Nominations for the 2025 ICOM Australia awards and celebrating significant achievements in the museum and gallery sector have closed. The awards will be presented at the ICOM Australia AGM in Sydney on 10 October 2025.  For more information on the AGM program visit here

The ICOM Australia Awards acknowledge and celebrate the outstanding contributions made by individuals and Institutions in Australia that have strengthened international relations and enriched the cultural landscape of museum and galleries. Australian museums and galleries play a vital role in enhancing the cultural, social and intellectual lives of all Australians and contribute to well-informed, tolerant, and cohesive communities. International collaboration and the sharing of ideas and expertise are integral to furthering these endeavours.

2024 Institutional winner

Honouring outstanding contributions to Australian museums international relationships

Chau Chak Wing Museum,  The University of Sydney

2024 Individual winner

Ruth McDougall

The ICOM Australia Travel Fellowship

Applications for the 2025 Travel Fellowship have closed.  The recipient will be announced at the ICOM Australia AGM in Sydney on 10 October 2025.

The ICOM Australia Fellowship, is open to all early career and student ICOM members in Australia. The Fellowship of up to $5,000, is funded through donations by Australian members of ICOM (the International Council of Museums, Paris), to encourage early-career Australian ICOM members to increase personal experience through undertaking travel and expanding their networks abroad.

The 2024 Fellowship was awarded to Briar Holt from the University of Melbourne. ICOM Australia supported Briar with $5,000 to assist her to travel to institutions in Europe to explore best practice examples of museum management and to attend the 2024 Arts & Cultural Management Conference in Vienna. You can read about Briar’s experience here.

Image courtesy of Briar Holt.