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.

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.

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.

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.

Inside a large, darkened gallery space with projected artwork on the walls and a single person viewing.
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Occupation Studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung

A new multichannel audiovisual artwork by artist Tahlia Palmer.

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.

A discarded Victorian blouse with long sleeves and a high collar, placed on a grey surface.

Meet the Makers Refashioners

An insightful conversation discussing how garments once deemed waste are redesigned.

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.

A discarded Victorian blouse with long sleeves and a high collar, placed on a grey surface.

A Rich Seam

Exploring Historical Refashioning from the NTAV Collection

Impressionist still life painting of three red apples on a pink background.
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VAS 9x5 Exhibition

A homage to the original 1889 Impressionism exhibitions of small works painted on cigar box lids.

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.

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

This exhibition looks at what it was like to live in Victoria during the 1960s.

Georgian antiques decorating a dining table, including candlesticks and ornaments.
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Taste and Temptation

An exhibition exploring the taste and temptations of 18th-century drinking and dining.

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.

A discarded Victorian blouse with long sleeves and a high collar, placed on a grey surface.
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reFashion/transForm

An exhibition that investigates when waste is reimagined as resource.

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.