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.

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