The Museum at Bethel Woods is Honored with Two Prestigious Awards

Friday, 27 November 2009 By leni

BETHEL, N.Y. – The Museum at Bethel Woods is proud to accept two new international awards for excellence, the 2009 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement: Museum, and Creativity + Commerce: Print magazine’s International Business Graphics Prize.

The Themed Entertainment Association (TEA) announced on November 18 that The Museum at Bethel Woods has been voted a recipient of its highest honor, the 2009 Thea Award for Outstanding Achievement: Museum. The Thea Awards are presented to projects that represent international excellence in the creation and production of compelling places and experiences and themed visitor attractions. TEA is the non-profit association representing the world’s leading creators, developers, designers and producers of compelling places and experience. Previous winners include the Newseum, Walt Disney World, and the 2008 Summer Olympics Opening Ceremonies. The 16^th annual Thea Awards black-tie gala will be held on March 6, 2010 at the Globe Theater, Universal Studios, California.

Additionally, the six digital interactives in The Museum at Bethel Woods main exhibit and The Museum Shop, produced by Second Story Productions, of Portland, Oregon, were recognized for excellence by Print magazine. They were selected for Creativity + Commerce: Print magazine’s International Business Graphics Prize and further honored by being featured in a special section of the magazine’s October issue.

“These awards highlight the content, quality and interactive excitement that make The Museum at Bethel Woods such a moving and engaging experience. Our museum development team did a remarkable job creating the exhibit, and we are delighted to be recognized by such distinguished organizations and included in such esteemed company,” remarked Darlene Fedun, C.O.O. Bethel Woods Center for the Arts.

About Bethel Woods Center for the Arts The not-for-profit Bethel Woods Center for the Arts mission is to enrich, promote and improve the quality of life in our community through culture, education, history and the arts. Located approximately 90 miles from New York City at the site of the original 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY, the state of the art 15,000-seat outdoor performing arts venue and award-winning Museum at Bethel Woods are set within 2,000 bucolic acres in Sullivan County. For more information on Bethel Woods please visit http//www.bethelwoodscenter.org.

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