In MAPDA 2010 we received a total of 231 entries from 81 organisations across Australia and New Zealand.  MA and the MAPDA 2010 Committee would like to thank all the organisations who entered this year. 

Judging took place at the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra on 12 August 2010 and the shortlist is below.

Winners will be announced at a special dinner held at the 2010 Museums Australia National Conference on Wednesday 29 September in Melbourne.

Selected shortlisted entries will be available to view at:

Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
Tuesday 21 September - Sunday 3 October
10am to 4 pm (except Saturday)

And at the MAPDA 2010 Awards Presentation
State Library of Victoria
Wednesday 29 September

MAPDA 2010 Shortlist

Level A

Pine Rivers Heritage Museum - Moreton Bay Regional Council
Charles Sturt University Art Collection
Lake Macquarie City Art Gallery
Manly Art Gallery and Museum
State Library of WA Foundation
NETS Victoria
Australian Poetry Centre (one8one7)
Powerhouse Museum (one8one7)
Linden Centre for Contemporary Arts
Architecture Museum - University of South Australia
Anzac Memorial

Level B

Artspace Mackay
Dunedin Public Art Gallery
Ipswich Art Gallery
RMIT Gallery
Campbelltown Arts Centre
Maitland Regional Art Gallery
University of Queensland Art Museum
Object: Australian Centre for Craft and Design
Sydney Jewish Museum
Hazelhurst Regional Gallery + Arts Centre
Jewish Museum of Australia
Penrith Regional Art Gallery & the Lewes Bequest
Kaldor Public Art Projects

Level C

National Gallery of Victoria
National Archives of Australia
Museum Victoria
Art Gallery of NSW
Australian National Maritime Museum
Historic Houses Trust of NSW
Christchurch Art Gallery
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery
National Gallery of Australia
Australian War Memorial (Wingrove Design)
Australian Centre for the Moving Image
State Library of Victoria
State Library of NSW
Western Australian Museum
National Portrait Gallery
National Museum of Australia
Powerhouse Museum