The Toledo Museum of Art (TMA) and the National Museum of the Great Lakes were both named recipients of honors from the 2019 Ohio Museum Association Awards. TMA received Awards of Achievement for Best Exhibition Catalog over $500,000 for its presentation Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture, and the Museum’s Youth & Family Programs Manager Maria Iafelice was named Emerging Professional of the Year. The Great Lakes Museum earned Visual Communication Awards for its 2019 Annual Fund Campaign and its exhibit Lake Ontario Shipwrecks: A Journey of Discovery. All winners will be recognized as part of the 2020 Ohio Museum Association Virtual Conference. 
Ohio Museum Association honors Toledo museums
