Best of the Web awards

Best of the Web awards is an annual contest, organized each year at the Museums and the Web conference.^[1] A committee of peers recognises the best museum work on the web. Sites are nominated by museum professionals from around the world.

Previous winners

2015

Rich Media: Stinks, Bangs & Booms http://chemistryset.chemheritage.org/#/
Education: Fondation Louis Vuitton: Become An Apprentice Architect http://archimoi.fondationlouisvuitton.fr/en/
Education Honorable Mention: Cleveland Museum of Art: Studio Play http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/studio-play/
Digital Exhibition: Van Go Yourself http://vangoyourself.com/
Innovative / Experimental: Tate After Dark http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/special-event/after-dark
Innovative / Experimental Honorable Mention: The Digital Pen http://www.cooperhewitt.org/new-experience/designing-pen/
Long-lived: The non-museum museum - redesigning the Royal Academy online http://www.royalacademy.org.uk
Long-lived Honorable Mention: British Council Visual Arts http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/
Mobile: Field Guides to Australian Fauna - a suite of eight apps http://museumvictoria.com.au/discoverycentre/museum-victoria-apps/national-field-guide-apps/
Museum Professional: Art Detective http://thepcf.org.uk/artdetective/
Research / Collections Online: Living Collections Catalogue http://www.walkerart.org/collections/publications
Social Media: 1840s GIF Party at Tate Britain http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/1840s-gif-party-at-tate-britain/
Social Media Honorable Mention: #PlayArtfully http://mw2015.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/playartfully/
People’s Choice: Van Go Yourself http://vangoyourself.com/
Best of the Web: Art Detective http://thepcf.org.uk/artdetective/

2014

Rich Media: #Taull1123. Immersive experience in a World Heritage Site (or Augmented Reality without devices)' http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/taull1123-immersive-experience-in-a-world-heritage-site-or-augmented-reality-without-devices/
Education: MoMA’s Catalysts: Artists Creating with Sound Video and Time' http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/catalysts-artists-creating-with-sound-video-and-time/
Education Honourable Mention: Cleveland Museum of Art: Studio Play' http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/studio-play/
Digital Exhibition: Cleveland Museum of Art: Collection Wall' http://www.clevelandart.org/gallery-one/collection-wall
Innovative / Experimental: Dallas Museum of Art: DMA Friends' http://www.dma.org/visit/dma-friends
Long-lived: Horniman Museums and Gardens' http://www.horniman.ac.uk/
Mobile: Cleveland Museum of Art: ArtLens' http://mw2014.museumsandtheweb.com/bow/artlens/
Museum Professional: Musepunks' http://museopunks.org/
Research / Collections Online: Operation War Diary' http://www.operationwardiary.org/
Research / Collections Online Honourable mention: Seattle Art Museum: The Online Catalogue of Chinese Painting & Calligraphy' http://chinesepainting.seattleartmuseum.org/OSCI/
Social Media: In the Horniman' http://in-the-horniman.tumblr.com/
Best Small Museum Project: Tang Museum “Classless Society” exhibition website' https://web.archive.org/web/20140306044625/https://tang.skidmore.edu/app/public/webroot/files/uploads/classless_society/index.html
Best Small Museum Project Honourable mention: Victorian Collections' http://victoriancollections.net.au/
People’s Choice: BoW Nomination: Reynolda House Museum of American Art' http://reynoldahouse.org
Best of the Web: Dallas Museum of Art: DMA Friends' http://www.dma.org/visit/dma-friends

2013

Rich Media: Anish Kapoor in MCA Publications http://www.mca.com.au/apps/mca-publications/
Education: ArtNC http://artnc.org/
Digital Exhibition: The Gallery of Lost Art http://galleryoflostart.com/
Innovative / Experimental: Rijksstudio: Make Your Own Masterpiece http://www.rijksmuseum.nl/rijksstudio
Long-lived: ArtBabble Redesign http://www.artbabble.org/
Mobile: Sound Uncovered https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sound-uncovered/id598835017?mt=8
Museum Professional: Beyond the Printed Page: Museum Digital Publishing Bliki http://digitalpublishingbliki.com/
Research / Collections Online: Cooper-Hewitt Online Collection http://collection.cooperhewitt.org/
Social Media: Titanic on Twitter https://web.archive.org/web/20130426233131/http://mw2013.museumsandtheweb.com:80/bow/titanic-on-twitter/
Best Small Museum Project: TXTilecity http://txtilecity.ca/
People’s Choice: Rijksstudio: Make Your Own Masterpiece
Best of the Web: Rijksstudio: Make Your Own Masterpiece

