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee
  • The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York
  • Patchogue-Medford Library, Patchogue, New York
  • Peter White Public Library, Marquette, Michigan
  • Rangeview Library District and Anythink Libraries, Adams County, Colorado
  • West Bloomfield Township Public Library, West Bloomfield Township, Michigan

2011

In 2011, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Alachua County Library District, Gainesville, Florida
  • Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
  • Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio
  • EdVenture Children's Museum, Columbia, South Carolina
  • Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania
  • Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, Collegeville, Minnesota
  • Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia
  • Madison Children's Museum, Madison, Wisconsin
  • San Jose Public Library, San Jose, California
  • Weippe Public Library & Discovery Center, Weippe, Idaho

2012

In 2012, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

2013

In 2013, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums, and presented by First Lady Michelle Obama:

2014

In 2014, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

2015

In 2015, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Amazement Square, Lynchburg, Virginia
  • Cecil County Public Library, Elkton, Maryland
  • Craig Public Library, Craig, Alaska
  • Embudo Valley Library and Community Center, Dixon, New Mexico
  • Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California
  • Louisiana Children’s Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona
  • New York Hall of Science, Queens, New York
  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, New York, New York
  • The Tech Museum of Innovation, San Jose, California

2016

In 2016, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

2017

In 2017, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Alaska State Museums, Juneau, Alaska
  • Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
  • Cedar Rapids Public Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
  • Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, Skokie, Illinois
  • Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, Wisconsin
  • Long Beach Public Library, Long Beach, California
  • Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Oakland, California
  • Richland Library, Columbia, South Carolina
  • University of Minnesota Libraries, Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Waterville Public Library, Waterville, Maine

2018

In 2018, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Children's Museum of Denver at Marsico Campus, Denver, Colorado
  • Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit, Michigan
  • El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, Texas
  • Georgetown Public Library, Georgetown, Texas
  • History Museum at the Castle, Appleton, Wisconsin
  • Orange County Library System, Orlando, Florida
  • Pueblo City–County Library District, Pueblo, Colorado
  • Reading Public Library, Reading, Pennsylvania
  • Rochester Public Library, Rochester, Minnesota
  • University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, Oregon

2019

In 2019, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums:

  • Jamestown S'Klallam Tribal Library, Sequim, Washington
  • Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  • New Haven Free Public Library, New Haven, Connecticut
  • Gulfport Public Library, Gulfport, Florida
  • Meridian District Library, Meridian, Idaho
  • Barona Cultural Center and Museum, Lakeside, California
  • Children's Museum, San Diego, California
  • Historical Society of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
  • Lorraine Civil Rights Museum, Memphis, Tennessee
  • South Carolina Aquarium, Charleston, South Carolina

2020

No awards were made in 2020.

2021

In 2021, the award was given to the following six libraries and museums:

  • Cabell County Public Library, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Highwood Public Library, Highwood, Illinois
  • Memphis Public Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee
  • High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon
  • Mississippi Children's Museum, Jackson, Mississippi
  • Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico

2022

In 2022, the award was given to the following six libraries and museums:

2023

In 2023, the award was given to the following eight libraries and museums:

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