Tag: History

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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.

Garden glimpse framed by dark foliage, looking onto rosebeds and stucco portico on bluestone building.
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A Morning in East Melbourne House and Garden Tour

Spend a morning in East Melbourne and visit the exhibition at Fairhall and gardens of Bishopscourt.

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.

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.

A still from a videogame depicting a Chinese soldier fighting two warriors in front of an ancient Chinese temple.
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Feng Mengbo: Long March Restart

An free exhibition that playfully reimagines modern Chinese history as a videogame.

A person in a black suit holds a large, green ape head sculpture behind them, on a city sidewalk with graffiti-covered walls in the background.
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Rehearsing the City Exhibition

See archival photos from Victoria’s collections, plus work by contemporary street photographers.

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.

A black and white photograph of stacked basic grocery items, as art.
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Recovering Art

A creative exploration of the development of art therapy since the 1940s.

A black mannequin displaying the gold hot pants and halter top worn by Kylie Minogue in her famous music video, Spinning Around.
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Encore!

50 Objects. 50 Years. One Collection. Treasures from the Australian Museum of Performing Arts.

Australian comics journalist and illustrator Sam Wallman smiling in his studio.

Sam Wallman: Why Comics Pack a Punch

A talk by Sam Wallman on why comics and graphic storytelling pack a punch for tricky truth-telling.

Student Composer in Residence, Leah Blankendaal playing the flute.

Self Portrait

Join Student Composer in Residence, Leah Blankendaal, for a performance at the Grainger Museum.

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.

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.

A person looking at an exhibition at the State Library Victoria, specifically designed to display the original 1835 treaty documents.
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Treaty

Acknowledge the past, present and future of Treaty with Victoria’s First Peoples.