Museum Planning, Museum Design, Visitor Center Design, Exhibit Design Awards

2009	2009 Best International Project, Museums and Heritage Awards Newseum 2009 Honor Award, Society for Environmental Design Newseum Outstanding Achievement Museum, 15th Annual THEA Award Newseum 2009 Merit Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design 1961 Freedom Rides at Montgomery Bus Station 2009 "Doing a Lot With a Little" Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design 1961 Freedom Rides at Montgomery Bus Station Environmental Graphics, Communication Arts Magazine, Design Annual 50 John Lennon: The New York City Years Gold Winner, Best Graphical Treatment, 2009 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine Mandela Day 2009 Gold Winner, Best Corporate Permanent Installation, 2009 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine Samsung d'light Silver Winner, Best Museum Environment, 2009 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine U.S. Capitol Visitor Center Silver Award, 2009 5th Annual Davey Awards Mandela Day 2009 Exhibition Website Silver Award, 39th Annual Creativity Awards John Lennon: The New York City Years Silver Award, 39th Annual Creativity Awards Chemical Heritage Foundation Silver Award, 39th Annual Creativity Awards Mandela Day 2009 Exhibition Website 2009 Nomination for the 2010 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany Newseum 2009 Library of the Future Award, American Library Association/Information Today, Inc. The Learning Curve, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library



2008	2008 Award for Environmental Design, GE Edison Award Competition Adventure Science Center Gold Winner, 2008 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine Best Museum Environment, Newseum Gold Winner, 2008 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine Best Outdoor Consumer Event/Exhibit/Environment, "Water, Unique Resource" Gold Award, Exhibits, Graphis Design Annual 2009 National World War I Museum 2008 Regional Design Annual, Print Magazine The Learning Curve, Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library. 2008 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design, Industrial Designers Society of America National World War I Museum Finalist, 2008 Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design, Industrial Designers Society of America Craig Thomas Discovery Center 2008 AIA National Honor Award Architecture, to ASAI Architecture National World War I Museum



2007	2007 Merit Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design Exhibit Design/Museums, The Museum of the Portuguese Language 2007 Merit Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design Exhibit Design/Museums, National World War I Museum *2007 Regional Design Annual, Print* Magazine National World War I Museum Award of Merit, International Association of Lighting Designers, 2007 The Museum of the Portuguese Language Silver Winner, 2007 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine Best Permanent Installation, The MobiGlobe at Autostadt Silver Winner, 2007 Event Design Awards, Event Design Magazine** Best Museum Environment, The Museum of the Portuguese Language



2006	Applied Arts Awards Annual 2005/2006 Environmental Design, "Alexander Hamilton: The Man Who Made Modern American," New York Historical Society Applied Arts Awards Annual 2005/2006 Environmental Design, Clinton Presidential Library 2005/2006 Gulbenkian Award, London Finalist, Foundling Museum 2005/2006 Civic Trust Award UK Architectural and Environmental Design, Foundling Museum 2005/2006 Civic Trust Award UK Architectural and Environmental Design, World Music Gallery, Horniman Museum *"The Best of NYC," Time Out New York - Kids, May-June 2006* Selected Best Permanent Museum Exhibit, Dinosaur Halls, American Museum of Natural History *"The Best Secret Museums," Time Out London, June 7-14, 2006* The Foundling Museum The Horniman Museum *Award of Excellence, Communication Arts* Magazine, 2006 Environmental Graphics, Design Annual 47, "The Greatest Fairy Tale: The Amazing Life and Story of Hans Christian Andersen" 2006 GOOD DESIGN Award, Chicago Athenaeum "The Greatest Fairy Tale: The Amazing Life and Story of Hans Christian Andersen" Silver Award, 36th Annual Creativity Awards Edison Matrix Galler and Conference Center Award, 36th Annual Creativity Awards** Environmental Graphics, Singapore Discovery Centre



2005	Graphis Design Annual 2005 Exhibits, History Wall/Children's Hospital and New York-Presbyterian Hospital Applied Arts Awards Annual 2004/2005 Environmental/Signage Design, The National Constitution Center Honor Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design Design/Museum Environments, The National Constitution Center Honor Award, Society for Environmental Graphic Design Design/Museum Environments, "Voices" Forum Barcelona 2004 Honorable Mention Award, 2005 I.D. Annual Design Review Environment, "Voices" Forum Barcelona 2004 2005 Jury's Special Award, National Cultural Bureau, People's Republic of China Deng Xiaoping Memorial Museum 2005 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA), Idustrial Designers Society of American Museum Exhibits and Set Design, Clinton Presidential Library 2005 Nomination for the 2006 Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany "The Queen's Own: Stampts That Changed the World," National Postal Museum



2004	2004 Good Design award, Chicago Athenaeum "Voices" Forum Barcelona 2004 2004 Good Design award, Chicago Athenaeum "The Queen's Own: Stamps That Changed the World" Technology Integration in Modern Architecture Architech magazine, 2004 to Electrosonic for: The National Constitution Center Environmental Graphic Design, 365 AIGA Annual Design Competitions 25, 2004 The National Constitution Center Society for Environmental Graphic Design, 2004 Conference and Expo The National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Special recognition to Ralph Appelbaum Special Award for Mosaic Design and Installation Ceramic Tiles of Italy Design Competition 2004, Assopiastrelle (The Association of Italian Ceramic Tile Manufacturers) and the Italian Trade Commission Rose Center for Earth and Space 2004 Merit Award, Exhibition Design/Museum Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design National Museum of Prehistory



