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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 The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) is an independent agency of the United States federal government established in 1996. It is the main source of federal support for libraries and museums within the United States, having the mis ...
(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 The first lady of the United States (FLOTUS) is the title held by the hostess of the White House, usually the wife of the president of the United States, concurrent with the president's term in office. Although the first lady's role has never ...
. 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 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 The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is a museum located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1961 after the death of Ninah Cummer, who bequeathed her gardens and personal art collection to the new museum. The Cummer Museum has since expa ...
, 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 The Montshire Museum of Science is a hands-on science museum located in Norwich, Vermont, United States. Description The museum, including the building and nature trails, is located on over of land. It has over 150 exhibits relating to the na ...
, Norwich, Vermont * The Wing Luke Asian Museum, Seattle, Washington


1996

*
The Corcoran Gallery of Art The Corcoran Gallery of Art was an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, that is now the location of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, a part of the George Washington University. Overview The Corcoran School of the Arts & Design ...
, Washington, DC * The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois * The Natural Science Center of Greensboro, Greensboro, North Carolina


1997

* The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana * The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas *
National Aquarium in Baltimore The National Aquarium – also known as National Aquarium in Baltimore and formerly known as Baltimore Aquarium – is a non-profit public aquarium located at 501 East Pratt Street on Pier 3 in the Inner Harbor area of downtown Baltimore, Marylan ...
, Baltimore, Maryland


1998

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


1999

* Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, Illinois * Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada * St. Simons Island Lighthouse Museum, St. Simons Island, Georgia


2000

In 2000, the first year that the award was given to libraries, the following seven institutions received it: * Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York * Alutiiq Museum & Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, Alaska * B.B. Comer Memorial Library, Sylacauga, Alabama *
Queens Borough Public Library The Queens Public Library (QPL), also known as the Queens Borough Public Library and Queens Library (QL), is the public library for the borough of Queens, and one of three public library systems serving New York City. It is one of the largest li ...
, Jamaica, New York *
Simon Wiesenthal Center Library and Archives The Simon Wiesenthal Center (SWC) is a Jewish human rights organization established in 1977 by Rabbi Marvin Hier. The center is known for Holocaust research and remembrance, hunting Nazi war criminals, combating anti-Semitism, tolerance educat ...
, Los Angeles, California *
Urie Elementary School Library Uinta County School District #6 is a public school district based in Lyman, Wyoming, United States. Geography Uinta County School District #6 serves northeastern Uinta County. The town of Lyman is the only incorporated place in the district. Sch ...
, Lyman, Wyoming *
Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood ( maturity), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult. You ...
, Beckley, West Virginia


2001

* Alaska Resources Library and Information Services, Anchorage, Alaska *
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose (CDM) is a cultural institution serving children, families, and schools in the Silicon Valley/San Francisco Bay Area. A member of the Association of Children's Museums and the Association of Science-Tec ...
, San Jose, California * Hancock County Library System, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi *
Miami Museum of Science The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science (formerly known as the Miami Science Museum or Miami Science Museum and Space Transit Planetarium) is a science museum, planetarium, and aquarium located in Miami, Florida, United States. The museum ...
, Miami, Florida *
New England Aquarium The New England Aquarium is a public aquarium located in Boston, Massachusetts. The species exhibited include harbor and northern fur seals, California sea lions, African and southern rockhopper penguins, giant Pacific octopuses, weedy seadra ...
, Boston, Massachusetts *
Providence Public Library Providence Public Library of Providence, Rhode Island was founded in 1875. The central library building at 225 Washington Street opened in 1900 and was constructed in a Renaissance style with private donations including a large donation from J ...
, Providence, Rhode Island


2002

* Boundary County District Library, Bonners Ferry, Idaho *
Hartford Public Library The Hartford Public Library serves the city of Hartford, Connecticut, United States. The library's main branch is located at 500 Main Street in downtown Hartford. The nine branch locations are named Albany, Barbour, Blue Hills, Camp Field, Dwi ...
, Hartford, Connecticut *
Please Touch Museum The Please Touch Museum is a children's museum located in the Centennial District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The museum focuses on teaching children through interactive exhibits and special events, mostly aimed at children seven years o ...
, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania * Southwest Georgia Regional Public Library System, Bainbridge, Georgia * Wildlife Conservation Society/
Bronx Zoo The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York. It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in ...
, Bronx, New York


2003

*
Bozeman Public Library The Bozeman Public Library is the public library of Bozeman, Montana. The library provides free resources for residents of Gallatin County, Montana. Description There were several small libraries serving Bozeman beginning with the Young Men's ...
, Bozeman, Montana * Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Pocahontas County Free Libraries, Marlinton, West Virginia * San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas *
USS Constitution Museum The USS Constitution Museum is located in the Charlestown Navy Yard, which is part of the Boston National Historical Park in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. The museum is situated near the ship at the end of Boston's Freedom Trail. The ...
, Boston, Massachusetts


