Tag: History

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Two individuals talking to each other inside Melbourne Museum at night, with blue lighting.
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Nocturnal: Museum After Dark

Experience Melbourne Museum after hours, when the doors stay open and the night belongs to adults.

Two people seated below a neon sign.
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The Story of the Moving Image

A permanent exhibition that journeys through the past, present and future of the moving image.

An early watercolour painting of Melbourne's Yarra River.
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Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River

Explores the chequered history of the stream we call the ‘city’s river’.

An ancient Roman marble bust with its nose chipped off, displayed on a small square plinth.
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Rome: Empire, Power, People

This Melbourne-exclusive exhibition is a vibrant exploration of Ancient Rome.

A room with coloured vinyl records displayed on illuminated shelves and a person standing in front a mixing desk with four turntables.
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RISING: The Vinyl Factory – Reverb

ACMI and RISING present The Vinyl Factory: Reverb, a major exhibition of vinyl culture and music.

A small tour group looking up from the ground floor of the La Trobe Reading Room.
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State Library Victoria Unlocked

On this exclusive tour, gain access to State Library Victoria before the doors open to the public.

A woman walking through a display with shelves of military-style food packages.
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Taste of Combat

Honouring the vital work of the Catering Corps and the evolution of military food.

Scattered pile of artworks in different mediums and colours.
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Collectors' Delight

Explore an eclectic collection of unframed works and rediscovered pieces from VAS artists' studios.

Person looking at a display in a glass case, rows of colourful books in the background.
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World of the Book

Explore the rare, the sacred and the iconic in the 20th anniversary of this annual exhibition.

Two children looking at ancient Grecian artefacts on display in a glass cabinet.
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Rituals: Gifts for the Gods

An exclusive international exhibition exploring the rituals and mysteries of ancient Greece.

An oil painting from the mid-1600s depicting several cats scrambling amidst a lavish still life of food items.

Taste & Temptation: Walk & Talk with Dr Matthew Martin

Join Matthew Martin as he shares insights about his curatorial process of Taste & Temptation.

Selection of cassette tapees with handmade covers.
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Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations

A stirring exhibition exploring romantic love through the State Library's extraordinary archive.

An exquisite Cartier diamond tiara, suspended against a black background.
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Melbourne Winter Masterpieces: Cartier

Featuring nearly 400 extraordinary jewellery objects, alongside rare archival materials.

Black and white photograph from the 1960s of model, Twiggy, wearing a mini-dress at the Melbourne Cup.
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Swinging 60s

Did the sixties really swing in Victoria? A new exhibition from the Old Treasury Building.

Historic photo of protesters at a women's rights demonstration.
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Protest Melbourne

An exhibition about Victoria's long history of public protest.

Black and white photograph of a busy Melbourne city intersection with trams, cars, people crossing the road, and buildings, dating from around the 1950s or 1960s.
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Making Modern Melbourne

This free exhibition examines the tumultuous twentieth century in Melbourne.

A couple on stage kissing in front of a red cursive sign saying L'amour.
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Encore!

See 50 objects, from 50 years in one collection.

Colonial-era engraving of Chinese men standing under a tree overlooking a mining encampment.
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Time's Slow Passing: Voices Between Past and Present

Explore a 19th-century Chinese miner story through contemporary works and archival documents.

A smiling woman in an Australian military uniform, adorned with medals, holding a large cardboard box.
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HERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women

This exhibition highlights women in Victoria and their stories of service 1942 to the present day.

Alison Page, an Australian designer and curator, with dark hair and blue eyes, smiling at the camera, wearing a white shirt and a denim jacket.
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Alison Page: Creative Shape Shifter

An exhibition that dives into the ancient and contemporary stories that drive Page's design process.