The MUSE awards were announced at AAM this week, and the list represents an interesting overview of museum technology activity.

Here's a project that wasn't recognised [something that surprised me a bit]: The milti-touch tables at the Denver Art Museum.

Each year Museums and the Web recognises the best work in museum web design and development in the Best of the Web competition. A panel of judges reviews sites nominated by the community, and selects sites in a number of categories.

Here are the winners. Congratulations to the sites named below (with comments from the Best of the Web 2008 panel).

Nominations are now being accepted for the Museums and the Web 2008: Best of the Web competition.

Museum Web sites from around the world may be nominated, provided they have been launched or significantly updated in 2007. Sites will be reviewed by an independent panel of judges, and awards made at the twelfth annual Museums and the Web Conference, in Montréal, Canada, April 9-12, 2008.

Categories are:

• On-line Exhibition
• Educational Site
• Museum Professional's Site
• Research Site
• Online Community or Service
• Podcast (Audio / Video)
• Innovative or Experimental Site
• Small*
• Best Overall Museum Site, selected by the judges from all of the sites nominated.

Since 1997 we've run a Best of the Web competition at the Museums and the Web conference. As we begin the run-up for the 2008 competition, i'm wondering what your thoughts are about the usefulness of the BoW.

Is the competition helpful to you? Do you learn something from looking at the results? Are there things about it you would change (like the Categories or the Criteria?)

Let us know what you think! We'll make adjustments to the BoW for 2008 that reflect consensus.

Thanks.

jennifer

Every year, the community nominates sites to be considered for the Best of the Web awards.