2024 Awards: Winners Announced
AMaGA Victoria and PGAV are thrilled to reveal the winning and highly commended projects and individuals for the 2024 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards! We warmly congratulate the dedicated organisations and collaborators behind these outstanding projects, as well as the individuals who exemplify the best of our sector. Your creativity and hard work have truly shone through this year — here’s to celebrating your remarkable achievements!
Volunteer-run Project of the Year
WINNER: Ballarat Tramway Museum | Creating a Contemporary and Accessible Tramway Museum
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Robin Boyd Foundation | Robin Boyd & Japan
Small Project of the Year (Museum)
WINNER: RMIT Culture / RMIT University | RMIT Artothek
Small Project of the Year (Gallery)
WINNER: Burrinja Cultural Centre x Bogong Centre for Sound Culture | Between Two Sites
Medium Project of the Year (Museum)
WINNER: National Wool Museum | We the Makers
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Golden Dragon Museum | Collection Redevelopment Project
Medium Project of the Year (Gallery)
WINNER: The University of Melbourne | Nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary
HIGHLY COMMENDED: TarraWarra Museum of Art | The Soils Project
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Warrnambool Art Gallery | LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart
Large Project of the Year
WINNER: Melbourne Holocaust Museum | Hidden Seven Children Saved
HIGHLY COMMENDED: State Library Victoria | Mirror: New Views on Photography
First Nations Project of the Year
WINNER: Australian Centre for Contemporary Art | Between Waves
Volunteer of the Year
WINNER: Peter Ball | Bendigo Military Museum
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Jim Barton | Australian Gliding Museum
Martin Hallett Award for Community Engagement
WINNER: Neville Quick | Museums Victoria
Change-maker of the Year
WINNER: Laura Miles | Victoria Police Museum
Lifetime Achievement Award
WINNER: dr megan evans
WINNER: Linda Sproul
