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  • A wall covered in framed images and photographs and displayed very close together.
  • Room displaying official robes and regalia on mannequins.
  • A wall covered in framed images and photographs and displayed very close together.
  • Exterior of Melbourne Town Hall building, with roads in foreground and green trees on either side of the building, blue sky above.

Art and Heritage Collection Tour

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Take a free guided tour of the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store, located in the historic and iconic Melbourne Town Hall.

The entire fourth floor has been refurbished as an open display collection ready for the public to discover. The collection is eclectic, numbering over 13,000 items and including over 170 outdoor artworks in the streets and parks of Melbourne. Explore a range of objects including public art, street art, Moomba, Olympics, Melbourne photography, First Nations artists, books, plans and Council and ceremonial.

Wheelchair access: Melbourne Town Hall is a heritage building and access is limited in some areas. There is lift access to Level 4, but some of the doorways may not be wide enough for some wheelchairs. Six of the rooms included in the tour have doorways that are 88cm or wider, two are 83cm and one is 78cm. Please email: citycollection@melbourne.gov.vic.au if you would like to discuss further.

Tours do not operate on public holidays.

Hours

Day Times
Monday
  • Closed
Tuesday
  • 11am - 12pm 11am - 12pm
  • 1pm - 2pm 1pm - 2pm
Wednesday
  • Closed
Thursday
  • 9.30am - 10.30am 9.30am - 10.30am
Friday
  • 2.30pm - 3.30pm 2.30pm - 3.30pm
Saturday
  • Closed
Sunday
  • Closed

Location

Melbourne Town Hall
90-130 Swanston St
Melbourne 3000

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9658 9658
  • email address: townhalltour@melbourne.vic.gov.au
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The City of Melbourne respectfully acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land we govern, the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung and Bunurong Boon Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past, present and emerging.

We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection the Wurundjeri, Bunurong, Dja Dja Wurrung, Taungurung and Wadawurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin have to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

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