CAMMY Award
Recognizing Extraordinary Contributions to California Museums
The California Association of Museums’ (CAM) annual CAMMY Award recognizes extraordinary museum supporters, professionals, and institutions that have made outstanding contributions to California museums. The award is presented at the annual CAM conference.
Each year, the award highlights the work of an individual or group in one or more of the following areas:
- Leadership: This category recognizes sustained excellence and extraordinary leadership by an individual museum professional or organization. The individual or museum is recognized for their leadership in the California museum field and serves as a model for others.
- Patronage: This category honors altruism and extraordinary museum patronage by recognizing exceptional financial generosity; support for collections, exhibitions, or programs; and volunteer leadership and stewardship.
- Service to the Field: This category recognizes sustained excellence and extraordinary service by an individual or an organization that has benefited the California museum field.
Past CAMMY Award Recipients
Celeste DeWald – 2022
California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofits) – 2021
Los Angeles Department of Arts and Culture – 2020
California Department of Education – 2019
California Preservation Program – 2018
Paulette Hennum – 2017
California Arts Council – 2017
California Cultural and Historical Endowment – 2016
Legler Benbough Foundation – 2015
Jean Schulz – 2014
Getty Leadership Institute – 2013
Marcy Friedman – 2012
Pasadena Educational Foundation – 2012
Bank of America – 2011
Target – 2010
California Academy of Sciences – 2009
Wells Fargo – 2009
John F. Kennedy University – 2008
Ed Able – 2007
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein – 2006
California Senator Richard Alarcon – 2002
Mrs. Sharon Davis, First Lady of California – 2001
Packard Foundation – 2000
Edward Robings, Director, Ventura County Museum of History & Art – 1999
J. Paul Getty Museum – 1998
Institute of Museum and Library Services – 1997
Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco – 1996
James Irvine Foundation – 1995
Huell Howser, Director/Producer of KCET’s California’s Gold – 1994