For Immediate Release: Aug. 15, 2014
Contact: Lauren Daughety
Telephone: 405.509.9312
E-mail: ldaughety@vannpr.com
Oklahoma Museums Association Announces 2014 Award Winners
Awards to be Presented During Annual Conference
(OKLAHOMA CITY)  Museums from across the state will gather in Idabel, Okla., from Sept. 24-26 for
the Oklahoma Museums Association’s (OMA) annual conference. Approximately 200 people are
expected to attend, including museum staff, volunteers, board members and students. The mission of the
OMA is to assist Oklahoma museums with their efforts to educate, inform and entertain. The conference
is one of the many programs and services which OMA offers to museums across Oklahoma.
Taos artists, Jeralynn Lujan Lucero and Ray Wiger, will present the Awards Luncheon keynote address
on Sept. 26 at noon. Their work will be on exhibit at the Museum of the Red River during the conference.
Lucero’s work speaks to the generations, to heritage and customs. Her work evokes nature, humanity and
beauty. Wiger is a sculptor and is known around the world for his breathtaking wire-meshed sculptures.
Tickets for the awards luncheon are $35 and can be purchased online by using the registration button of
the OMA website, www.okmuseums.org. The reservation deadline is Sept. 5.
The OMA Awards Program honors the excellence and quality of projects accomplished by institutional
members. Also, the program recognizes individuals and groups whose contributions have impacted
Oklahoma museums and the museum profession. OMA takes great pride in honoring the quality projects
and dedicated individuals that make Oklahoma museums shine.
The awards recognize outstanding achievement by museums and individuals throughout the state during
the past 18 months. Award categories include conservation, exhibits, promotional piece, publication,
outreach or education programs. The competition is divided into project budget categories. In addition,
certificates of recognition honor the contributions of an individual, group or business to Oklahoma
museums or a specific museum or community.
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2014 Oklahoma Museums Association Award Winners
Certificate of Recognition
Diana Collinsworth, Oklahoma History Center
Laura McDonagh Streich Award for Service to the Profession
Daniel Provo, Oklahoma History Center
Sherri Scarth Vance, Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden, ZooZeum
Conservation or Preservation
Budget $5,001 - $15,000
Martha Jane Starr Digital Preservation Project, Bartlesville Area History Museum
Exhibit
Budget $0 - $5,000
The Life & Death of an American Outlaw: The Story of Elmer McCurdy, Oklahoma Territorial Museum
Budget $5,001 - $15,000
Black Cowboys on the Chisholm Trail, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center
Budget $15,001 and over
Steamboat Heroine, Oklahoma History Center
Outreach or Education Program
Budget $0 - $5,000
Pioneer Life: Homesteading the Cherokee Outlet, Cherokee Strip Regional Heritage Center
Budget $5,001 - $15,000
How Oklahoma Began, Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History and Oklahoma WONDERtorium
Promotional Piece
Budget $0 - $5,000
Medicine Park Aquarium website, Medicine Park Aquarium & Natural Sciences Center
Budget $15,001 and over
Comanche Code of Honor TV Special, Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center
Publication
Budget $0 - $5,000
Osage Hills Detective Stories, Oklahoma Territorial Museum
Budget $5,001 - $15,000
Writing in Response to Art, Chisholm Trail Heritage Center
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Technology Media
Budget $0 - $5,000
Bacon Beans & Limousines: Will Rogers Memorial Museum Podcast, Will Rogers Memorial Museum
Budget $5,001 - $15,000
Nu Mihimia – “My War Journey”, Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center
The OMA Conference is open to all board members, volunteers, students and staff of museums, historical
societies, historic sites, zoos and botanical gardens, historic houses, living history museums, tribal
cultural centers and other museum-related institutions. The conference registration deadline is Sept. 5. To
download a conference booklet or to register online visit www.okmuseums.org/conference.
The Oklahoma Museums Association is a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization founded in 1972.
Programming offered by the Oklahoma Museums Association is important as the primary source of
information and professional development for Oklahoma's 500 museums, historical societies, historic
sites, zoos and botanical gardens, historic houses, living history museums, tribal cultural centers and other
museum-related institutions.
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