The 390th Memorial Museum has been recognized for excellence. It focuses on the B-17 aircraft’s role in WWII.

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  •  390th Memorial Museum: The museum has been recognized for excellence, having passed the American Alliance of Museums’ Core Documents Verification. Approximately 3 percent of America’s museums have achieved this result. The American Alliance of Museums verified that the 390th Memorial Museum has an educational mission as well as ethics, planning, emergency and collections stewardship policies in place that reflect the highest standards of professional museum practice. Serving to provide a window on the WWII air war over Europe through a memorial to the efforts of the 390th Bombardment Group, the 390th Memorial Museum is located at the Pima Air & Space Museum.
  •  Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.: CPLC honored three community leaders who have made an impact on Southern Arizona through excellence in education and economic development. The honorees were community activist Rebecca Quintero, mathematician William Yslas Vélez, and the Tohono O’odham Nation.

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