The Toledo Museum of Art’s collection, campus, exhibitions, publications, and programs are recognized and celebrated on numerous levels, including:
2019
January 2019
Thanks to readers of Ohio Magazine, TMA was voted as the best art museum in Ohio in the publications 2019 Best of Ohio: Readers’ Picks.
February 2019
The Toledo Museum of Art recognized by the American Advertising Federation (AAF) Toledo during the 2019 ADDY awards. The Museum received a Gold ADDY Award for the TMA Fiscal Year 2018 Annual Report.
April 2019
The Ohio Museums Association (OMA) recognized the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) with three awards at its annual conference held recently in Akron, Ohio. TMA Board Chair Cynthia Thompson was recognized as Museum Advocate of the Year, TMA’s Teen Apprentice Program was named the best Education and Outreach Program and the video Creating Community at the Toledo Museum of Art received a Silver Visual Communication Award.
2018
January 2018
Thanks to readers of Ohio Magazine, TMA was voted as the best art museum in Ohio in the publications 2018 Best of Ohio: Readers’ Picks.
April 2018
The Ohio Museum Association has honored the Toledo Museum of Art with two 2017 VIsual Communications Awards. The Kehinde WIley: A New Republic Exhibition Guide was given the Level 6 Gold Award and arTMAatters Member Magazine, Volume 13 Issue 3 was given the Level 6 Silver Award.
2017
April 2017
Copies of The Glass Pavilion are available for purchase at the Museum Store.
The Toledo Museum of Art won Gold in the Architecture, National category for The Glass Pavilion in the 20th annual Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).
The Ohio Museums Association also recognized the accomplishments of TMA, naming it the Institution of the Year for 2016. Longtime Museum supporter Georgia Welles received Museum Advocate of the Year honors from the organization.
March 2017
I Approve This Message: Decoding Political Ads won Gold for “Exhibition Design” at the district level of the 2017 ADDY Awards and advanced to the national round of the competition in June.
February 2017
TMA received an assortment of accolades from a variety of organizations. I Approve This Message: Decoding Political Ads won Gold for “Exhibition Design” and one of four Judge’s Choice awards at the local 2017 ADDY Awards. As a result, I Approve This Message advanced to the district round of the competition. A direct mail piece created as part of the I Approve This Message marketing campaign received a Bronze award. The American Advertising Awards (ADDYs), is the advertising industry’s largest and most representative competition, attracting over 40,000 entries every year in local AdClub competitions.
2017 Exhibition Program sponsor ProMedica was recognized as Best Business Support of the Arts at this year’s Governer’s Awards.
And finally, the Toledo area community voted TMA as the “Institution We Are Most Proud Of” in the Toledo City Paper’s annual “Best of Toledo” competition. The Museum was the runner–up in the following categories: “Best Free Thing to Do,” “Best Place to Buy a Piece of Toledo,” and “Best Place to Buy Local Art.”
2016
December 2016
The Toledo Museum of Art kicks off the holiday season with a five star rating on TripAdvisor.com and continues to be rated the number one thing to do in Toledo.
November 2016
Thanks to readers of Ohio Magazine, TMA was voted as the best art museum in Ohio in the publications 2017 Best of Ohio: Readers’ Picks.
April 2016
The Ohio Museums Association honored TMA with several awards at its annual awards program on April 17, 2016. Carol Bintz, the Toledo Museum of Art’s chief operating officer, was awarded the 2015 Professional of the Year. Play Time, TMA’s 2015 major summer exhibition, received an honorable mention in the “Best Exhibition” category. The exhibition handout for Drawn, Cut & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfieffer received Gold Award and Best in Show honors in the 2015 Visual Communications Awards category.
February 2016
TMA was the recipient of several awards at the 2016 ADDY Awards, hosted by the American Advertising Federation–Toledo, including:
- Drawn, Cut & Layered: The Art of Werner Pfeiffer exhibition handout: Bronze ADDY Award, Special Event Material
- Play Time exhibition: Silver ADDY Award, Single Installation
- Degas and the Dance exhibition commercial: Silver ADDY Award, Television Advertising
- The Rise of Sneaker Culture exhibition commercial: Judge’s Choice and Gold ADDY Award, Television Advertising
The Museum was also selected as the best Supporter of the Local Arts in the Toledo City Paper’s annual “Best of Toledo” feature. TMA was the runner up in the Best Place to Take Out-Of-Towners category.
2015
June 2015
TripAdvisor awarded the Toledo Museum of Art a 2015 Certificate of Excellence. The Museum continues to be the number one rated attraction in Toledo on the travel and tourism review website.
