Lower Eastern Shore Heritage Awards
The Beach to Bay Heritage Council recognizes exemplary individuals, organizations, exhibits, programs and products that contribute significantly to the community by interpreting, promoting, preserving, researching or supporting our historical legacy. Each year, BTBHA looks to the public to submit nominations in the Heritage Awards categories. Nominations are reviewed and winning nominees chosen by a special review committee. The awardees are then revealed and honored at the BTBHA Annual Luncheon Meeting.
Past Heritage Award Winners
We encourage you to review our past awardees. The current Heritage Award nomination form is available for download here.
Heritage Award Categories
Heritage Interpreter of the Year: This award recognizes a heritage interpreter - a docent, educator, tour guide, or volunteer - who provides outstanding educational information to the public. Only one person from each heritage site or organization may be nominated in this category.
Heritage Interpretation: This award recognizes outstanding heritage interpretation or a heritage tourism product and is awarded to the sponsoring organization. Eligible products include exhibits, self guided or guided tours, videos or other media projects, interpretive brochures, publications and websites. Samples (or images, if appropriate) of the nominated product must accompany the nomination.
Heritage Tourism Program or Event: This award recognizes an outstanding heritage event (annual, special or ongoing), lecture series, or other program that makes local heritage come alive. The program or event must have taken place within the past three years. A heritage program or event informs, educates, and celebrates some aspect of local heritage.
Best New Heritage Initiative: This award recognizes programs, events or products that represent new initiatives achieved in the last year by an individual or organization that educate the public by expanding understanding of or access to the area's rich heritage.
Tee O'Connor Heritage Professional Award: This award recognizes an individual author, archaeologist, architect, curator, historian, landscape designer, preservationist, researcher, or other heritage professional for significant contributions to local history or heritage tourism. Nominees may reside elsewhere, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area. Supporting documentation for this award category should include a curriculum vitae or resume, a book, an article, or other appropriate work sample.
Legacy Award: This award recognizes an individual or group who continues or preserves a traditional craft or livelihood - a craftsperson, waterman, farmer, quilter, musician, boat builder, etc. Nominees may reside outside the heritage area, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area.
Heritage Award: This award recognizes an individual or organization for significant and long lasting contributions to the community by interpreting, preserving, promoting, researching, or supporting local history and heritage. Nominees may reside elsewhere, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area.
Past Heritage Award Winners
We encourage you to review our past awardees. The current Heritage Award nomination form is available for download here.
Heritage Award Categories
Heritage Interpreter of the Year: This award recognizes a heritage interpreter - a docent, educator, tour guide, or volunteer - who provides outstanding educational information to the public. Only one person from each heritage site or organization may be nominated in this category.
Heritage Interpretation: This award recognizes outstanding heritage interpretation or a heritage tourism product and is awarded to the sponsoring organization. Eligible products include exhibits, self guided or guided tours, videos or other media projects, interpretive brochures, publications and websites. Samples (or images, if appropriate) of the nominated product must accompany the nomination.
Heritage Tourism Program or Event: This award recognizes an outstanding heritage event (annual, special or ongoing), lecture series, or other program that makes local heritage come alive. The program or event must have taken place within the past three years. A heritage program or event informs, educates, and celebrates some aspect of local heritage.
Best New Heritage Initiative: This award recognizes programs, events or products that represent new initiatives achieved in the last year by an individual or organization that educate the public by expanding understanding of or access to the area's rich heritage.
Tee O'Connor Heritage Professional Award: This award recognizes an individual author, archaeologist, architect, curator, historian, landscape designer, preservationist, researcher, or other heritage professional for significant contributions to local history or heritage tourism. Nominees may reside elsewhere, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area. Supporting documentation for this award category should include a curriculum vitae or resume, a book, an article, or other appropriate work sample.
Legacy Award: This award recognizes an individual or group who continues or preserves a traditional craft or livelihood - a craftsperson, waterman, farmer, quilter, musician, boat builder, etc. Nominees may reside outside the heritage area, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area.
Heritage Award: This award recognizes an individual or organization for significant and long lasting contributions to the community by interpreting, preserving, promoting, researching, or supporting local history and heritage. Nominees may reside elsewhere, but the work must take place within and contribute to the heritage area.
