AZA Best Exhibit Awards

[snowleopard]

Here is the full list of all the zoos and aquariums that have won AZA Exhibit Awards, and that includes both "Top Award" each year and "Significant Achievement". There are several fantastic, top 12-worthy zoos that have never won anything (Omaha, Sedgwick County and Miami) and so what is provided below is not an indictment of any zoos that are missing but rather a celebration of those that have excelled over the years in specific categories.

Bronx and Woodland Park have racked up 14 exhibit awards over the years between them, while the top two aquariums are somewhat unsurprisingly Monterey Bay and Shedd.

Updated on September 14th, and including 2012 Conference:

Zoos:

Bronx - 8 awards
Woodland Park - 6 awards
Louisville - 3
Minnesota - 3
National - 3
Oregon - 3
San Diego - 3
Brookfield - 2
Saint Louis - 2
Cincinnati - 2
Detroit - 2
Lincoln Park - 2
Toledo - 2
Philadelphia - 2
Point Defiance - 1
ASDM - 1
San Antonio - 1
Houston - 1
Brevard - 1
Los Angeles - 1
Cleveland - 1
Jacksonville - 1
Denver - 1
Cheyenne Mo. - 1
Audubon - 1
North Carolina - 1
Columbus - 1
Fort Worth - 1
Dallas - 1
Topeka - 1
Temaiken - 1
Cal. Sc. Center - 1

Aquariums:

Monterey Bay - 4
Shedd - 4
SeaWorld Orlando - 2
SeaWorld San Diego - 1
Seattle - 1
Baltimore - 1
New England - 1
H.B. Marineland - 1

 

[tschandler71]

AZA has to at least recognize Birmingham's achievement. It still seems like they are ignoring it. If any one of the AZA's "pets" had attempted an All Bull herd we would never stop hearing about it. Barely a press release of praise from the AZA and its been open 18 months.

 

[Gulo gulo]

Birmingham Zoo has to send in its own presentation on "Trails". They can easily pick up the submittal forms and enter if they so choose to do so. I admire you standing up for your Zoo, but you should take out your displeasure with them, not the AZA.

 

[Zooplantman]

Birmingham Zoo has to send in its own presentation on "Trails". They can easily pick up the submittal forms and enter if they so choose to do so. I admire you standing up for your Zoo, but you should take out your displeasure with them, not the AZA.

Yes. AZA doesn't "recognize" or send out press releases on behalf of zoos as far as I know. That is firstly the zoo's job... and they may chose not to go to the great effort, or they wait until they have shaken the newness off the exhibit in a year or two.
@tschandler71: Why not call them and ask them?