Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Lizzie Riek with the award for Griffith University Art Museum. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Griffith University Art Museum for Craig & Karl: Double Vision

Highly Commended

Noosa Regional Gallery for Gaza Skate Team

RD Milns Antiquities Museum for ΝΟΣΤΟΙ | Homecomings: Stories of the Ionian Island Diaspora in Queensland

Finalist

QUT Art Museum for Jemima Wyman: Deep Surface

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting David Don, Cecile Knight and Julie McLaren with the award for HOTA Gallery, Home of the Arts. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

HOTA Gallery, Home of the Arts for Ken Done: No Rules

Highly Commended

City of Moreton Bay for Fresh Eyes 2025

Queensland Museum for Croc! Lost Giants to Living Legends

Finalists

Ipswich Art Gallery for Leonard Brown – Painting the Celestial

Queensland Museum for Make a Scene: Fashioning Queer Identity and Club Culture in the 90s

State Library of Queensland for Driven: every car has a story

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Sarah Thao, Niomi Sands, Alice Hinton with the award for Living Museum of Logan. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Living Museum of Logan for Hmong Journeys: Threads of Home

Highly Commended

Dogwood Crossing, Miles for Wildflowering on the Western Downs

Finalist

Waltzing Matilda Centre for Creating legacy impacts through art

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Jocelyn Flynn, Logan Bobingie and Aunty Sana Balai with the award for UQ Art Museum. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

UQ Art Museum for Public art on campus: SUNA (Middle Ground)

Highly Commended

Queensland Museum for First Nations Undergraduate Student Research Program

Finalist

Artspace Mackay for 2025 Libris Awards

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Colleen Sam and Katherine Hoepper with the award for State Library of Queensland. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

State Library of Queensland for The unbroken spirit of the Kalkadoons

Highly Commended

City of Moreton Bay & Munimba-ja Arts Centre for Blak Creatives Exchange 2025

Finalist

Redland Art Gallery for CREATE EXCHANGE: Three-Year Artist Residency, Exhibition and Activation Project

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Peter Connell with the award for Sunshine Coast Council. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Sunshine Coast Council for Revitalising Landsborough Museum

Highly Commended

Redlands Coast Museum for Building a Sustainable Museum: A Whole-of-Organisation Transformation in Governance, Collections and Community Stewardship

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Renata Musson with the award for Low Isles Preservation Society & Low Isles Museum. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Low Isles Preservation Society & Low Isles Museum

Highly Commended

Roma on Bungil Gallery

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Karen Stephens with the Individuals – Paid award. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Karen Stephens – Exhibition Supervisor, Waltzing Matilda Centre

Highly Commended

Dr Jacqui Donegan – Director, Mater Heritage & Archives Centre

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Jessica Brown with the Individuals – Volunteer award. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Jessica Brown – Volunteer, Museum of Lands, Mapping and Surveying & The Royal Historical Society of Queensland

Mayor of Ipswich, Teresa Harding, presenting Edith Cuffe OAM with the Lifetime Achievement Award. Photograph by Sarah Marshall, Jiriki Media. Courtesy of Museums & Galleries Queensland.

Winner

Edith Cuffe – Chair of the Board (previously CEO), Abbey Museum of Art & Archaeology

2026 GAMAA Supporters

The 2026 Gallery and Museum Achievement Awards (GAMAA) are proudly supported by the Museum of Brisbane

The 2026 GAMAA are also sponsored by Public Galleries Queensland and Australian Museums and Galleries Association Queensland