Murray Art Museum Albury

About

Murray Art Museum Albury (abbreviated MAMA) is a contemporary art museum located in Albury, Australia. Formerly known as the Albury Regional Art Gallery it was renamed as part of a $10.5 million refurbishment which included renovations to the former gallery building, the neighbouring Burrows House and the extensions linking and extending both buildings into QEII Square. The internal size of the museum expanded from 832m² to 2036m², with an Atrium on the ground floor leading to 7 gallery spaces over two levels. The building was designed by architect firm NBRS and Partners. On the north facing terrace of the museum is Canvas Eatery, a restaurant operated by Tim Tehan. Canvas offers relaxed modern cuisine overlooking QEII Square.

The museum manages the art collection of Albury City Council, an extensive collection of over 3000 items. Early acquisitions to the collection were drawn from the Albury Art Prize, which was established in 1947. The founding of the National Photography Prize in 1983 encouraged a new focus on contemporary Australian photography, building on some earlier acquisitions. The National Photography Prize continues to the present day and continues to be a key source of acquisitions. The photography collection comprise over 600 works and is one of the most important of its kind in Australia. It includes works by Tracey Moffatt, Max Dupain, Richard Woldendorp, Michael Riley, Destiny Deacon, Olive Cotton, Justine Varga and Philip Quirk.

Other highlights in the permanent collection include works by Russell Drysdale, Margaret Olley, Patrick Hartigan, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Brook Garru Andrew and Hany Armanious.

Murray Art Museum Albury opened on October 2, 2015, with the exhibition Wiradjuri Ngurambanggu (On Wiradjuri Country) and featured the work of contemporary indigenous artists Jonathan Jones, Brook Andrew, Lorraine Connelly-Northey, Karla Dickens and Nicole Foreshew.

- Impressions of Paris: Lautrec, Degas, Daumier (12 December 2015 - 31 January 2016)

- Marilyn : Celebrating an American Icon (12 February 2016 - 8 May 2016)

- MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize 2016 (21 May 2016 - 7 August 2016)

- SPEED: The Fast and the Curious (20 August 2016 - 6 November 2016)

- MAMA Summer Pop (18 November 2016 - 22 January 2017)

- Yours. Celebrating 70 years of collecting (3 February 2017 - 17 April 2017)

- Being Tiwi & Primavera at 25 (28 April 2017 - 25 June 2017)

- Yao Jui-Chung + Lost Society Document + Sandy Hsiu-Chih Lo: Mirage: Disused Public Property in Taiwan (7 July 2017 - 17 September 2017)

- Landmarks (29 September 2017 - 3 December 2017)

- 2017 Archibald Prize (15 December 2017 - 28 January 2018)

- Material Sound (9 February 2018 - 29 April 2018)

- MAMA Art Foundation National Photography Prize 2018 (10 May 2018 - 22 July 2018)

- John Mawurndjul: I am the old and the new

- Notes from the Field: Bogong Centre for Sound Culture

- National Photography Prize 2022 (26 February - 5 June 2022)

- Zombie Eaters (17 June - 16 October 2022)