2025

Helen Marie Orton, Brigham Young University Museum of Art

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Jane Beckwith, Topaz Museum 

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Olivia Ellison, Museum of Utah

Rising Professional Award

 

Brigham City Museum

Award for Excellence in Exhibit Creation and Community Engagement

 

2024

Linda Sargent, Stokes Nature Center [view acceptance video | view details]

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

James (Jim) Petersen, Historic Wendover Airfield [view acceptance video | view details]

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Craig Rasmussen, Hyrum City Council [view acceptance video | view details]

Public Service Award

 

Jenna Ehlinger, Chase Home Museum of Utah Folk Arts [view acceptance video | view details]

Rising Professional Award

 

Bev Wyble, Meg Reilly, & Kaleb Anderson, Kimball Art Center [view acceptance video | view details]

Award for Excellence in Visitor Services

 

2023

Dale Gagon, Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum [view acceptance video | view details]

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Jayceen Craven Walker [view acceptance video | view details]

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Marie Desrochers, Utah Division of Arts & Museums [view acceptance video | view details]

Public Service Award

 

Alice Faulkner Burch, Sema Hadithi African American Heritage & Culture Foundation [view acceptance video | view details]

Rising Professional Award

 

Alexandra Greenwald, Natural History Museum of Utah [view acceptance video | view details]

Award for Excellence in Collections

 

2022

Theresa Walker, Thanksgiving Point [view acceptance video | view details]

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Carrie Snow, Church History Museum [view acceptance video | view details]

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Jennifer Ortiz, Utah Division of State History [view acceptance video | view details]

Public Service Award

 

Emily Larsen, Springville Museum of Art [view acceptance video | view details]

Rising Professional Award

 

Echo Paixao, Natural History Museum of Utah [view acceptance video | view details]

Award for Excellence in Education

 

2021

Sue Harvest, St. George Art Museum [view details]

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Lorie Millward, Thanksgiving Point [view details]

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Laurel Cannon Alder, Utah Division of Arts & Museums [view details]

Public Service Award

 

Jaleesa Buchwitz, St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site [view details]

Rising Professional Award

 

Southern Utah Museum of Art [view details] 

Award for Excellence

 

2020

Helen Rigby, Ann Collins, Tammy Poppleton, Margene Thorpe, Pat Stephens, & Nancy Lincoln, Cache Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum Board

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

LeeAnn Denzer, Uintah County Heritage Museum

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Victoria Panella Bourns, Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Public Service Award

 

Nell Larson, Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter

Rising Professional Award

 

Leslie Anderson, Iris Moulton, Virginia Catherall, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Power Couples: The Pendant Format in Art exhibition

Award for Excellence

 

2019

Joanne Brattain, Southern Utah Museum of Art

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Kari Nelson, BYU Museum of Peoples & Cultures

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

 

Dane Crowton, Natural History Museum of Utah

Rising Professional Award

 

Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art

Award for Excellence

 

2018

Martha Ham, John Wesley Powell River History Museum

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Rita Wright, Springville Museum of Art

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Howard A. Stephenson, Utah State Senator

Public Service Award

 

Robyn Haynie, Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Rising Professional Award

 

Jane Beckwith, Topaz Museum and Education Center

Award for Excellence

 

2017

Ron Cefalo, Box Elder Museum of Natural History

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Blake Wigdahl, Western Architectural Services

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Penney Riches, Green River City

Public Service Award

 

Jessica Simpson, Brigham Young University

Rising Professional Award

 

Utah Humanities Museum on Main Street Program (MoMS)

Award for Excellence in Statewide Collaboration

 

2016

Abe Johnson, Friends of Territorial State Park and Museum

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Ryan Paul, Frontier Homestead State Park Museum

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Mayor Eugene Larsen, Fillmore City

Public Service Award

 

Janaki Krishna, Natural History Museum of Utah

Rising Professional Award

 

Uintah County Heritage Museum

Award for Excellence in Operations

 

2015

Shaunalei Andersen, Springville Museum of Art

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Megan van Frank, Utah Humanities

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Senator Jim Dabakis, Utah State Legislature

Public Service Award

 

Stephen Ashton, Thanksgiving Point

Rising Professional Award

 

Utah Museum of Fine Arts

Award for Excellence in Programming

 

2014

Karen and Daniels Adams, American Fork Daughters of Utah Pioneers Museum

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

D. Kurt Graham, Church History Museum

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Senator Gene Davis, Utah State Legislature

Public Service Award

 

Britten Harmon, Church History Museum

Rising Professional Award

 

Thanksgiving Point Institute

Award for Excellence in Exhibitions

 

2013

Anne Gardner, Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Robert O. Davis, Church History Museum

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

Wendi Hassan, Utah Division of Arts and Museums

Public Service Award

 

2012

Caroline Howe, Frontier Homestead State Park Museum

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Dr. Vern G. Swanson, Springville Museum of Art

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

 

 

2011

Franzez Sorensen, Friends of Fremont Indian State Park and Museum

Bessie Jones Volunteer Award

 

Bill Sanders, Heritage Museum of Layton

Phil Notarianni Distinguished Service Award

 

Julie Fisher, Utah Department of Community and Culture

Public Service Award