Exhibition of the Year
o Song Dong: I don’t know the mandate of heaven at Rockbund Art Museum (Shanghai, China)
o Martin Creed: Say Cheese! at Museum Voorlinden (Wassenaar, Netherlands)
o Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors at Hirshhorn Museum (Washington DC, USA)
Museum Architecture of the Year
o Museum of Art, Architecture, and Technology (Lisbon, Portugal)
o Etihad Museum (Dubai, UAE)
o The King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia)
Museum Restaurant of the Year
o Fotografiska (Stockholm, Sweden)
o Musee des Confluences (Lyon, France)
o Nanjing Museum (Nanjing Bowuyuan, China)
Museum Shop of the Year
o Museum of Old and New Art (Hobart, Australia)
o Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, USA)
o Anchorage Museum (Anchorage, USA)
Digital Museum of the Year
o Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum (New York, USA)
o American Museum of Natural History (New York, USA)
o British Museum (London, UK)
Best New Museum of the Year – Middle East/ UAE / Africa
o National Museum of Egyptian Civilisation (Cairo, Egypt)
o Etihad Museum (Dubai, UAE)
Best New Museum of the Year – Asia / Pacific
o MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
o Fosun Foundation (Shanghai, China)
o Jiangsu Art Museum (Nanjing, China)
Best New Museum of the Year – Europe
o Centro Botín (Santander, Spain)
o Design Museum (London, UK)
o Museum Barberini (Potsdam, Germany)
Best New Museum of the Year – North America
o Marciano Foundation (Los Angeles, USA)
o Museum of the American Revolution (Philadelphia, USA)
o Tippet Rise Art Center (Fishtail, USA)
Best New Museum of the Year – South & Central America
o Museo del Holocausto (Guatemala City, Guatemala)
o Museo Internacional del Barroco (Puebla, Mexico)
o Casa Wabi (Puerto Escondido, Mexico)
Best Soft Power Cultural Organisation Award, presented by Valletta 2018
o Toronto International Film Festival (Toronto, Canada)
o Papalote Museo del Nino (Mexico City, Mexico)
o Museum of Tolerance (Los Angeles, USA)
Best Soft Power Cultural Activation Award, presented by Valletta 2018
o Queensland Museum, World Science Festival Brisbane (Brisbane, Australia)
o Davis Museum at Wellesley College, Art Less: The Davis without Immigrants (Wellesley, USA)
o Cultural Journalism Campus (Wan Chai, Hong Kong)
Best Soft Power Cultural District Award, presented by Valletta 2018
o Forest Park (St. Louis, USA)
o Poblenou Urban District (Barcelona, Spain)
o Watts Tower Arts Center (Los Angeles, USA)
Best Art Hotel of the Year, presented by Avis
o 21c Hotels (various, USA)
o The Walled Off Hotel (Bethlehem)
o Beaumont Hotel (London, UK)
Best Emerging Culture City of the Year, presented by Avis
o Athens, Greece
o Montpellier, France
o Tong Li, China
‘Climate Smart Award’, in partnership with SUNx
o ART + CLIMATE = CHANGE 2017, Climarte (Melbourne, Australia)
o Climate Control at Manchester Museum (Manchester, UK)
o Changing Earth, The Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, USA)