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Museums Shake off the Dust

2006, Poster Design – Series: Museums Bridging Cultures. The word MUSEUM on its reflective metallic ground receives an image of the surroundings, the appearance of it thus changing. Design: Boris Ljubicic, Studio International

The various Applied Arts Awards Programs have demonstrated time and again how well museums have rehabilitated their dusty, academic images, in categories that cover design, advertising, photography, illustration and interactive.

The big boys, including the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Museum of Civilization, have trumpeted new crowd-pleasing exhibitions, whether its feathered dinosaurs and the origin or flight or a photo documentary of a Western festival in Quebec.

Other museums may highlight the ever-important donors with specially designed donor recognition and history wall, or use the latest computer technologies to create striking promotional posters, or provide a home to Las Vegas neon signs.

The various Applied Arts Awards Programs have demonstrated time and again how well museums have rehabilitated their dusty, academic images, with great creative work in categories that cover design, advertising, photography, illustration and interactive.

The big boys, including the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Museum of Civilization, have trumpeted new crowd-pleasing exhibitions, whether it's feathered dinosaurs and the origin of flight or a photo documentary of a cowboy festival in Quebec.

Other museums may highlight ever-important donors with a specially designed recognition and history wall, or use the latest computer technologies to create striking promotional posters, or provide a quirky home to Las Vegas neon signs.

Click above to see some samples of winning museum work. Or go to our Awards Archive directly and plug in "museum" as the search term.