Tag: Culture

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People walking by Flinders Street Station.

Monthly highlights

Make the most of your visit to Melbourne with our monthly guides to what's on in the city.

Person walking in a laneway that's painted in brightly-coloured stripes.

Flash Forward

Explore 40 city laneways that have been transformed by over 80 creatives.

Street art mural featuring women's faces.

Street art

Melbourne laneways are filled with street art, stencils, paste-ups and mixed media.

Brazier of wood burning and people walking past.

Victorian College of the Arts

A school for the creatives arts located in Southbank's arts precinct.

North Melbourne streetscape in the 1980s with terrace house, station wagon and flower shop.
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On the Street Where I Live: Viva Gibb Exhibition

An exhibition of photographs capturing North and West Melbourne from the 1970s to 1990s.

Rows of red seats in the historic Princess Theatre.

Princess Theatre

Melbourne’s iconic Princess Theatre is regarded by many as Melbourne’s most spectacular landmark.

The glass-panelled entrance to the Victorian Police Museum.

Victoria Police Museum

Explore the social history of policing through interactive displays and over 300 collection items.

Aerial view of Sidney Myer Music Bowl showing open grassy area, covered stage and city beyond.

Sidney Myer Music Bowl

Popular outdoor venue that hosts Melbourne's annual Carols by Candlelight.

Brightly coloured artwork on the cream brick facade of the Hero Apartment building, with passers-by and a car on the road below.

Show Me Love

A billboard-sized artwork by Clinton Hayden on the front of the Hero Apartment Building.

Red brick former brewery, now housing Malthouse Theatre.

Malthouse Theatre

Contemporary theatre in Southbank presenting inventive theatrical performances.

People milling around Fed Square at night.

Melbourne's unmissable after dark events

From hidden laneway markets to epic pop-ups, Melbourne gets lit once the lights go out.

Exhibition space with polished black floors, white walls and two banner style artworks hanging from the ceiling.

Fiona and Sidney Myer Gallery

Contemporary art space presenting new works by Australian and international artists.

Person behind patterned glass panel.

St Martins Youth Arts Centre

Bold and disruptive theatre made with children and teenagers for adult audiences.

A couple in a gallery looking up at a sign that says count down.

The best free museums and art galleries in Melbourne

Explore world-class museums, edgy artist-run spaces and blockbuster exhibitions for free.

A large reading room in a library

6 reasons why Melbourne is the smartest city

From futuristic festivals to next level libraries, the city has big brain energy.

A group of people on colourful water bikes on a city river, with boats moored in the background.

Melbourne’s best accessible waterfront experiences

Explore art galleries, fun water activities, open-air bars and waterfront restaurants.

A black and white illustration depicting a group of men in 19th-century attire, including several top hats, gathered outdoors near a tent in front of a man standing on a log addressing the crowd.
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Hoddle Grid: The Great Land Grab

Meet the schemers, dreamers, and empire builders who were the first to purchase land in Melbourne.

Neorealistic painting of a bullet in gold passing through black and white space.
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Apocalypses: Recent Paintings by Olivia Lennon

An exhibition of deeply researched and conceptually driven figurative oil paintings.

Person holding a small pile of books.

Melbourne Art Library

Non-profit public library providing an accessible, specialised collection of art and design texts.

Purple velour-covered seating in an intimate cinema space.

Cinema Nova

Cinema Nova is Melbourne's home of quality arthouse and contemporary cinema.