The Martha’s Vineyard Museum received an Excellence Award from the New England Museum Association for its exhibit this summer honoring the 50th anniversary of Jaws.

Jaws at 50: A Deeper Dive greeted more than 25,000 visitors from all over the world who feasted on movie props and memorabilia, along with oral history interviews, making it the most successful exhibit the museum has ever produced.

Curators Anna Barber and Kate Logue, and research librarian A. Bowdoin (Bow) Van Riper, were recognized by the award, which goes to museum professionals each year who demonstrate creativity and a sustained commitment to serving the public.

“We are pleased to acknowledge the winners’ accomplishments as examples of leadership and service to the museum field and beyond,” said NEMA’s director of membership Amy Peters Clark.

Smaller version of the exhibit continues through Dec. 31.

Ray Ewing

Smaller version of the exhibit continues through Dec. 31.

Ray Ewing

The Jaws exhibition was noted for taking what many know only as a Hollywood blockbuster and focusing it on the Island community, which played a key role in the movie’s production.

“We had so much fun this summer, being able to share the story with all of the members of the community, and particularly the Jaws fans who came from [all] over the world,” Ms. Barber said. “But to have an award from the museum community was something I think that was particularly special.”

One of Ms. Barber’s favorite parts of the exhibition was a room highlighting locals such as Roy Campbell, who drove a support boat while filming the ocean scenes, and Lynn Murphy, whose marine repair skills helped the crew fix mechanical issues.

Oral history interviews done by Linsey Lee with Vineyard locals who acted in the film were also a key part of the exhibit, including Craig Kingsbury, who starred as the fisherman Ben Gardner, and Lee Fierro, who played Mrs. Kintner in one of the film’s most emotional scenes — when she slapped Chief Brody (played by Roy Scheider) after her son was killed by the shark.

“From the beginning, we wanted to make sure that we were able to share the most important part, which was without the people here on the Island and without the Island, there would be no Jaws,” Ms. Barber said.

Island community played an important role.

Ray Ewing

Island community played an important role.

Ray Ewing

The exhibit was open from May 24 to Sept. 7 and brought more visitors to the museum over a three-month period than any previous exhibit accomplished in a full year.

The Jaws frenzy spread across the entire top floor of the museum where guests could see a fan-made replica of the Orca, Quint’s shark fishing vessel, the original yellow barrels used to track and tire the shark, and the lifeless head of Ben Gardner, made famous in one of the movie’s jump scare moments.

The exhibition continued downstairs where visitors could take photos beside a life-sized replica of Bruce the shark’s head — the unruly mechanical beast that bedeviled director Steven Spielberg.

A scaled-down version of the exhibition titled Jaws at 50: An Island Story will continue in the Beim Gallery until Dec. 31. The Bruce replica will have a permanent home in the barn outside the museum.

Ms. Barber said that as she reflects on the year, she feels lucky to have participated in such a historic moment.

“It was wonderful to be able to kind of brag a little bit about our home, about the Island, and share stories about who we are,” Ms. Barber said. “Especially because the Island is still so much the Island as it was when it was represented as Amity in that movie.”