Awards
| Date/Location | Edgar L. Hewett Award for Excellence - Individual(s) | Edgar L. Hewett Award for Excellence - Institution(s) | Volunteer(s) of the Year |
| 2020 Online | Hiatus due to COVID-19 | ||
| 2018 Taos | Lisa Pugh - Deputy Director, New Mexico Farm & Ranch Heritage Museum | Bill Siders, Roswell Museum & Art Center Sharon Snyder, Los Alamos Historical Society | |
| 2017 Los Alamos | Lucy Lippard | Beezy Bing, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture | |
| 2016 Santa Fe | Jim Enote - Director, A:shiwi A:wan Museum & Heritage Center | Lloyd Kiva New Project | Joe Cancellare, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science |
| 2015 Carlsbad | Julia Clifton - Curator, Archaeological Research Collections, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Ginger Moore - Volunteer, Lincoln Historic Site | El Palacio Palace Print Shop & Bindery Museum of New Mexico Press | Willi Jung & Phil Porter, Carlsbad Museum & Art Center |
| 2014 Lubbock, TX (w/ TAM) | |||
| 2013 Las Cruces | Christine Mather Laurie Rufe - Former Director, Roswell Museum & Art Center | New Mexico Arts | Jennifer Duff |
2012 Albuquerque | Dody Fugate - Assistant Curator of Archaeological Research Collections, Museum of Indian Arts & Culture Maurine McMillan - Director, Harvey House Museum Mimi Roberts - Director for Media Projects, New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs | New Mexico Humanities Council | Art Encinias |
| 2011 Farmington | Sue Sturtevant - Director, Hill-Stead Museum (formerly with DCA) | Palace of the Governors Photo Archives | |
| 2010 Las Vegas | Louise Stiver - Past President, New Mexico Association of Museum Dr. Jim Harris - Director, Lea County Museum | New Mexico Holocaust Museum | |
| 2009 Santa Fe | Thomas Livesay - Former Director, Museum of New Mexico | New Mexico History Museum | |
| 2008 Roswell | Dr. Helen Lucero - Former Director, National Hispanic Cultural Center | ||
| 2007 Silver City | Wesley Rusnell - Curator of Collections, Roswell Museum & Art Center | ||
| 2006 Taos | Susan Berry - Director, Silver City Museum | Albuquerque Museum of Art & History | |
| 2005 Albuquerque | Jim Walther - Director, National Museum of Nuclear Science & History | Carlsbad Museum & Art Center | |
| 2004 Grants | Patricia Garcia Miles - Mesilla Valley Museum Consortium | Grants County Chamber of Commerce & the New Mexico Mining Museum | |
| 2003 Las Cruces | Mr. & Mrs. Dean Irwin | TREX: The Traveling Exhibitions Program of the Museum of New Mexico | |
| 2002 Taos | Dr. James Moore - Director, Albuquerque Museum of Art & History | Taos Museum Association | |
| 2001 Ruidoso | Dr. Peter Walch - Director, University of New Mexico Art Museum | R D & Joan Dale Hubbard Foundation | |
| 2000 Albuquerque | Dr. Edson Way - Office of Cultural Affairs | McCune Foundation | |
| 1999 Santa Fe | Museum of New Mexico Foundation | ||
| 1998 Farmington | BHP Minerals - New Mexico Operations | ||
| 1997 Las Cruces | J Paul & Mary Taylor | ||
| 1996 Taos | Jose Lizarraga - Executive Advisor, Mexican Cultural Center | ||
| 1995 Las Vegas | Donald B Anderson - Businessman, artist, & founding patron of Roswell Museum Artists-in-Residence Program | R J Bailie - Untitled Fine Arts Services | |
| 1994 Roswell | Rick Homans - Publisher, Albuquerque Monthly Magazine & President, Board of the Albuquerque Children's Museum | ||
| 1993 Los Alamos | Frank Zoretich - Columnist, Albuquerque Journal's Cheap Thrills Adventure Club | ||
| 1992 Silver City | James "Mack" Griffin - Volunteer, Sacramento Mountains Historical Society (posthumously awarded) | ||
| 1991 Santa Fe |
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