Learning

Young children playing in a tunnel structure at the Children's Gallery at the Melbourne Museum.

Autumn School Holidays at Melbourne Museum

Autumn adventures await at Melbourne Museum.

An illustration depicting diverse, overlapping human silhouettes in various colours.

Provocations: What Will We Eat in the Future?

As ecological collapse reshapes how we produce and consume food, we need to find solutions.

Two people holding 3D printed creations made from scrap plastic; other 3D printed creations on the table in front of them.

Crush, Melt, Recycle

Drop by the Library at The Dock Makerspace and discover what really happens to plastic waste.

A group of smiling participants in a studio workshop setting, holding glass-domed terrariums.

Serene Terrarium: Workshop for Beginners

Create your mini plant world while enjoying a soothing cuppa and a calming environment.

Four women standing and holding up small mosaic lamps in front of a circular neon sign.

Mosaic Art Classes: Turkish Lamp Workshop

Make beautiful mosaic lamps at this Turkish lamp workshop in Melbourne!

The back of two people standing and looking at an 18th century oil painting in a heavy gold frame hanging on a white gallery wall.

Best of NGV International Tour

Join an expert for a guided tour to uncover the unexpected and overlooked within the NGV Collection.

Portrait of Shokoofeh Azar, a woman with reddish-brown, wavy hair, wearing a dark top, in front of a bookshelf with numerous green and yellow-spined books.

Memory to Story: Migration and Exile

Learn how to deconstruct the lived experiences of migration and exile in this writing workshop.

Watercolour travel sketch with detail of church and city skyline.

Travel Sketching with Watercolour Pencil

Talk a walk around East Melbourne, sketching and learning tips and techniques. Note: sold out

Architect design of a very modern large scale building wtih lots of glass, at dusk.

Free Public Lecture: Architect Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

Snøhetta – designing culture, designing change.

A person spooning food from a large salad bowl onto a plate they hold in their hands.

Local Lunch Club

Live well, eat well, together at Kathleen Syme Library.

Three illuminated lamps with cylindrical parchment or fabric shades, decorated with various pressed flowers and small human figures.

Pressed Flower Lamp Making Workshop

Make your room colourful and vibrant with your own pressed flower lamp.

Bowls and sauce-making tools on a bench in a restaurant setting.

Learn to Cook Thai: Pad Thai and Papaya Salad

Join a hands-on cooking class, featuring two of Thailand’s favourite dishes.

A person wearing blue rubber gloves creating an Ikebana arrangement, which is the traditional Japanese art of flower arranging.

Botanica 001: Ikebana Workshop

A contemporary ikebana workshop exploring form, balance and negative space in an intimate setting.

Two people smiling, sitting together and looking closely at an open book on a table.

English Reading Circle

Join a free, fun program to improve your English reading skills at North Melbourne Library.

Portrait of Australian artist and dancer, Vali Myers, with red hair, thick black eye makeup and tattoos on her face and hands, holding her pet fox.

Love and Art: The World of Vali Myers

Go beyond the canvas and explore the creative legacy of Australian artist and dancer, Vali Myers.

Black and white portrait of smiling 90s icon, Pamela Anderson, wearing a knit jumper over a white shirt.

Pamela Anderson Live in Conversation

Join an intimate conversation with 90s icon and cultural changemaker, Pamela Anderson.

Portrait of the Fifth Estate host, Sally Warhaft, with curling blonde hair and a slight smile.

Dialogue in a Divided World

Making a case for learning the art of agreeing to disagree in a special edition of The Fifth Estate.

A woman in Regency-period costume including a white bonnet, white neck ruff and a red checked dress with puffed sleeves; holding a tea cup and saucer.

Dining with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers

Join Lise Rodgers for a presentation delivered in costume on dining in the time of Jane Austen.

Self-portrait of Italian Baroque painter Artemisia Gentileschi as St Catherine, seated holding a wheel and plume.

Artemisia Gentileschi with Professor Christopher Marshall

A new account of the life, work and legacy of the globally renowned Italian Baroque painter.

Aled Jones, wearing a dark jumper and leaning forward over a railing, his hands clasped, with a twilight sky behind him.

Aled Jones: My Story, My Songs

Aled Jones returns to Melbourne for the first time since 2018, performing songs and telling stories.

A woman holding a teddy about toe read a picture book in a library story area.

Songbirds

Visit Southbank Library on Mondays for Songbirds, with songs, rhymes and stories for littlies.

Workshop class participants smiling in a studio setting, holding up mosaic pots and coasters they have made.

Mosaic Making Workshop for Beginners

Learn the art of creating beautiful mosaics from start to finish.

Seven glasses of wine behind two platters of cheese and crackers on a wooden table.

Perfect Pairings: Guided Cheese and Wine Matching

Learn how artisan cheeses pair with fine back-vintage wines in this guided tasting.

The historic ship the Polly Woodside, in a berth, with a glass fronted building on the left, a clear blue sky background.

Connections to the Birrarung

Explore the ongoing impacts and effects of colonisation with First Nations educators

A still-life painting of a steak and kidney pie, grapes, slices of bread and lemons.

Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire

Join Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil for a lecture and afternoon tea about food and ceramics.

A small red table with two red chairs, with colouring-in stencil sheets and crayons, laid out for a child's craft activity.

Little Wombats

Join in this cultural workshop at narrm ngarrgu Library.

A man looking at the camera, with dark hair, a beard, glasses, a light-coloured blazer over a white shirt, and blue jeans.

Deakin University Brookes Oration

Aamir Qutub delivers the annual Brookes Oration, in conversation with journalist Neary Ty.

An auditorium with bright blue carpet, every seat filled with happiness workshop participants.

Happiness Talk, Kirtan Meditation and Vegan Dinner

A free talk on happiness with a music mantra meditation and a three-course vegan dinner.

A teacher kneeling down beside a student at a desk, chatting.

Enchanted Library: Holiday Program

A full-day creative story writing workshop for ages 8-12 years.

The shopfront of a Japanese-style craft workshop with brightly coloured craft materials on shelves and a neon sign.

DIY Craft Workshops

Unleash your creativity at these workshops where everyone is a designer.

A young girl holds an old ship steering wheel.

Polly Woodside Open Day

Climb aboard and roam the decks of one of Australia’s last surviving 19th-century tall ships.

Penny Tangey in Conversation

A cosy in-conversation event to launch the new Melbourne crime novel, What Rhymes with Murder?

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A white plaster bust sculpture of a Greek goddess, used as a planter with dried plants and herbs arranged in the top opening.

Magic and Medicine: Rituals of Wellbeing

Discover the practices of magic and medicine in ancient Greece, and create your own concoction.

A pencil drawing of a woman wearing a necklace.

Adorned: Twilight Life Drawing Workshop

Discover how rituals and adornments mix with art through this after hours workshop.

A hand spraying perfume from a small bottle into the air, at a perfume making workshop.

Sacred Scents: A Bespoke Perfume Workshop

Craft a fragrance inspired by ancient history and ritual with the Hellenic Museum x Thematikos.

A hand-drawn sketch of a teapot with a blue and white design and gold touches, with a handwritten note alongside it.

Winter Sketching with Alissa Duke

Learn to sketch on location in the historic exhibition house of Fairhall.