March 2015
The Ohio Museum Association has honored the Toledo Museum of Art with two Awards of Achievement this year. The Art of Seeing: From Ordinary to Extraordinary, the International Visual Literacy Association conference that TMA hosted in early November, was named “Best Education and Outreach.” In addition, Assistant Director Adam Levine was named 2014’s “Emerging Professional of the Year.”
February 2015
The Museum’s commercial for The Art of Video Games was awarded Best in Show honors as well as a Gold ADDY Award at the 2015 ADDY Awards, hosted by the American Advertising Federation – Toledo.
The Art of Video Games promotion card received a Bronze ADDY Award in the “Cards, Invitations or Announcements (Special Event Material)” category.
The Toledo Museum of Art was voted Best Institution to Show Off in the Toledo City Paper’s annual Best of Toledo contest.
2014
October 2014
Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints was selected for an Honorable Mention at this year’s IFPDA Book Award.
July 2014
The Toledo Museum of Art was awarded two Honorable Mentions in the 2014 Museum Publications Design Competition; the TMA Annual Report 2012 and a series of newspaper ads for the Museum Store were both honored. The Museum Publications Design Competition is an annual event organized by the American Alliance of Museums and is the only national, juried competition of its kind.
May 2014
Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints continues to receive recognition. The exhibition catalog won the Outstanding Catalog award from the Midwest Art History Society as well as the Bronze in the Fine Art, National Category at the 18th annual Independent Publishers Book Awards.
The Museum is once again the number one rated attraction in the Toledo area for the sixth year running on TripAdvisor.com. The review website also awarded the Toledo Museum of Art with a Certificate of Excellence for 2014.
April 2014
At the Ohio Museum Association’s annual conference, the Toledo Museum of Art was the recipient of two 2013 OMA Awards of Achievement. Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints was named Best Exhibition Catalog and the Museum’s baby tours were recognized as Best Education/Outreach. The Museum’s visual literacy website, vislit.org, received an Honorable Mention in the 2013 OMA Visual Communications Awards, Budget Level 6.
February 2014
The Toledo Museum of Art’s 2012 Annual Report was received a Bronze Addy Award in the Collateral, Annual Report category. Television spots for Fresh Impressions: Early Modern Japanese Prints and Perry’s Victory: The Battle of Lake Erie were awarded the Gold and Silver Addy Awards in the Broadcast/Electronic/Digital, TV category, respectively.
The Museum was also named Best Toledo Institution to Show Off, Best Art Gallery and Best Wedding Venue in the Toledo City Paper’s annual Best Of Toledo Awards.
2013
June 2013
TripAdvisor.com awarded the Toledo Museum of Art with a Certificate of Excellence for 2013. This reward was the result of receiving consistently great reviews from guests who have visited TMA.
The Toledo Museum of Art continues to be the #1 Toledo attraction on the travel review and advice website.
June 2013
The Museum’s 2012 Annual Report received 2nd prize in the American Alliance of Museums‘ 2013 Museum Publications Design Competition.
April 2013
The Toledo Museum of Art won three prestigious awards at the April 21, 2013, Ohio Museums Association Awards dinner. Manet: Portraying Life was named Best Exhibition in the large museum category while Girl Scout Night at the Museum won the Best Community Partnership Award. In addition, the Museum’s 2012 Annual Report received a gold award in the large museum category for visual communications.
March 2013
Director of Collections and Curator of Asian Art Carolyn Putney was named a 2013 Woman of Achievement in the art category by the YWCA of Toledo.
2012
November 2012
This year, the Toledo Museum of Art was chosen to receive the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass’s annual award for its contribution to the Studio Glass Movement by hosting the 1962 Toledo Workshops; for its important and sustained contribution to the preservation of the history of art made from glass; and for the creation, promotion, and exhibition of contemporary glass art. Jutta-Annette Page, curator of glass and decorative arts, accepted the award on the Museum’s behalf on November 3 in Chicago.
September 2012
Six women affiliated with the Museum were named 2012 Women of Influence by the Girl Scouts of Western Ohio. Carol Bintz (TMA COO) was named a Leader of Promise; Kathy Danko-McGhee (Director of Education) was named a Leader of Promise; Jutta-Annette Page (Curator of Glass) was named a Leader of Promise; Sara Jane DeHoff and Cynthia Thompson (board members) were named Advocates; and Mary Kennedy (wife of Director Brian Kennedy), was named an Advocate.
