AMaGA NATIONAL AWARDS 2023 WINNERS ANNOUNCED
2023 MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES NATIONAL AWARDS (MAGNA)
INTERPRETATION, LEARNING & AUDIENCE ENGAGEMENT
WINNER
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 1
Bunbury Museum and Heritage Centre
History's Mysteries Young Writers Competition
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 1
WA Museum Boola Bardip
Early Learning Programs at WA Museum Boola Bardip
WINNER
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 2
Museums Victoria
FlushBack - Spotswood Pumping Station Quest
WINNER
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 4
Powerhouse Museum
100 Climate Conversations
WINNER
Interpretation, learning & audience engagement
Level 4
Australian Museum
Burra Learning Place
TEMPORARY OR TRAVELLING EXHIBITION
WINNER
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 1
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Nongirrna Marawili: Daughter of the Lightning Snake
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 1
National Trust of Western Australia
Beneath the Bitumen: Discoveries from the Chinese Cemetery, East Perth
WINNER
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 2
Shrine of Remembrance
Defending with Pride: Stories of LGBTQ+ Service
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 2
WA Museum Boola Bardip
Fremantle Then & Now: Historical Panoramas
WINNER
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 3
Museum and Gallery of the Northern Territory
Gumurr’manydji Manapanmirr Djäma (Making successful business together)
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 3
MOD
FLEX
WINNER
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 4
Australian Museum
Sharks
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Temporary or travelling exhibition
Level 4
Museums Victoria
Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing
PERMANENT EXHIBITION OR GALLERY FIT-OUT
WINNER
Permanent exhibition or gallery fit out
Level 2
Canberra Museum and Gallery
Canberra/ Kamberri: Place & People
WINNER
Permanent exhibition or gallery fit out
Level 3
Wodonga Council
Bonegilla ID Cards Exhibition – Bonegilla Migrant Experience
WINNER
Permanent exhibition or gallery fit out
Level 4
University of Melbourne, Museums and Collections
Science Gallery Melbourne
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Permanent exhibition or gallery fit out
Level 4
Museums Victoria
Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND OUTREACH
WINNER
Community engagement and outreach
Level 1
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
The Maitland Archive
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Community engagement and outreach
Level 1
MOD
Ethos Forums
WINNER
Community engagement and outreach
Level 2
Tweed Regional Museum
Museum on Wheels
WINNER
Community engagement and outreach
Level 3
Australian Museum
WorldPride at the Australian Museum
WINNER
Community engagement and outreach
Level 4
Powerhouse Museum
Powerhouse Lates
SUSTAINABILITY PROJECT
WINNER
Sustainability project
Level 2
Powerhouse Museum
Powerhouse Climate Action Plan and Caring for Country Principles
WINNER
Sustainability project
Level 4
Bathurst Regional Council
Central Tablelands Collections Facility
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Sustainability project
Level 4
Arts Centre Melbourne
APAC Reveal
INDIGENOUS PROJECT
WINNER
Indigenous project
Level 1
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Maitland Cultural Resurgence
WINNER
Indigenous project
Level 2
Shire of Toodyay
Gnulla Karnany Waangkiny (Our Truth Telling)
2023 MUSEUMS AUSTRALASIA MULTIMEDIA AND PUBLICATION DESIGN AWARDS (MAPDA)
WINNERS and HIGHLY COMMENDED
BOOK
Book
Level A
WINNER
Griffith University Art Museum
Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen
Stuart Geddes and Ziga Testen, Griffith University Art Museum
Book
Level B
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
The Collection Te Kohinga
Aaron Beehre, Aaron Beehre
HIGHLY COMMENDED
National Library of Australia
Vintage Knits
Astred Hicks, Design Cherry
CHILDREN’S BOOK
Children’s books
Level A
No category winner
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Tweed Regional Museum
Museum On Wheels
