2007
Award Winners
Anniversary & Service
Awards
Sandra L. Williams, 26 years, Hinsdale Historical
Society
Stanley A. Walton III, 29 years, Hinsdale Historical Society
Shirley Stitt, 33 years, Hinsdale Historical Society
Anniversary Awards
Elgin Public Museum, 100 years
Competitive Awards
Small Institution of the
Year
Midwest Museum of Natural History, Sycamore
Non-Competitive Awards
Collection Conservation
Award of Merit
Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Rock Island
Educational Programming
Award of Excellence
Raupp Museum, Archaeology Program, Buffalo Grove
Graue Mill and Museum, Farming Then and Now, Oak Brook
Sycamore Historical Society & Museum, Sycamore History Project,
Sycamore
Geneva History Center, What was it Like?, Geneva
Exhibits
Award of Merit
Elmhurst Historical Museum, 50 Years of Collecting, Elmhurst
Winnetka Historical Society, Once Upon a Time…Growing up
in Winnetka, Winnetka
Beecher Community Historical Society, T.L. Miller and H.W. Beecher,
Beecher
Will County Historical Society, Treasures from the Vault, Lockport
Award of Excellence
McHenry County Historical Society, Arrival – The 1920’s,
Union
Superior Achievement Award
Schuette-Biermann Farmhouse Museum, I Remember When…, Elk
Grove Village
Joliet Area Historical Museum, The Route 66 Experience, Joliet
Periodicals
Award of Merit
St. Charles Heritage Center, The Charlemagne Quarterly Newsletter,
St. Charles
Popular Publications
Superior Achievement Award
Elmhurst Historical Museum, Visionary: An Elmhurst Retrospective,
Elmhurst
Promotional Merchandise
Award of Excellence
McHenry County Historical Society, Got History? Magnetic Signs,
Union
Promotional and Informational
Material
Superior Achievement Award
Hinsdale Historical Society, The Campaign to Rehabilitate Historic
Immanuel Hall,
Hinsdale
Scholarly Publication
Superior Achievement Award
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences, Hedley Waycott: Peoria’s
Premier Artist,
Peoria
Special Projects
Award of Merit
St. Clair County Historical Society, John Scheel Home Restoration
Project, Belleville
Award of Excellence
Vermilion County Museum Society, Behind the Tombstone –
Our Place, Danville
Hinsdale Historical Society, Hinsdale Cooks!, Hinsdale
Superior Achievement Award
Aurora Regional Fire Museum, Aurora Fire Department 150th Anniversary,
Aurora
The awards will be presented on October 26, at the Awards Luncheon
at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield as part of
the Illinois Association of Museums' Annual Conference.
Congratulations
to all our winners!
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