Tag: History

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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 vibrant color illustration of a red, blue, and yellow parrot superimposed over two open pages of a vintage book with printed English text.
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Melbourne Rare Book Week

A free city-wide festival celebrating the written, printed and illustrated word.

Two people standing in front of a large pink spiky wall of speakers in an exhibition space.
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Reverb: A Journey into Sound

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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’.

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.

Overhead view of temporary book stalls filling Wilson Hall with people walking around looking at the products for sale.
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Melbourne Rare Book Fair

A treasure trove of rare and beautiful books, manuscripts, ephemera and more.