PGAV and AMaGA Victoria are delighted to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards. 

The projects shortlisted for the 2024 Project of the Year Awards are:  

Volunteer-run Project of the Year (Museums & Galleries) 
Ballarat Tramway Museum - Creating a Contemporary and Accessible Tramway Museum
Charlton Golden Grains Museum - Keeping the Faith
Port Fairy Museum and Archive - A Walk Through Time
Robin Boyd Foundation - Robin Boyd & Japan

Small Project of the Year (Museums)
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection - Princes Bridge Creative Hoardings Project
Glenelg Shire Council (Portland Maritime Museum) - Harnessing STEAM Power!
Phillip Island Historical Society X Convergence Design - Berninneit Museum
RMIT Culture / RMIT University - RMIT Artothek
Yarra Ranges Regional Museum - Creative Learning Program

Small Project of the Year (Galleries)
Burrinja Cultural Centre X Bogong Centre for Sound Culture - Between Two Sites
Greater Dandenong City Council - HOME 24 - Olana Janfa: Too Much Drama
McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery - On Bunurong Country: Art and design in Frankston
RMIT Culture - Tintin Wulia: Secrets
Shepparton Art Museum - The ARNDT Collection: From One World to Another

Medium Project of the Year (Museums)
Beechworth Courthouse X Convergence Design - Beechworth Courthouse Kelly Trials Exhibition
Golden Dragon Museum - Collection Redevelopment Project
Museums Victoria - Joy
National Wool Museum - We the Makers

Medium Project of the Year (Galleries)
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art - Between Waves
TarraWarra Museum of Art - The Soils Project
The University of Melbourne - Nightshifts at Buxton Contemporary
Warrnambool Art Gallery - LISA GORMAN + MIRKA MORA: To breathe with the rhythm of the heart

Large Project of the Year (Museums & Galleries)
ACMI - Marshmallow Laser Feast: Works of Nature
Melbourne Holocaust Museum - Hidden Seven Children Saved
Ned Kelly Discovery Hub X Convergence Design - Ned Kelly Discovery Hub
State Library Victoria - Mirror: New Views on Photography

First Nations Project of the Year (Museums & Galleries)*
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) - Between Waves
Bunjil Place - Ngaratya (together, us group, all in it together)
Counihan Gallery X Blak Dot Gallery - Future River: When the past flows
McClelland Sculpture Park + Gallery - Current: Gail Mabo, Lisa Waup, Dominic White
Monash University Museum of Art - Collective Movements: First Nations Collectives, Collaborations and Creative Practices from Across Victoria
Museums Victoria - Biik Milboo Dhumba - Country is Always Talking
Science Gallery Melbourne - Indigenous Learning Program
Shepparton Art Museum - Creative Arts Storytelling Program
Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation - The Beruk Exhibition
* All nominations have been shortlisted in this category.

Winners, including those of the Individual Awards, will be announced at the Awards Ceremony, held at Science Gallery Melbourne – where art and science collide – and hosted by comedian and broadcaster Sammy J. 

This event, the sector’s night of nights, offers a unique opportunity for our community to come together in celebration of the people and organizations whose passion, resilience, and creativity underpin the renown of the Victorian museum and gallery sector.

2024 VICTORIAN MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES AWARDS SPONSORS AND SUPPORTERS

Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards design by Pidgeon Ward.