Past Recipients

Award of Excellence - Advocacy

2018 - John Antaramian, Mayor of Kenosha.

Award of Excellence - Institutional

2023 - Door County Maritime Museum & Lighthouse Preservation Society, Inc.

2018 - Monroe County Local History Room & Museum

Award of Excellence - Ann Koski Professional Excellence

2018 - Joel Brennan

2016 - Claudia Jacobson

Volunteer Excellence Award

2019 - Marty and Kathleen Butorac, Museum of Wisconsin Art

2018 - Cindy Briesemeister, Civil War Museum

2013 - Carol Brueggemann & Carol Rank, History Museum at the Castle

2012 - Janet Loewi, Olbrich Botanical Garden

WFM Mini Grant Recipients

2023 - Historic Indian Agency House, Rehousing with a Mission

2023 - Polk County Historical Society, Let There Be Light, UV Window Covering Project

2019 - Kewaunee County Historical Society, KCHC Textiles & Clothing Preservation: Phase 1.

2018 - Clintonville Area Historical Society, Preservation 101

2017 - Kenosha County Historical Society, Ice Harvesting Collection

2016 - Three Lakes Historical Society & Museum, Making History Accessible

2015 - Racine Art Museum Association, Behind the Scenes at the RAM

2014 - Wisconsin Auto Museum, Kissel Collection Archive Project

Emerging Museum Professional Award

2019 - Erik Flesch

2018 - Emily Brzezinski

2017 - Jessica McGillivray

2016 - Jordan Gibbon

2015 - Ashleigh Herrera

Student Poster Session

2019 - Emma Eisner, Excavating a Highland May Tomb at the MPM

Katrina Schmitz, The Journey of a Hopewell Site Artifact: Bear Canine with Pearl

2018 - Samantha Bomkamp, Digging into Collections: Casas Grandes Ceramics Rediscovered

2017 - Sarah Carlson, Philippine Co-Curation at the Field Museum

2016 - Manuel Ferreira, The Stories Behind the Artifacts