2003	2003 Society for Environmental Graphic Design Exhibit of select award winners of last decade American Institute of Graphic Arts, New York, New York Steuben Flagship Store "50 Years of TV and More" Rose Center for Earth and Space Hall of Biodiversity Corning Museum of Glass United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 2003 Merit Award, Exhibition Design/Museum Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design National Civil Rights Museum Expansion 2003 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design, Industrial Designers Society of America American Folk Art Museum 2003 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design, Industrial Designers Society of America National Civil Rights Museum Expansion Applied Arts Awards Annual 2002/2003 Environmental/Signage Design Museum of World Religions Applied Arts Awards Annual 2002/2003 Environmental/Signage Design Liberty Memorial Museum Commendation, Exhibition Design, The Civic Trust (UK) Royal Academy of Music



2002	2002 Honor Award, Exhibition Design/Museum Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design Corning Museum of Glass, Phase III Merit Award, The Art Directors Club 81st Annual Awards, 2002 American Folk Art Museum



2001	Award of Excellence, Environmental Graphics, Design Annual 42 Communication Arts magazine, 2001 Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum 2001 "Legend" Award, from Pratt Institute Ralph Appelbaum Design Distinction Award, Environment, 2001 I.D. Annual Design Review "50 Years of TV and More" Honorable Mention Award, Environment, 2001 I.D. Annual Design Review Rose Center for Earth and Space 2001 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design Industrial Designers Society of America "50 Years of TV and More" 2001 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Museum Exhibits and Set Design Industrial Designers Society of America Rose Center for Earth and Space 2001 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Showrooms/Retail Merchandising Industrial Designers Society of America Steuben Flagship Store Merit Award, The Art Directors Club 80th Annual Awards, 2001 "Fifty Years of TV and More" Distinctive Merit Award, The Art Directors Club 80th Annual Awards, 2001 Rose Center for Earth and Space 2001 Merit Award, Exhibition Design/Museum Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design Rose Center for Earth and Space 2001 Honor Award, Retail/Commercial Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design Steuben Flagship Store 2001 Honor Award, Exhibition Design/Museum Environments Society for Environmental Graphic Design "Fifty Years of TV and More" The 2nd Big Book of Logos, Hearst Publications Logo 2001 Competition The Intel Museum Applied Arts Awards Annual 2000/2001 Environmental/Signage Design The Intel Museum Applied Arts Awards Annual 2000/2001 Environmental/Signage Design Steuben Flagship Store



2000	National Design Award, Communications Design, National Design Awards 2000 Smithsonian Institution's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Ralph Appelbaum 2000 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design The Intel Museum 2000 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design "Millennial Dreams," Museum of American Folk Art 2000 Merit Award Society for Environmental Graphic Design Exhibition Design/Museum Environments The Corning Museum of Glass Fellow, 2000, Society for Environmental Graphic Design May conference, Portland, Oregon Ralph Appelbaum Designer of the Year Interiors Magazine, January 2000 Ralph Appelbaum Applied Arts Awards Annual 1999/2000 Environmental/Signage Design "Discovering Madison," Montpelier, National Trust for Historic Preservation



1999	1999 Bronze Award, Designs of the Decade Industrial Designers Society of America Glass Innovation Center, The Corning Museum of Glass Award of Excellence, Design Annual 40 Communication Arts magazine, 1999 Environmental Graphics "Discovering Madison," Montpelier Award of Excellence, Design Annual 40 Communication Arts magazine, 1999 Company Literature/Catalog: Exhibition Catalog for "Hands + Minds: The Art and Writing of Young People in 20th Century America" Corcoran Gallery and national tour 1999 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design Vietnam Era Educational Center Design Distinction Award 1999 I.D. Annual Design Review Environment Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History Merit Award, 1999, Society for Environmental Graphic Design Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History 1999 Award for Contributions to the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Ralph Appelbaum Applied Arts Awards Annual Environmental/Signage, 1999, vol. 14, no. 1 "America's Concentration Camps," Japanese American National Museum presented at the Ellis Island Immigration Museum Applied Arts Awards Annual Environmental/Signage, 1999, vol. 14, no. 1 Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History The Critics' Choice Awards Exhibition, Travel + Leisure, January 1999 Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History Digital Design & Illustration Annual 7 Print magazine, 1999 Catalogue for "Hands & Minds: The Art and Writing of Young People in 20th Century America" honoring the 75th Annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Corcoran Gallery and national tour