2012

Audio / Visual / Podcast: Whitney Museum of American Art 'The Vlog Project' http://whitney.org/Vlogs
Education: Boston Children's Museum 'Beyond the Chalkboard' http://www.beyondthechalkboard.com/
Exhibition: Brooklyn Museum 'Split Second: Indian Paintings' http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/splitsecond/^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Innovative: Walker Art Center http://www.walkerart.org
Long Lived: National Galleries of Scotland http://www.nationalgalleries.org/
Mobile: High Museum of Art 'ArtClix' http://www.high.org/moma.aspx#/Picasso-to-Warhol/artclix
Museum Professional: INTK 'Museum Analytics' http://www.museum-analytics.org/
Research / Online Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art 'Collections at The Met', designed by Cogapp http://metmuseum.org/collections
Social Media: Auckland Museum 'Kermadec Expedition blog' http://kermadec.aucklandmuseum.com
Small: Chemical Heritage Foundation 'It's Elemental' http://www.chemheritage.org/ElementalVideos
People's Choice: INTK 'Museum Analytics' http://www.museum-analytics.org/
Best Overall: Walker Art Center http://www.walkerart.org

2011

Audio / Visual / Podcast: Museum Victoria ‘Access All Areas’ podcast adventures, designed in-house http://museumvictoria.com.au/accessallareas/podcastadventures/
Education: Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACMI Generator, designed by Monkii https://web.archive.org/web/20120214044545/http://generator.acmi.net.au:80/
Education (Honorable Mention): The College of Physicians of Philadelphia The History of Vaccines, designed by Night Kitchen Interactive http://www.historyofvaccines.org
Exhibition: Museum of Modern Art Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Modern Century, designed by Second Story, Inc. http://moma.org/cartierbresson
Exhibition (Honorable Mention): Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) City of Horrors, designed by Ignasi Rifé http://www.cccb.org/laciutatdelshorrors/old.php?l=en
Innovative: Nationnaal Historisch Museum / Museum of National History Nationnaal Historisch Museum / Museum of National History, designed in-house http://www.innl.nl
Long Lived: Exploratorium Exploratorium.org, designed by varied http://www.exploratorium.org
Mobile: The Museum of Modern Art AB EX NY iPAD APP, designed by Deep Focus http://www.moma.org/explore/mobile/abexnyapp
Mobile (Honorable Mention): California Academy of Sciences Golden Gate Park Field Guide, designed by Odopod https://web.archive.org/web/20120106232816/http://calacademy.org/apps/ggp/
Museum Professional: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy Wiki, designed in-house http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com
Research / Online Collection: The British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, designed by Daniel Pett http://finds.org.uk
Social Media: Tate One-to-one with the Artist: Ai Weiwei, designed by Cogapp http://aiweiwei.tate.org.uk/
Social Media (Honorable Mention): The Museum of Modern Art Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures, designed by Stamen http://MoMA.org/screentests
Small: County Museum, Dundalk ASI: Archaeology Scene Investigations in North County Louth, designed by MOR Solutions http://www.asi-louth.ie/
People's Choice: Smithsonian Institution Smithsonian Web and New Media Strategy Wiki, designed in-house http://smithsonian-webstrategy.wikispaces.com
Best Overall: Australian Centre for the Moving Image ACMI Generator, by Monkii https://web.archive.org/web/20120214044545/http://generator.acmi.net.au:80/
Special Community Award: Spinny Bar Historical Society SBHS, designed "in-house" http://www.spinnybarhistoricalsociety.org/

2010

Education: Museum of Modern Art Meet Me: The MoMA's Alzheimer's Project, designed in-house http://www.moma.org/meetme
Exhibition (Honorable Mention): Historical Society of Pennsylvania PhilaPlace, designed by Night Kitchen Interactive http://www.philaplace.org/
Exhibition: Museum of Modern Art Bauhaus: Workshops for Modernity 1919-1933, designed by Hello Design http://www.moma.org/bauhaus
Innovative/Experimental: Royal Observatory Greenwich Solar Stormwatch, designed in-house http://solarstormwatch.com/
Long-lived: Culture24 Culture24, designed by Culture24 and System Simulation Limited http://www.culture24.org.uk/
Museum Professional: Museum Marketing https://web.archive.org/web/20120502204447/http://museummarketing.org:80/
Podcast: National Museum of Australia National Museum of Australia's Audio on demand program, designed by Icelab http://www.nma.gov.au/audio/
Research: Victoria and Albert Museum V&A Search the Collection, designed by The Other Media http://collections.vam.ac.uk/
Social Media: Museo Picasso de Barcelona Museo Picasso Online Community, designed in-house http://www.bcn.cat/museupicasso/en/get-involved/online-community.html
Small: Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich OnView, designed in-house http://www.dulwichonview.org.uk/
People's Choice: National September 11 Memorial & Museum Make History, designed by Local Projects http://911history.org/
Best Overall: Indianapolis Museum of Art ArtBabble, designed in-house http://www.artbabble.org/

