Past Superintendent's Award Recipients
2022
Oceanside Museum of Art ‒ OMA’s Literacy Through Art: A Community-Driven Partnership Addressing Oceanside’s Early Childhood Literacy Crisis
Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County ‒ Marine Science Teen Internship Program
USC Pacific Asia Museum ‒ Distance Learning Program
The Contemporary Jewish Museum ‒ The Stories and Art of Ezra Jack Keats Virtual Tour
2021
Skirball Cultural Center ‒ Noah’s Ark at the Skirball: The Art of Imagination
San Diego Children's Discovery Museum ‒ Virtual Workshops
Los Angeles County Museum of Art ‒ Evenings for Educators
California Academy of Sciences ‒ School Programs
National Steinbeck Center ‒ Steinbeck Young Authors’ Program
2020
Japanese American National Museum – School Visits Program
Museum of the African Diaspora – MoAD in the Classroom
Rancho Los Cerritos Historic Site – Long Ago Long Beach
2019
Elkhorn Slough Reserve – Estuary Explorers Club
Exploratorium – California Statewide Leader Network
J. Paul Getty Museum – Getty Unshuttered
Marine Mammal Center – Ocean Ambassadors
Riverside Art Museum – Creative Horizons
Tech Museum of Innovation (now The Tech Interactive) – Tech Academies of Innovation
2018
Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose – BioSITE (Students Investigating Their Environment)
Hiller Aviation Museum – Aero Design Challenge
La Plaza de Cultura y Artes – Edible Teaching Garden & Culinary Arts Program
Museo Eduardo Carrillo – Hablamos Juntos: Creating Bridges: Personal Journeys into Art and Writing
Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History – LiMPETS (Long-Term Monitoring Program and Experiential Training for Students)
Turtle Bay Exploration Park – Lending Library & Teacher Professional Development
2017
Bay Area Discovery Museum – STEM Workshop and Intensive
Mission Inn Foundation – Hands On History Community Outreach
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County – Mobile Museum
Riverside Art Museum – Art-to-Go
San Diego Zoo Global – Watershed Heroes
San Jose Museum of Art – Sowing Creativity
2016
Discovery Cube – Futuros Radiantes
Hammer Museum – Classroom-in-Residence at the Hammer
Maidu Museum & Historic Site – Maidu Indian Life & Culture Program
Muckenthaler Cultural Center – STEAM Programs
Santa Barbara Zoo – CondorKids
Valene L. Smith Museum of Anthropology – Museum-in-the-Classroom
2015
Autry National Center of the American West – Autry Classroom Curators
Contemporary Jewish Museum – Ezra Jack Keats Bookmaking Competition on the West Coast
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco – Get Smart with Art: Past & Present
Monterey County Agricultural & Rural Life Museum – Common Ground Garden
Museum of Tolerance – Core School Group Experience
Palo Alto Art Center – Cultural Kaleidoscope
2014
Bay Area Discovery Museum – Center for Childhood Creativity
California State Parks – Parks Online Resources for Teachers and Students (PORTS) Distance Learning Program
Leonis Adobe Museum – Leonis Adobe California Ranch Life
Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo – Hands! On Elementary School Science
Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library – Air Force One Discovery Center
Skirball Cultural Center – Build a Better World: A Museum/School/Community Partnership
2013
Aquarium of the Pacific – Interactive Videoconferencing Program
Computer History Museum – Get Invested: Case Studies in Innovation
Crocker Art Museum – Art Ark
Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Art Programs with the Community: LACMA On-Site
Palo Alto Art Center – Project LOOK!
Roseville Utility Exploration Center – Planet Protector School Tours
2012
Autry Museum of the American West – Casa de Adobe Junior Docent Program
J. Paul Getty Museum – Art & Language Arts
Monterey Bay Aquarium – Watsonville Area Teens Conserving Habitats (WATCH)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles – Contemporary Art Start
Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History – Neary Lagoon Wetland Walk
Santa Monica Museum of Art (now Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles) – Wall Works