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