Haline Ly / Jodey Cornwall, Whale Design Co / La Fin Design
Level B
WINNER
Museums Victoria
The Quest for Kool
Gemma Field, Museums Victoria
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Museums Victoria
Horridus children’s book series
Adorel Ng & Grace Russell, Museums Victoria
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Australian Age of Dinosaurs Museum of Natural History
Deep Time Astronomy wheel chart, Australian Age of Dinosaurs
EXHIBITION BRANDING
Exhibition branding
Level A
WINNER
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery
Front Beach, Back Beach
Jane Roberts, Beth Fernon, Celeste Njoo, Jez Claridge, Hours After
WINNER
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Art Lab Visual Identity
Emily Picot, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Tweed Regional Museum
Museum On Wheels
Haline Ly / Jodey Cornwall, Whale Design Co / La Fin Design
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Oh, Canola! Dani Marti
Clare Hodgins, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Exhibition branding
Level B
WINNER
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
Do Ho Suh Exhibition Branding
Claire Orrell / Raye Antonelli, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House
Democracy DNA exhibition
Chris Starr, Studio Starr
HIGHLY COMMENDED
WA Museum Boola Bardip
Dinosaurs of Patagonia
WA Museum & Block Branding
EXHIBITION CATALOGUE
Exhibition catalogue
Level A
Small
WINNER
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Daughter of the Lightning Snake | Noŋgirrŋa Marawili,
Clare Hodgins, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Oh, Canola! Dani Marti
Clare Hodgins, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Shoalhaven Regional Gallery
Plant Your Feet – Room brochure
Kasia Froncek, Bespoke Creative
Exhibition catalogue
Level B
Major
WINNER
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Walls to Live Beside, Rooms to Own: The Chartwell Show
Emily Picot and Ziga Testen Studio, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki and Ziga Testen Studio
HIGHLY COMMENDED
University of Melbourne
Yuki Kihara: Paradise Camp
Ashlea O'Neill, Salt Camp Studio
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Auckland Art Gallery Toi Tū Toi Ora
Contemporary Māori Art
Tyrone Ohia & Katrina Duncan
INSTITUTIONAL WEBSITE
Institutional website
No catagory winner
No HC
DIGITAL LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Digital learning experience
Level A
WINNER
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Arts Health Activity (6 episodes)
Filming - Lachlan Matheson and Toby Tull | Editing - Toby Tull, Newy Digital
No HC
Digital learning experience
Level B
WINNER
State Library of Queensland
Summer Reading Club
Ryan Schrader, State Library of Queensland
No HC
APP
App
WINNER
Level B
Museums Victoria
FlushBack Digital Quest
10Tickles, Museums Victoria
No HC
VIRTUAL TOUR
Virtual tour
No catagory winner
No HC
PROGRAM WEBSITE
Program website
Level B
WINNER
WA Museum Boola Bardip
WAnderland
WA Museum and Block Branding and Doghouse
No HC
IDENTITY
Identity
Level A
No category winner
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Maitland Regional Art Gallery Highlights 2022
Clare Hodgins, Maitland Regional Art Gallery
Category B
No category winner
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Melbourne Holocaust Museum
MHM- Piece by Piece
CHEPNetwork, Melbourne Holocaust Museum
MAGAZINES
Magazines Level A
No category winner
HIGHLY COMMENDED
Level B
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki
Art Toi
Aaron Richardson, Richardson
BEST IN SHOW
WINNER
Griffith University Art Museum
Richard Bell Reader: documenta fifteen
Stuart Geddes and Ziga Testen, Griffith University Art Museum
NATIONAL WINNER
Maitland Regional Art Gallery for overall excellence demonstrated through museum display, design and interpretation.
For the first time, the AMaGA National Council have also awarded a very special award, the AMaGA National Council’s PATRONS AWARD, to two long-standing members of the museum and gallery profession for their ongoing dedication and consistent support for conference inclusion via the Cartwright Douglas Fund. Thank you Carol Cartwright and Louise Douglas.
