Tag: History

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Black and white image of architect Enrico Taglietti, sitting at his studio desk, surrounded by books and papers.
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Taglietti: Life in Design

Celebrating architect Enrico Taglietti, whose humanist designs shaped Australia.

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.

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.

Two people standing in front of a large pink spiky wall of speakers in an exhibition space.
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The Vinyl Factory: Reverb

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

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.

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’.

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.

Blue etching of classical Italian ruins with statues, pillars and pediments.
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The Grand Tour

An exhibition exploring the history and impact of the 18th-century cultural right-of-passage.

Steps in a landscaped garden leading to a memorial cross, at the Yokohama Commonwealth War Cemetery in Japan.
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Eucalypts of Hodogaya

An exhibition that reflects on a remarkable story of post-war reconciliation and remembrance.

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.

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.