Michigan museum professionals, volunteers, and supporters gathered at the Rochester Hills Museum at Van Hoosen Farm on April 25 to present the 2024 member awards. At the awards celebration, twenty-seven MMA members were recognized for special service to their communities, colleagues and others in four different award categories.
Peninsulas Prize: Leadership ![]() President's Award ![]() | Peninsulas Prize: D.E.A.I./Community Engagement ![]() The Detroit Historical Society (DHS) is committed to ensuring that ALL Detroiters can find their stories in its museums. For that reason, DHS centers Diversity Equity Accessibility and Inclusion (DEAI) in all of its efforts. Nevertheless, the stories of Detroit’s successful Black entrepreneurs had never been celebrated either in the Detroit Historical Museum or other cultural institutions around the city. This omission prompted DHS to create a multi-year, one-of-a-kind celebration to tell these important stories and build an expanded constituency for our work. Since The Hustle debuted over 65,000 people have enjoyed free admission to the museum and nearly 20M people have seen a news story, virtual program or social media post covering Black entrepreneurs who are making history in Detroit. |
Colleague Champions |
MMA members were invited to nominate colleagues they felt had done something particularly special this year. This year's awardees were nominated for a multitude of reasons, including helping with museum and exhibit renovations projects, advocacy work, fundraising efforts, community engagement, collaboration, making exhibits and institutions more accessible, and for being helpful colleagues and leaders in the field. The twenty-three members presented with a Colleague Champion Award were: |
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Click here to view a list of past award recipients.