Melbourne's must-see exhibitions
From giant interactive installations to pop-up galleries featuring internationally renowned art, these exhibitions cannot be missed.
Free exhibitions
Making Memoir of a Snail
Explore handmade sets, props and characters from Adam Elliot's claymation film Memoir of a Snail.
Sci-Fi: Mythologies Transformed
This exhibition highlights science fiction’s connection to ancient philosophy and mythologies.
Rewind Forward: Creative in Residence Group Exhibition
Drawing from State archives, artists create works that reawaken Victoria’s historical narrative.
Mark Chu: Eat With Our Eyes
Showing everyday food culture in a wide range of food spaces from supermarkets to wine bars.
Plans For The Planet: Olaf Breuning For Kids
Created by artist Olaf Breuning this exhibition invites kids to explore the natural environment.
RISING: intangible #form
Lasers bounce off The Capitol’s ceiling, turning the auditorium into a kinetic light sculpture.
Ayoung Kim – Delivery Dancer's Arc: 0° Receiver
Korean artist Ayoung Kim creates a multiverse that blurs boundaries between space, time and self.
Bark Salon
Bark Salon is a large-scale display of First Nations bark painting, with more than 160 works.
The Story of the Moving Image
An ongoing exhibition that journeys through the past, present and future of the moving image.
Hannah Quinlivan: Bound by the Sky
3D drawings explore fragility, resilience and blur lines between fine art and design.
The Pacific Sisters
Zoot suits and ActiVAtions take over Smorgon Family Plaza with the Pacific Sisters.
Tina Stefanou: You Can't See Speed
An experiential landscape of films, soundscapes, sculptures, live performances and dirt bikes.
RISING: Matha
Connect to Matha, an audio/visual conversation between the Dhungala and Birrarung river systems.
Celestial by Juan Castro
A new silver jewellery collection by Spanish-Australian artist Juan Castro.
Michael McNamara: Salt, Sand and Sea
Stunning aerial photos of World Heritage site Shark Bay and Monkey Mia.
Convergence: A Spatial Negotiation
Student artists explore collective creativity through layered, rhizomatic visual narratives.
Halfway Seen Halfway Home (半窥半归)
An exhibition examining first-generation Chinese-Australian identity by artist Ming Liew.
Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River
Explores the chequered history of the stream we call the ‘city’s river’.
CHARGE! Agincourt by Back to Back Theatre
A new exhibition by Geelong's Back to Back Theatre brings fresh perspective to the story of Henry V.
Memento Mori
Public murals influenced by the Fates of Greek mythology, inspiring passersby to embrace life.
Blockbuster exhibitions
LEGO Star Wars: The Exhibition
Step into a world of epic battles, spaceships and landscapes from a galaxy far, far away.
French Impressionism
The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition from the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Nocturnal: Museum After Dark
Step into a world of wonder at an after-hours Melbourne Museum experience just for adults.
Cats & Dogs
From cattle dogs to lap dogs, divine felines to cat superstitions, explore more than 250 works.
Martin Grant
A major exhibition of work by Australian-born Paris-based fashion designer Martin Grant.
RISING: Swingers — The Art of Mini Golf
The art of mini-golf, for anyone who swings outside the lines.
RISING: Saturate
A new ritual of sensory exploration. Go underwater to immerse in omnipresent sound.
Last updated on Fri 16 May 2025
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Gina Kalabishis: Les Chemins du Dēsir; Pathways of Desire
Poetic reflections on nature’s fragility and the urgent need to protect native birdlife.
