Mikko Myllykoski collected the visitor experience award for the thought-provoking “Heureka Goes Crazy” mental health exhibition conceived by Heureka (Vantaa, Finland) in cooperation with Universcience (Paris, France) and Ciência Viva (Lisbon, Portugal). Erik Jacquemyn from Technopolis (Mechelen, Belgium) received the leadership award for his role as Chair of the Science Centre World Summit 2014. The 2014 Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Awards were announced last Saturday (18 October) in Raleigh (North Carolina, USA). They are presented each year at the annual conference of our sister organization ASTC (Association of Science-Techonology Centres) “in recognition of extraordinary accomplishments in Visitor Experience, Business Practice, and Leadership in the Field that not only enhance the performance of their own institutions but also significantly advance the mission of science-technology centers and museums”.