2013 MUSE Award Winners

Animation

GOLD: The Field Museum
Changing View of T. rex

SILVER: Natural History Museum of Utah
Lightweeds, Utah

Applications & APIs

GOLD: Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
Cooper-Hewitt Collection Alpha

SILVER: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Verso

BRONZE: Lincoln Park Zoo
Observe to Learn

HONORABLE MENTION: Getty Publications
The Visions of Tondal

Audio Tours & Podcasts

GOLD: Maritime Gloucester and Untravel Media
Walking Cinema: Posts from Gloucester

SILVER: Barnes Foundation
Riddle of the Room Family

BRONZE: National Museum of American History
The History Explorer

Digital Communities

GOLD: Indianapolis Museum of Art
ArtBabble Redesign

SILVER: Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Young People’s Ofrendas

BRONZE: Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation
My History Museum

Education & Outreach

GOLD: The Museum of Modern Art
MoMA Learning

SILVER: California Academy of Sciences
Earthquake iTunes U Course

BRONZE: National Museum of Mathematics
National Museum of Mathematics

HONORABLE MENTION: Cleveland Museum of Art
Studio Play

HONORABLE MENTION: Exploratorium
Return to Mars

Games & Augmented Reality

GOLD: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago
Code Fred: Survival Mode

SILVER: National Palace Museum
It’s a Big World: Globetrotting

BRONZE: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Murder at the Met: An American Art Mystery

HONORABLE MENTION: Newseum
Dunk the Anchor

Honeysett & Din Student Award

GOLD: Zukerman Museum of Art
Paper Moon E-catalogue

HONORABLE MENTION: Flor/Lentz
ARTknot

Interactive Kiosks

GOLD: Cleveland Museum of Art 
Sculpture Lens

SILVER: University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
Maya 2012: Lords of Time – Glyph Writing Interactive

BRONZE: The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
Chinese Scroll Interactive

HONORABLE MENTION: History Colorado Center
History Colorado Time Machines

HONORABLE MENTION: Bluecadet and The Field Museum
Sue the Tyrannosaurus Rex Skeleton Puzzle

Interpretive Interactive Installations

GOLD: Cleveland Museum of Art
Gallery One

SILVER: Science Museum, London
Web Lab

BRONZE: Bluecadet and The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
Maya 2012: Lords of Time

HONORABLE MENTION: Peabody Essex Museum
Wearing Many Hats

Mobile Applications

GOLD: GuideOne and Smithsonian
Romare Bearden Black Odyssey Remixes

SILVER: Exploratorium
Sound Uncovered

BRONZE: Cleveland Museum of Art
ArtLens

HONORABLE MENTION: American Museum of Natural History
Creatures of Light: Nature’s Bioluminescence

Multimedia Installations

GOLD: Potion and Tenement Museum
Shop Life

SILVER: Adler Planetarium
The Universe, a Walk Through Space and Time

BRONZE: WEATHERHEAD Experience Design Group, Inc. and Museum of History and Industry
The Great Seattle Fire

HONORABLE MENTION: Local Projects LLC and National Building Museum
Welcome Home

HONORABLE MENTION: 900lbs of Creative and Perot Museum of Nature and Science
Sports Run Exhibit

Online Presence

GOLD: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
82nd & Fifth

SILVER: The Museum of Modern Art 
Century of the Child: Growing by Design, 1900-2000

BRONZE: Indianapolis Museum of Art
Indigenous | Out of the Wild with A. Bitterman

HONORABLE MENTION: Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
La Invención Concreta

Public Outreach

GOLD: Dallas Museum of Art 
DMA Friends

SILVER: Australian National Maritime Museum
Waves of Migration

BRONZE: J. Paul Getty Trust
Pacific Standard Time Presents

Video & Film

GOLD: Exploratorium
Science in the City

SILVER: Angle Park, Inc. and The Field Museum
A Passion for Birds

BRONZE: Donna Lawrence Productions and New-York Historical Society
New York Story

HONORABLE MENTION: Museum of Art and Design
WOODCUTS

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