Golden Dragon Museum Wins Major Award!
At the recent 2022 Victorian Museums and Galleries Awards Golden Dragon Museum won The Archival Survival Award: Small organisations for Loong Conservation Project.
The Awards are the peak state-wide awards for museums and galleries and recognise excellence across various categories.
The Loong Conservation Project lasted 12-months and saw Loong conserved to the highest possible standards by conservators from Grimwade Conservation Services (GCS), BCA and other volunteers and University of Melbourne students.
The project was supported by the Victorian Government through the Living Heritage Grants Program, Heritage Victoria, and the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies. The conservation project team (conservators and volunteers) delivered 2375 hours of treatment work to a rare and culturally significant processional dragon on permanent display at the Golden Dragon Museum. This conservation project ensures Loong can be enjoyed, researched, used culturally, and exhibited for decades ahead.
Judges’ comments “The judges praised Golden Dragon Museum for a “great project making the process of cultural materials conservation visible to the public, particularly when it can be a very time consuming and delicate operation. Wonderfully engaging”.
The Museum is proud to win this award from a very strong group of finalists and thanks all our Project Partners for their unstinting support and enthusiasm.