Tag: History

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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

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

Georgian-style doll's house on a stand in a room with period furnishings including armchair and footstool, draped curtains and paintings.
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Home Comforts

Experience Georgian and Regency family life ‘at home’ at the Johnston Collection.

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 black and white photograph of three young children on the steps of a building, each wearing a paper mask, circa 1920.
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Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light

Celebrates the wide-ranging photographic practices of eighty women artists.

Two men in suits and hats dating to the mid-1850s standing in a muddy hole, with dirt and a fence between them, and the boots of men holding spades in the background behind them.
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The Burying of Melbourne

An exhibition exploring the partial burying of parts of Melbourne city in the mid-1850s.

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.

Installation view of an exhibition at Hellenic Museum in Melbourne, showing artworks and object on display.
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Past Perspectives | Rituals: Gifts for the Gods

See ancient Greece with costumed interpreters guiding you through an immersive tour of Rituals.

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 group of people on an outdoor walking tour under a modern covered structure.
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Veterans Public Arts Trail

A guided walking tour highlighting Veteran Artist contributions to Melbourne’s built environment.

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.

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.

Graphic print of ice-covered hill with orange sky.
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Creative Antarctica

Featuring Australian artists and writers influenced by their experiences of the Far South.

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.

A gallery hung with artwork with a polished wooden floor and green and orange feature walls
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Melbourne in Retrospect Exhibition

An exhibition that captures Melbourne in a way that deeply binds us to the city’s story.