Collecting since 1924

The MAG&M Collection includes over 5,070 items, with 400+ ceramics, 1,300+ Australian watercolours, prints, etchings, drawings and paintings and over 1,270 items of swimwear and beach ephemera.

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. The Federal Government’s Cultural Gifts Program has also allowed many key works by contemporary artists to enter the collection.

See highlights from our collection below, or follow us on Instagram to see stories about recent acquisitions. 

Donations and gifts

Donations to the MAG&M Collection in line with the Northern Beaches Cultural Collections and Gifts Policy and Guidelines are welcome. Gifts are accepted through the Cultural Gifts Program and are tax deductible.