Dec 07, 2020
2020 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Winners Announced
The 2020 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards online presentation was held on Tuesday 8 December by AMaGA Victoria. The night was hosted by Cal Wilson, Melbourne comedian and author, including a special address by Danny Pearson MP, Minister for Creative Industries
The Awards, now in their 27th year, are conducted annually to highlight outstanding achievements in the Victorian museum, gallery, and collecting sector. This special event raises awareness of museums and galleries as effective vehicles for engagement with ideas and communities, rewards and encourages best practice by individuals and organisations, and recognises the value of museums and galleries within the community.
Winner AMaGA Victoria Award for Excellence (Volunteer)
Edmond Chiu, A.M, Museum of Chinese Australian History
Highly Commended: Del Atkinson, Linton and District Historical Society and Dorothy Morgan, The Johnson Collection
Winner AMaGA Victoria Award for Excellence (Paid Staff)
Michael Beattie, Indigo Shire Council
Highly Commended: Jennifer Levitt Maxwell, Jewish Holocaust Centre
AMaGA Victoria Lifetime Achievement Award
Four individuals were honoured with a AMaGA Victoria Lifetime Achievement Award.
Liza Dale - Museums Victoria
Professor Harriet Edquist, A.M - RMIT Design Archives
Jean McAuslan - Shrine of Remembrance
Peter Hoban - Sovereign Hill Museums Association
The Archival Survival Award for Volunteer-Run Museums/Galleries (up to 1 EFT paid staff)
Her Place Women's Museum Australia and the Women's Mural Documentation Project for
'Re-imagining the Women's Mural'
Highly commended: AFI Research Collection, Virtual and Digital Adaptation.
The Archival Survival Award for Small Museums/Galleries (2-7 Paid Staff)
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum: My Home, Yarra Ranges Interactive eBook
Highly Commended: The Johnston Collection, Janet Laurence: The Palm at the End of the Mind
The AMaGA Victoria Award for Medium Museums/Galleries (8-50 Paid Staff)
Jewish Holocaust Centre: Ask A Survivor
Highly Commended: Jewish Museum and Islamic Museum, Museums Together
The AMaGA Victoria Award for Large Museums/Galleries (50+ Paid Staff)
Museums Victoria: Museum at Home
Roslyn Lawry Award for excellence in Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies
Winner: Justin Croft
Victorian Collections Award for Excellence in Museum Cataloguing
(Volunteer-Run Organisations)
Winner: Brighton Historical Society
Highly Commended: Greensborough Historical Society
Victorian Collections Award for Excellence in Museum Cataloguing
(Organisations with Paid Staff)
Winner: Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum and Village
Highly Commended: Latrobe Regional Gallery
Victorian Collections Award for War Heritage Collections
(Paid or Volunteer)
Winner: 8th/13th Victorian Mounted Rifles Regimental Collection
Highly Commended: Melbourne Legacy
Martin Hallett Award for Individual Contribution to Community Heritage
Lynda Tieman, Port Fairy Museum and Archives Centre
Newly Accredited MAP Museums
Daylesford and District Historical Society
Maldon Museum and Archives Association
National Vietnam Veterans Museum
> Go to the Award Winners 2020 page
Image: Eve Glenn (L) and Megan Evans (R) on ladders, moving scaffolding in front of the mural, courtesy of Megan Evans Archive, photographer unknown, 1986.