2004

* Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago, Illinois *
Flint Public Library The Charles Flint Public Library is the public library of Middleton, Massachusetts, USA. It is located in a Richardsonian Romanesque building at 1 South Main Street in the center of the town. The building, the only Romanesque building in Middleton ...
, 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 The Western Folklife Center is a nonprofit cultural center in Elko, Nevada that hosts exhibits, theater, music, and poetry events that celebrate the history and landscape of the American West. Every year the center hosts the National Cowboy Poetry ...
, Elko, Nevada *
Zoological Society of San Diego San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is a nonprofit organization, not-for-profit organization headquartered in San Diego that operates the San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Founded in 1916 as the Zoological Society of San Diego under the ...
, San Diego, California


2005

*
COSI Toledo Imagination Station (formerly the Center of Science and Industry (COSI)) is a non-profit, hands-on science museum located on the Maumee riverfront in downtown Toledo, Ohio. The facility has over 300 exhibits for "children of all ages." The museum ...
, Toledo, Ohio *
Johnson County Library The Johnson County Library (JCL), established in 1952, is the county library system for Johnson County, Kansas and includes 16 branches. As of 2013, it had 1,092,294 items. It lent 6,690,893 items in 2013. It serves a population of 598,555. Bra ...
, Overland Park, Kansas *
Levine Museum of the New South The Levine Museum of the New South, is a history museum located in Charlotte, North Carolina whose exhibits focus on life in the North Carolina Piedmont after the American Civil War. The museum includes temporary and permanent exhibits on a range o ...
, Charlotte, North Carolina *
Mathews Memorial Library Mathews may refer to: Places in the United States *Mathews, Alabama *Mathews, Louisiana *Mathews, Virginia *Mathews County, Virginia *Mathews Bridge over the St. Johns River, Jacksonville, Florida People * Matthew the Apostle * Sir David Mathew or ...
, Mathews, Virginia * Pratt Museum, Homer, Alaska *
Saint Paul Public Library The Saint Paul Public Library is a library system serving the residents of Saint Paul, Minnesota, in the United States. The library system includes a Central Library, twelve branch locations, and a bookmobile. It is a member of the Metropolitan ...
, Saint Paul, MN


2006

*
Artrain USA Artrain is an organization devoted to promote art and culture. The organization used to operate a traveling art museum on a train, which is no longer in service. It consisted of three gallery cars, with two more cars in support, and traveled widely ...
, Ann Arbor, Michigan * Frankfort Community Public Library, Frankfort, Indiana * John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, Illinois *
Lincoln Children's Zoo The Lincoln Children's Zoo is a children's zoo located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Designed specifically for children to experience interactive, up-close encounters with all of the zoo's animals, Lincoln Children's Zoo has been accredited by the Associ ...
, Lincoln, NE *
Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County The Charlotte Mecklenburg Library (previously the Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County) is the public library system of the city of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County in North Carolina. About Charlotte Mecklenburg Library is one of ...
, Charlotte, North Carolina *
San Antonio Public Library The San Antonio Public Library (SAPL) is the public library system serving the city of San Antonio, Texas. It consists of a central library, 29 branch libraries (as of the fall of 2017), and a library portal. SAPL was awarded the National Medal for ...
, San Antonio, Texas


2007

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Birmingham Civil Rights Institute Birmingham Civil Rights Institute is a large interpretive museum and research center in Birmingham, Alabama that depicts the struggles of the Civil Rights Movement in the 1950s and 1960s. The Institute is located in the Civil Rights District, whic ...
, Birmingham, Alabama *
Brookfield Zoo Brookfield Zoo, also known as the Chicago Zoological Park, is a zoo located in the Chicago suburb of Brookfield, Illinois. It houses around 450 species of animals in an area of . It opened on July 1, 1934, and quickly gained international recogni ...
of the Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, Illinois * Georgetown County Library, Georgetown, South Carolina * Kim Yerton Branch of the Humboldt County Library, Hoopa, California * Memphis Public Library & Information Center, Memphis, Tennessee *
National Museum of Women in the Arts The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA), located in Washington, D.C., is "the first museum in the world solely dedicated" to championing women through the arts. NMWA was incorporated in 1981 by Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay. Since openin ...
, Washington, DC * The Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois *
Ocean County Library Ocean County Library is a public library system that serves 32 municipalities out of the 33 municipalities of Ocean County, New Jersey. Beach Haven on Long Beach Island is not a member municipality. The Headquarters branch is in Toms River. It a ...
, Toms River, New Jersey * Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, Portland, Oregon *
Vermont Historical Society The Vermont Historical Society (VHS) was founded in 1838 to preserve and record the cultural history of the US state of Vermont. Headquartered in the old Spaulding School Building in Barre, the Vermont History Center is home to the Vermont His ...
, Barre, Vermont


