Hawkesbury Regional Museum & Gallery nominated at IMAGinE Awards 2023
The Hawkesbury Regional Museum and Regional Gallery has been nominated at the IMAGinE Awards 2023.
The Museum has been nominated for its Engagement Program, “Bangadyi Nawi Making a Canoe.” The establishment has already received two awards from IMAGinE, one in 2011 for Collection Management and another in 2015 for Best Exhibition (Exhibition Projects – Museums; 3 – 10 Paid Staff).
The latter was nominated due to its 2022 exhibition “Dyarubbin,” which was on public display from 29 October 2022 until 5 February 2023. The Gallery belonged under the Galleries ‘Small and Volunteer’ category, with five or fewer paid staff.
The exhibition celebrated and acknowledged the rich millennia-long history of the Hawkesbury River, which also means Dyarubbin, to the Dharug people using art, oral histories, and the Dharug language.
An awards night is likely as the Museums & Galleries NSW plans to organise a physical ceremony on Wednesday, 29 November 2023, at the Sydney Modern, The Art Gallery of NSW.
To see the complete list of nominees for the 2023 awards, visit Museums & Galleries NSW’s website here.
The Hawkesbury Regional Museum is located at 8 Baker Street, while the Hawkesbury Regional Gallery is at the Deerubbin Centre at 300 George Street, both of which are in Windsor.
