Johan Reinhard has received several awards for his research in the Andes, including the Rolex Award for Enterprise in 1987, the Puma de Oro (Bolivia's highest award in the field of archaeology) in 1992, and the Gold Medal of the city of Arequipa (Peru) in 1996. In 1997 he was twice noted in the Guinness Book of Records. His book for young adults on his discovery of the Ice Maiden was selected as an Outstanding Book in 1998 by the Junior Library Guild. In 2000 he was selected by Outside magazine as one of today's 25 most extraordinary explorers, and in 2001 the Ford Motor Company chose him as one of twelve Heroes for the Planet. In 2002 his finds of the frozen Inca mummies were highlighted by Time in their book Great Discoveries about the world's most important finds from all fields of science. He received the prestigious Explorers Medal of the Explorers Club in 2002 for his contributions to the field of exploration. Three museums have been built to exhibit the archaeological finds made during his expeditions: the Museo Santuarios Andinos (Museum of Andean Sanctuaries) in Arequipa, Peru; the Museo de Arqueologia de Alta Montana (MAAM) (Museum of High Mountain Archaeology) in Salta, Argentina; and a site museum in the village of Challapampa, Island of the Sun, Lake Titicaca, Bolivia. In 2017 he received the Sir Edmund Hillary Mountain Legacy Medal, for archeological discoveries and scholarship in the Himalayas and the Andes.