2008

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Buffalo Bill Historical Center The Buffalo Bill Center of the West, formerly known as the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, is a complex of five museums and a research library featuring art and artifacts of the American West located in Cody, Wyoming. The five museums include the ...
, Cody, Wyoming * The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania *
General Lew Wallace Study and Museum The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum, formerly known as the Ben-Hur Museum, is located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976, and in 2008 was awarded a National Medal from the federal Institute of Museu ...
, Crawfordsville, Indiana * Jane Stern Dorado Community Library, Dorado, Puerto Rico *
Kansas City Public Library The Kansas City Public Library is a public system headquartered in the Central Library in Kansas City, Missouri. The system operates its Central Library and neighborhood branches located in Kansas City, Independence, and Sugar Creek. Founde ...
, Kansas City, Missouri * Lower East Side Tenement Museum, New York, New York *
Miami-Dade Public Library System The Miami-Dade Public Library System (MDPLS) is a system of libraries in Miami-Dade County, Florida. Governance The Miami-Dade Public Library System is a county department within Miami-Dade county government. The Board of County Commissioner ...
, Miami, Florida * Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida *
Skidompha Public Library The Skidompha Public Library is the public library serving Damariscotta, Newcastle, and Nobleboro in Maine. History On March 13, 1905, the Skidompha Library Association was incorporated and its collection of 1,476 books was given to the thre ...
, Damariscotta, Maine *
Skokie Public Library Skokie Public Library has been serving the community of Skokie, Illinois Skokie (; formerly Niles Center) is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States, neighboring the City of Chicago's northern border. Its population, according to the ...
, Skokie, Illinois


2009

* Braille Institute Library Services, Los Angeles, California *
Children's Museum of Pittsburgh The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh is a hands-on interactive children's museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It is in the Allegheny Center neighborhood in Pittsburgh's Northside. History The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh was founded in 1983 i ...
, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania * Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, Cincinnati, Ohio * Gail Borden Public Library, Elgin, Illinois * Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana *
Multnomah County Library Multnomah County Library is the public library system serving Portland and Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. A continuation of the Library Association of Portland, established in 1864, the system now has 19 branches offering books, magaz ...
, Portland, Oregon * Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa, Florida *
Pritzker Military Museum & Library The Pritzker Military Museum & Library (formerly Pritzker Military Library) is a non-profit museum and a research library for the study of military history on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. The institution was founded in 2003, and its spe ...
, Chicago, Illinois * Stark County District Library, Canton, Ohio * Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee


2010

In 2010, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: * Conner Prairie Interactive History Park, Fishers, Indiana *
Explora Explora can refer to: * Ici Explora, Canadian French-language television channel * Explora (Albuquerque, New Mexico), science center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA * Parque Explora, science museum in Medellín, Colombia * Explora-Museum, science m ...
, Albuquerque, New Mexico *
Japanese American National Museum The is located in Los Angeles, California, and dedicated to preserving the history and culture of Japanese Americans. Founded in 1992, it is located in the Little Tokyo area near downtown. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affil ...
, Los Angeles, California *
Mississippi Museum of Art The Mississippi Museum of Art is a public museum in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the largest museum in Mississippi. Location It is located at the corner of 380 South Lamar Street and 201 East Pascagoula Street in Jackson, Mississippi.Lee Ellis, ''F ...
, Jackson, MS * Nashville Public Library, Nashville, Tennessee *
The New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...
, Bronx, New York *
Patchogue-Medford Library The Patchogue-Medford Library is a public library located in Suffolk County, New York and serves the residents who live within the Patchogue-Medford School District. It is a school district library but also serves as the central library for all of ...
, Patchogue, New York *
Peter White Public Library The Peter White Public Library is a public library and community center in the City of Marquette, Michigan. The library building has stood at 217 North Front Street since 1904. An extensive renovation and addition was completed in 2000. The buil ...
, Marquette, Michigan * Rangeview Library District and Anythink Libraries, Adams County, Colorado *
West Bloomfield Township Public Library The West Bloomfield Township Public Library is located in West Bloomfield, Michigan West Bloomfield Township, officially the Charter Township of West Bloomfield, is a charter township in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan, within t ...
, West Bloomfield Township, Michigan