1998	Rowena Reed Kostellow Award, for design excellence, 1998 Ralph Appelbaum 1998 Award of Distinction, Creativity 28 Signage/Environmental Graphics "The World We Create," Louisville Science Center Book Design 2, 1998, Graphis Catalogue "What Price Freedom" at The New York Public Library "Monument" Award, 1998 Society for Environmental Graphic Design Ralph Appelbaum Honorable Mention Award 1998 I.D. Annual Design Review Environment The Newseum Honor Award, 1998, Design Awards Competition Society for Environmental Graphic Design Leisure Environments The Newseum Merit Award, 1998, Design Awards Competition Society for Environmental Graphic Design Leisure Environments Fourth-Floor Fossil Halls, American Museum of Natural History 1998 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design The Newseum Special Structural Cultural Award, Public Works Projects of the Year American Public Works Association (APWA) Museum of African American History Member, Governor's Commission Honoring the Achievements of Women / New York State 1997-1998 Ralph Appelbaum 1998 Award of Excellence, Communication Arts Environmental Graphics Hall of Biodiversity, American Museum of Natural History



1997	Presidential Award for Design Excellence, 1997 United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1997 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design Martin Luther King, Jr., Visitors Center, National Park Service 1997 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design "Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers," Holocaust Museum Houston Merit Award, The Art Directors Club 76th Annual Awards, 1997 Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Orientation Center and Hall of Vertebrate Origins, American Museum of Natural History Merit Award, The Art Directors Club 76th Annual Awards, 1997 "Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers," Holocaust Museum Houston



1996	Finalist, Decima Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura, Quito, Ecuador biennial exhibition and competition of selected architectural works from countries throughout the Americas, via Beyer Blinder Belle 1996: Holocaust Museum Houston Award of Excellence, Design Annual 37 Communication Arts magazine, 1996 Environmental Graphics Holocaust Museum Houston I.D. Design Distinction Award in Environments 1996 I.D. Annual Design Review Dinosaur Halls, American Museum of Natural History 1996 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design Dinosaur Halls, American Museum of Natural History 1996 Bronze Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design "What Price Freedom," New York Public Library Citation, International Association of Lighting Designers Lighting Awards, 1996 Fourth-Floor Fossil Halls, American Museum of Natural History 1996 Lumen Citation, Illuminating Engineering Society - New York Section Fourth-Floor Fossil Halls, American Museum of Natural History



1995	Best of What's New Award: The Year's 100 Greatest Achievements in Science and Technology Eighth Annual Awards, Popular Science magazine, 1995 Dinosaur Halls, American Museum of Natural History Award of Excellence, Design Annual 36 Communication Arts magazine, 1995 Environmental Graphics Dinosaur Halls, American Museum of Natural History Award of Excellence, Design Annual 36 Communication Arts magazine, 1995 Environmental Graphics "Liberation 1945," United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary) degree Massachusetts College of Art, May 1995 Ralph Appelbaum 1995 Silver Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, American Museum of Natural History Federal Design Achievement Award National Endowment for the Arts, 1995 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Best of What's New Award: The Year's 100 Greatest Achievements in Science and Technology Seventh Annual Awards, Popular Science magazine Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, American Museum of Natural History



1994	American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design: USA, 1994 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design: USA, 1994 "Culture and Continuity: The Jewish Journey," The Jewish Museum American Graphic Design Award, Graphic Design: USA, 1994 Computer rendering, "Dream Walk," "The World We Create," Louisville Science Center Top honors, Sixth Annual AAM Exhibition Awards American Association of Museums, 1994 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Award of Excellence, Design Annual 35 Communication Arts magazine, 1994 Environmental Graphics Lila Acheson Wallace Wing of Mammals and Their Extinct Relatives, American Museum of Natural History Honor Award, 1994, Design Awards Competition Society for Environmental Graphic Design Leisure Environments Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum 1994 Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award Industrial Designers Society of America Museum Exhibits and Set Design Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Certificate of Merit 73rd National/8th International Art Directors Club Competition, 1994 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Best of Category, 1994 I.D. Annual Design Review Environments permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Award of Excellence, Design Annual 34 Communication Arts magazine, 1993 Environmental Graphics Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum



1993	*interiors Awards, Best in Institutional Design, Interiors* magazine, 1993 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Casebooks 10** Print magazine, 1993 Permanent exhibition, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum



1992	1992 "Pratt Plus" Award, Pratt Institute Ralph Appelbaum



1985	Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Casebooks Print magazine, 1985 "Native Peoples of the Southwest," The Heard Museum 1985 I.D. Annual Design Review "Native Peoples of the Southwest," The Heard Museum Award of Excellence, Design Annual Communication Arts magazine, 1985 Environmental Graphics "Native Peoples of the Southwest," The Heard Museum



1981	Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Casebooks Print magazine, 1980/81 "Fossils of New Mexico," traveling exhibit for the State of New Mexico Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Casebooks Print magazine, 1980/81 "Native Peoples of the Colorado Plateau," Museum of Northern Arizona Lumen award, Illuminating Engineering Society, 1980/81 "Native Peoples of the Colorado Plateau," Museum of Northern Arizona



1980	Certificate of Design Excellence, Print Casebooks Print magazine, 1979/80 "Great Treasures of the City," American Museum of Natural History 1980 Honor award, interiors and electronic exhibits CSA/American Institute of Architects, 1978 United States Coast Guard Academy Visitors Pavilion