To celebrate #ArtsHumanitiesMonth & kick off #OMAAwards season, we'll be highlighting the 2025 OMA Award of Achievement winners throughout October! We feature these Award Winners to champion the amazing projects, programs & professionals that make Ohio's museum community strong.
Today, we're spotlighting @bay_historical , winner of Best Education and Outreach, organizational budget under $500,000 for “Pioneer Days: Recreating the Past.” buff.ly/HeSAzdX
Have an awesome program you want to nominate for an OMA Award? Submissions are now being accepted! To learn more about the 2026 OMA awards and how to nominate your museum, visit buff.ly/2OwPkdE.
Two things to do before you log off today!
1️. SUBMIT YOUR OMA 2027 SESSION PROPOSAL
Submit your proposal: buff.ly/7YXvl68
2. REGISTER FOR OMA'S OCTOBER WEBINAR
Register: buff.ly/PlPIlf3
To celebrate #ArtsHumanitiesMonth & kick off #OMAAwards season, we'll be highlighting the 2025 OMA Award of Achievement winners throughout October! We feature these Award Winners to champion the amazing projects, programs & professionals that make Ohio's museum community strong.
Today, we're spotlighting @akronmuseum , winner of Best Community Partnership, organizational budget over $500,000 for “Explore Galore with Monsters and More!” buff.ly/sFBlU8p
Have an awesome exhibit you want to nominate for an OMA Award? Submissions are now being accepted! To learn more about the 2026 OMA awards and how to nominate your museum, visit buff.ly/2OwPkdE.
Join us for OMA's October webinar, “Nothing About Us Without Us: Engaging Authentically with Marginalized Communities,” October 19, 10am-11am.
Register here: buff.ly/PlPIlf3
THE WAIT IS OVER! OMA Mascot Name Madness has its winners! After seven rounds of fierce competition, hundreds of votes, and a truly charming amount of public investment in naming two plushie mascots, WE HAVE OUR WINNERS!
🦊 Scioto
🦝 Erie
Thank-you to everyone who voted!
To celebrate #ArtsHumanitiesMonth & kick off #OMAAwards season, we'll be highlighting the 2025 OMA Award of Achievement winners throughout October! We feature these Award Winners to champion the amazing projects, programs & professionals that make Ohio's museum community strong.
Today, we're spotlighting @ArtistsArchives, winner of Best Community Partnership, organizational budget under $500,000 for “Common Currents.” buff.ly/ZYAwqFd
Have an awesome exhibit you want to nominate for an OMA Award? Submissions are now being accepted! To learn more about the 2026 OMA awards and how to nominate your museum, visit buff.ly/2OwPkdE.
The #OMA2027 theme is Moving Forward: What Comes Next? We're looking for people who are doing the work, figuring things out, trying new approaches, asking hard questions, and learning along the way. Session proposals are due this Friday, October 16. buff.ly/7YXvl68
What does it really mean to tell stories WITH a community—not just ABOUT them?
Join OMA October 19 at 10am for our webinar, “Nothing About Us Without Us: Engaging Authentically with Marginalized Communities.”
Register: buff.ly/PlPIlf3
To celebrate #ArtsHumanitiesMonth & kick off #OMAAwards season, we'll be highlighting the 2025 OMA Award of Achievement winners throughout October! We feature these Award Winners to champion the amazing projects, programs & professionals that make Ohio's museum community strong.
Today, we're spotlighting @KSUMuseum, winner of Best Exhibition Catalog, organizational budget over $500,000 for “A Meeting of Cultures: Fashioning North Africa.” buff.ly/2zbTBIR
Have an awesome exhibit you want to nominate for an OMA Award? Submissions are now being accepted! To learn more about the 2026 OMA awards and how to nominate your museum, visit buff.ly/2OwPkdE.
Ohio museum folks: What do YOU want to talk about at #OMA2027? We want the program to reflect the real questions, ideas, experiments, challenges, & possibilities museums are facing right now.
Proposal deadline: October 16, 2026
Submit your idea: buff.ly/7YXvl68
To celebrate #ArtsHumanitiesMonth & kick off #OMAAwards season, we'll be highlighting the 2025 OMA Award of Achievement winners throughout October! We feature these Award Winners to champion the amazing projects, programs & professionals that make Ohio's museum community strong.
Today, we're spotlighting @NMGLToledo, winner of Best Exhibition, organizational budget over $500,000 for “Dark Waters: True Crime & Mystery on the Great Lakes.” buff.ly/XowwCFT
Have an awesome exhibit you want to nominate for an OMA Award? Submissions are now being accepted! To learn more about the 2026 OMA awards and how to nominate your museum, visit buff.ly/2OwPkdE. #OhioMuseums


















