AMaGA 2024 Awards Winners, Australian Museums & Galleries Association, 17 September 2024
Winners of the 2024 AMaGA Awards were announced at the Australian Museums and Galleries Association’s National Conference, held on Wadawurrung Country, on Tuesday 17 September at The Goods Shed – an iconic Ballarat venue.
The AMaGAs have been meticulously designed to serve as a platform for inspiring and acknowledging social impact and innovation within Australia’s museum and gallery sector. Throughout the long history of this peer-reviewed initiative, the awards have highlighted excellence in the sector, ranging from publications and branding projects to exhibitions and public programming.
Hosted by filmmaker, historian and author Santilla Chingaipe, Nineteen awards were presented at the ceremony outlining the individual and organisational achievements of Australia’s vibrant museum and gallery community.
ART OF EXPRESSION AWARD
WINNER: Maitland Regional Art Gallery | CrownLand
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MOD. | Broken
DIGITAL INTERFACE AWARD
WINNER: Australian National Maritime Museum | Garrigarrang Garaguru: Saltwater Cloud
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Art Gallery of Ballarat | Art Gallery of Ballarat Website
EXCELLENCE IN PRINT AWARD
GROUP ONE
WINNER: Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Sleep My Horse …… 5 August 1956 | Noel McKenna
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Maitland Regional Art Gallery | Upriver Downriver
GROUP TWO
WINNER: National Gallery of Victoria | Melbourne Now 2023
WINNER: National Gallery of Australia | Cressida Campbell
GROUP THREE
WINNER: Chau Chak Wing Museum | MUSE Magazine
KIDS IN PRINT AWARD
WINNER: National Museum of Australia | The Bunyip and the Stars
MOVING IMAGE AWARD
WINNER: Museums Victoria | Science is a Superpower
VIRTUAL CANVAS AWARD
WINNER: Murrook Cultural Centre | Experience Murrook, Change Forever: The Worimi Story
COMMUNITY CONNECTION AWARD
GROUP ONE
WINNER: Australian Museum | Her Name is Nanny Nellie
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Tasmanian Aviation Historical Society | Flying by the Seat of Their Pants
GROUP TWO
WINNER: Yarra Ranges Regional Museum | Hard Place/Good Place: Yarra Ranges
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Project Zone Pty Ltd | Wellington Caves Complex – Digging Deep Time
GROUP THREE
WINNER: Australian Museum | Wansolmoana Exhibition Engagement
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Babinda Museum | Building Babinda Museum
EXHIBITING EXCELLENCE
GROUP ONE
WINNER: Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Orange Regional Museum | Mulaa Giilang: Wiradjuri Stories of the Night Sky
GROUP TWO
WINNER: State Library of NSW | Pride [R]evolution
GROUP THREE
WINNER: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country
HIGHLY COMMENDED: MOD. | Broken
FIRST NATIONS AWARD
WINNER: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country
WINNER: Nyamba Buru Yawuru | Wanggajarli Burugun (We Are Coming Home)
HIGHLY COMMENDED: State Library of NSW | Wadgayawa Nhay Dhadjan Wari (They Made Them a Long Time Ago)
SOCIAL IMPACT
GROUP ONE
WINNER: New England Regional Art Museum | Winter Blooming Festival
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Tweed Regional Museum | Supertonic Songwriters
GROUP TWO
WINNER: Melbourne Holocaust Museum | Hidden: Seven Children Saved
BEST IN SHOW
WINNER: Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery | taypani milaythina-tu: Return to Country
WINNER: Nyamba Buru Yawuru | Wanggajarli Burugun (We Are Coming Home)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD
WINNER: Babinda Museum | Building Babinda Museum
PATRONS AWARD
WINNER: Gordon Darling Foundation
Download the Media Kit (official media release, email footer, social media tiles and images from the awards ceremony) here.