2009

Online Exhibition: Click! A Crowd-Curated Exhibition http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/click
Educational: Tate Kids http://kids.tate.org.uk/
Education (Honorable Mention): Firefly Watch, Museum of Science, Boston https://www.mos.org/fireflywatch/
Museum Professional's: CODART.nl http://www.codart.nl
Research: Museum of Jewish Heritage Online Collection http://collection.mjhnyc.org
Online Community or Service: Brooklyn Museum Collection, Posse, and Tag! You are It! http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/collections/
Online Community or Service (Honorable Mention): Flickr Commons http://www.flickr.com/commons and Indicommons https://web.archive.org/web/20120228172506/http://www.indicommons.org:80/
Podcast (Audio, Video): RWM (Radio web MACBA) http://rwm.macba.cat
Innovative or Experimental: My Yard Our Message http://myyardourmessage.com/
Innovative or Experimental (Honorable Mention) Astronomy Photographer of the Year (plus complimentary digital astronomy services) http://www.nmm.ac.uk/astrophoto^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Small: Museum 2.0 http://museumtwo.blogspot.com/
People's Choice: Video Active Video Active, designed by the Video Active Project http://videoactive.wordpress.com/workplan-2/
Best Overall: Brooklyn Museum Collection http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/

2008

Exhibition: The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303172725/http://americanimage.unm.edu/
Exhibition Honorable Mention: The Digital Vaults http://www.digitalvaults.org
Educational: Great Chicago Stories, Chicago History Museum http://greatchicagostories.org
Museum Professional's: ExhibitFiles, Association of Science-Technology Centers http://exhibitfiles.org
Museum Professional's Honorable Mention: The IMA Dashboard, Indianapolis Museum of Art http://dashboard.imamuseum.org
Research: Prints and Printmaking, Australia, Asia, Pacific https://web.archive.org/web/20130302182605/http://www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au:80/catalogues/work.aspx?
Online Community or Service: My Brighton and Hove http://www.mybrightonandhove.org.uk
Online Community or Service (Honorable Mention): Brooklyn Museum of Art Community, Brooklyn Museum of Art http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/community/
Podcast (Audio, Video): Roman Art from the Louvre Webisodes, Indianaoplis Museum of Art https://web.archive.org/web/20100224061009/http://www.theromansarecoming.com:80/webisodes
Podcast (Audio, Video) Honorable Mention: TateShots, Tate http://tate.org.uk/tateshots
Innovative or Experimental: Launchball, Science Museum, London http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchball
Innovative or Experimental (Honorable Mention) Astronomy Photographer of the Year (plus complimentary digital astronomy services) http://www.nmm.ac.uk/astrophoto^{[permanent dead link‍]}
People's Choice: Maps: Tools for Adventure, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (in conjunction with the National Geographic Society) https://web.archive.org/web/20090626085547/http://www.nationalgeographic.com:80/education/toolsforadventure/
Best Overall: Launchball, Science Museum, London http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/launchball

2007

Online Exhibition: Rembrandt-Caravaggio Webspecial http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/click
Online Exhibition Honorable Mention: Caught & Coloured http://museumvictoria.com.au/caughtandcoloured/
Educational: Stagework https://web.archive.org/web/20160205060918/http://www.stagework.org.uk/
Museum Professional's: Collections Link http://www.collectionslink.org.uk
Research: Discover Nikkei http://www.discovernikkei.org
Innovative or Experimental: SFMOMA ArtCasts https://web.archive.org/web/20081021025016/http://www.sfmoma.org:80/podcasts/
Best Overall: Stagework https://web.archive.org/web/20160205060918/http://www.stagework.org.uk/

2006

Online Exhibition: Curating the City - Wilshire Boulevard http://www.curatingthecity.org
Online Exhibition Honorable Mention: Monticello Explorer http://explorer.monticello.org
E-Services or E-Commerce Site: Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) Online Store http://shop.mnhs.org
Educational: Life of a Rock Star http://collectionscanada.ca/rock/index2-e.html
Educational Honorable Mention: Palaeography: Reading old handwriting, 1500-1800 http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography
Museum Professional's: International Council of African Museums (AFRICOM) https://web.archive.org/web/20150510064937/http://www.africom.museum:80/
Research: NYPL Digital Gallery http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/index.cfm
Research Honorable Mention: Birds in Backyards http://www.birdsinbackyards.net/
Innovative or Experimental: Science Buzz http://www.smm.org/buzz
Small Museum: Waterford County Image Archive http://www.waterfordcountyimages.org
Best Overall: Science Buzz http://www.smm.org/buzz

References

^ "University of Glasgow :: University news :: Archive of news :: 2010 :: February". University of Glasgow. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012. Every year the online community of museums recognises great work in museum websites with the 'Best of the Web' awards.

[glasgow-1] "University of Glasgow :: University news :: Archive of news :: 2010 :: February". University of Glasgow. 24 February 2010. Retrieved 16 February 2012. Every year the online community of museums recognises great work in museum websites with the 'Best of the Web' awards.

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