2011
February 2011
The Museum Store featuring Collector’s Corner was named Best Fine Art Gift Shop in the Toledo City Paper’s Best of Toledo Awards.
2010
November 2010
The Museum’s communications department won several awards at the 2010 Crystal Awards ceremony, held at the McMaster Center at the Main Library. The annual event is sponsored by Business of Communications and recognizes excellence in all forms of communications.
The Museum was awarded four Crystal Awards of Excellence for its new web site, the 2009 annual report, LitGraphic videos and Psychedelic 60s television commercial. The My Guide series won an award of merit. Finally, the Museum’s cumulative work for the past year received a Best in Show Award.
August 2010
Readers of Tyler Green’s Modern Art Notes voted TMA “America’s Favorite Art Museum.” The Toledo Museum of Art edged out 63 other art museums over a six-week voting period that saw 75,000 votes cast for museums across the country. “Congrats to the TMA and its fans,” Green wrote. “If you haven’t visited the TMA (or the other superb art museums and collections in America’s industrial heartland), consider this a nudge.”
June 2010
The Boys and Girls Clubs of Toledo present the Museum with their “Friend of Youth Award” for service to the children of Toledo in partnership with the Boys and Girls Clubs.
June 2010
Adelante, the Latino Resource Center, presented the Museum with its 2010 Amigo Award for its dedication and commitment to making a difference in the lives of Latino children, youth and adults through the arts.
February 2010
The Museum again receives five awards from Toledo City Paper in the “Best of Toledo” reader poll. Awards this year include Best Organization Website, Best Place to Meet a Boy/Girl to Take Home to Mom, Best Art Gallery, Best Fine Art Gift Shop and Best Place to Hold a Wedding.
2009
July 2009
The Museum’s 1926 Skinner Organ, housed in the Peristyle Theater, receives a Citation from the Historic Organ Citations Committee of the Organ Historical Society as part of the group’s national convention. Only 385 organs in the United States and Canada have received this honor, including 27 other Skinner organs.
April 2009
Masterworks, a comprehensive book showcasing 300 of the Museum’s finest works, receives an American Inhouse Design Award from Graphic Design USA. Only 10 percent of entries submitted received certificates of merit.
February 2009
Museum wins five Best of Toledo Awards: Each year the Toledo City Paper, a weekly publication focused on the local arts and entertainment scene, runs a contest to have readers identify the best local choices in numerous categories—from professional services to burger joints.
Not surprisingly, the Toledo Museum of Art won “Best Gallery” and “Best Fine Art Gift Shop,” but some of our other awards were a bit more unexpected. It’s Friday! was recognized as the “Best Recurring Weekly Event,” which may not be all that surprising to the thousands of people who have enjoyed this free celebration of the arts each Friday for the past 15 years.
But in what may be a new twist for even the most committed Museum visitor, TMA was awarded “Best Date Night Destination” and “Best Place to Meet Someone You Would Take Home to Mom” Awards from City Paper readers. TMA is certainly happy to contribute to the love lives of art lovers across the region, and we hope a new generation of art aficionados will spring forth as a result of the relationships that begin at TMA.
2008
April 2008
TMA is the #1 Toledo attraction on tripadvisor.com.
March 2008
The Ohio Museums Association recognized our annual Juneteenth Celebration with an Institutional Excellence Award.
January 2008
Chicago Tribune travel writer Robert Cross names TMA as the number one reason to visit Toledo, while Cleveland-Plain Dealer travel writer Susan Glaser names the Glass Pavilion one of the best “10 Places to Heat up Your Winter.”
2007
May 2007
The Northwest Ohio Black Media Association (NOBMA) named TMA’s Juneteenth Celebration winner of a 2006 Impact Newsmaker Award.
February 2007
Glass Pavilion named “Best Museum” in Travel + Leisure’s 2007 Design Awards.
March 2007
The Ohio Museums Association (OMA) recognized the Glass Pavilion with one of only four Institutional Excellence Awards in the state. The OMA also gives the TMA catalogue The Art of Glass an Outstanding Achievement Award in visual communications.
2006
August 2006
The New York Times raved that “…the new Glass Pavilion at the Toledo Museum of Art…can reawaken the belief in the power of glass to enchant.”
The Los Angeles Times said, “[The Glass Pavilion] packs a significant architectural punch. Even more successfully than…the 2004 renovation of the Museum of Modern Art.”
The Cleveland Plain Dealer wrote, “The Toledo Museum of Art, its directors and its trustees have done something magnificent. The world will pay close attention.”