Traveling Exhibition’s “Biggest Night” was at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles
We just wrapped up another successful TREX Traveling Exhibitions Forum at the GRAMMY Museum in Los Angeles for AAM 2025. More than 250 museum professionals and exhibit providers attended this SOLD OUT event complete with rapid-fire mini presentations announcing the newest traveling exhibitions and concepts in-development—and the TREX Traveling Exhibitions Awards.
We had a blast catching up with friends, learning about new exhibitions, and celebrating achievements in traveling exhibitions. The SOLD OUT event had record attendance—and more host venues in attendance than ever before! Thank you to everyone who attended. We cannot even describe how amazing this community is that we’ve cultivated—cheering each other on and celebrating excellence in our field.
Download the TREX Forum Presentation Deck (230 slides, 106MB)
Download the TREX Forum Speaker List
If you missed the event—or want to relive the awesomeness—you can watch the video here.
Thank you to our event sponsors for their generous support: Imagine, Semmel Exhibitions, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Exhibition Hub, Flying Fish Exhibits, Ripley’s Believe It or Not!, The Relayer Group, Minotaur Mazes, MuseumsParner, Stage 9 Exhibits, Mad Systems, Monadnock, Ravenswood Studio
Congratulations to the 2025 TREX Traveling Exhibition Award Winners!
The TREX Traveling Exhibition Awards recognize excellence in the field of traveling exhibitions. We inducted 3rd annual award winners who were honored amongst some amazing nominees. These awards were peer nominated and peer selected—and we couldn’t be more thrilled for the winners and nominees. Please congratulate our award winners and make sure to check out these incredible exhibitions!
- Most Innovative Interactive Experience: I AM WILD: A Charley Harper Exhibit, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh
- Best Topic Interpretation: Uniquely Us, The DoSeum
- Best Host Museum Crew: COSI
- Best New Traveling Exhibition: In Slavery’s Wake: Making Black Freedom in the World, Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Traveling Exhibition Champion: Daniel Guyton, OMSI
TREX Traveling Exhibits Community
TREX is a hub for traveling exhibition professionals that is powered by Museum EXP. The site, traveling-exhibits.com, hosts a searchable database of traveling exhibitions connecting museum host venues and exhibition providers. Museum EXP helps support the community by organizing professional networking events like the Traveling Exhibitions Forum and by compiling traveling exhibition research and reports.