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Collecting since 1924

The MAG&M Collection includes over 5,000 items, with 400+ ceramics, 1,300+ Australian watercolours, prints, etchings, drawings and paintings and over 1,200 items of swimwear and beach ephemera. Explore our 100-year-old Collection below.

The MAG&M Collection has grown thanks to the generosity of many significant donors including the MAG&M Society, artist gifts by Margaret Preston, Thea Proctor, Will Ashton, Lloyd Rees, Joshua Yeldham, Salvatore Zofrea and MAG&M’s founder Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo and the Theo Batten, Roger Pietri and Lady Askin bequests. 

Collection Online

A platform for discovery, learning, and enjoyment, MAG&M’s Collection Online is a free resource accessible to everyone, wherever they are.

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Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo

Antonio Dattilo-Rubbo (1870-1955), was instrumental in establishing both MAG&M and its collection of Australian art.

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Collection stories

Selected works from across MAG&M’s five collection areas weave new stories related to beach culture, fashion, sport, art and history.

Detail of Anne Zahalka painting After Kilgour

Recent acquisitions

Through the generosity of artists and donors, the gallery continues to be able to develop its collections.

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