2011

In 2011, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: *
Alachua County Library District The Alachua County Library District is an Special-purpose district, independent special taxing district and the sole provider of public library service to approximately 250,000 citizens of Alachua County, Florida. This includes all of the incorpora ...
, Gainesville, Florida *
Brooklyn Museum The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At , the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 1.5 million objects. Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown H ...
, Brooklyn, New York * Columbus Metropolitan Library, Columbus, Ohio * EdVenture Children's Museum, Columbia, South Carolina * Erie Art Museum, Erie, Pennsylvania *
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) is a nonprofit organization that photographs, catalogs, and provides free access to collections of manuscripts located in libraries around the world. HMML prioritizes manuscripts located in regions en ...
, Collegeville, Minnesota * Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Richmond, Virginia *
Madison Children's Museum The Madison Children's Museum is a museum for children in Madison, Wisconsin, that contains exhibits on the arts, sciences, history, culture, health, and civic engagement. History Madison Children's Museum was founded in 1980 by a group of earl ...
, Madison, Wisconsin *
San Jose Public Library The San José Public Library ( es, Biblioteca Pública de San José) is the public library system of San Jose, California, made up of 23 branch libraries spread across the city. Organization Its central library, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Librar ...
, San Jose, California * Weippe Public Library & Discovery Center, Weippe, Idaho


2012

In 2012, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: * Bootheel Youth Museum, Malden, Missouri *
Contra Costa County Library The Contra Costa County Library is the public library system in Contra Costa County, California, United States. There are 26 community libraries including the NRHP-listed Martinez Library, access to electronic information via a website, over 455, ...
, Pleasant Hill, California * Cumberland County Public Library, Fayetteville, North Carolina *
Garfield Park Conservatory Garfield Park Conservatory, located in Garfield Park in Chicago, is one of the largest greenhouse conservatories in the United States. Often referred to as "landscape art under glass", the Garfield Park Conservatory occupies approximately insi ...
, Chicago, Illinois *
Long Island Children's Museum The Long Island Children’s Museum (LICM) is a Children's museum located on the campus of Mitchel Field in Uniondale, New York. History The museum was established in 1993 in the old Newsday building across from Roosevelt Field Mall in East G ...
, Garden City, New York *
Museum of Contemporary Art Museum of Contemporary Art (often abbreviated to MCA, MoCA or MOCA) may refer to: Africa * Museum of Contemporary Art (Tangier), Morocco, officially le Galerie d'Art Contemporain Mohamed Drissi Asia East Asia * Museum of Contemporary Art Shangha ...
, North Miami, Florida * Naturita Community Library, Naturita, Colorado * Pacific Science Center, Seattle, Washington * Park View High School Library Media Center, Sterling, Virginia *
Shaler North Hills Library The Shaler North Hills Library is the public library serving Shaler Township, Pennsylvania, the Shaler Area School District and environs. The library can be found in Glenshaw, Pennsylvania, the central municipality of Shaler Township, located n ...
, Glenshaw, Pennsylvania


2013

In 2013, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums, and presented by First Lady
Michelle Obama Michelle LaVaughn Robinson Obama (born January 17, 1964) is an American attorney and author who served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017. She was the first African-American woman to serve in this position. She is married t ...
: *Boston Children's Museum, Boston, Massachusetts *Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio *Delta Blues Museum, Clarksdale, Mississippi *Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana, California *Marshalltown Public Library, Marshalltown, Iowa *National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, Cedar Rapids, Iowa *Pierce County Library System, Tacoma, Washington *Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio *Rancho Cucamonga Public Library, Rancho Cucamonga, California *Waukegan Public Library, Waukegan, Illinois


2014

In 2014, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: *Chicago Public Library, Chicago, Illinois *Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, New York *Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, Las Vegas, Nevada *Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri *Mystic Aquarium, Mystic, Connecticut *North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh, North Carolina *Octavia Fellin Public Library, Gallup, New Mexico *Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, Norman, Oklahoma * The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana *Yiddish Book Center, Amherst, Massachusetts


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 *Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, 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: *Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, New York *Chicago History Museum, The Chicago History Museum, Chicago, Illinois *Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina *Lynn Meadows Discovery Center for Children, Gulfport, Mississippi *Madison Public Library (Madison, Wisconsin), Madison Public Library, Madison, Wisconsin *Mid-America Science Museum, Hot Springs, Arkansas *North Carolina State University#Libraries, North Carolina State University Libraries, Raleigh, North Carolina *Otis Library, Norwich, Connecticut *Santa Ana Public Library, Santa Ana, California *Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, Tomaquag Museum, Exeter, Rhode Island


2017

In 2017, the award was given to the following ten libraries and museums: *Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, 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 (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 (Minnesota), 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 *Interuniversity 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 Library, Memphis Public Libraries, Memphis, Tennessee *High Desert Museum, Bend, Oregon *Mississippi Children's Museum, Jackson, Mississippi *Museo de Arte de Ponce, Ponce, Puerto Rico


References

{{reflist Lists of libraries in the United States, *National Medal Lists of museums in the United States, *National Medal American awards