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.

Until 30 Jun

Making Modern Melbourne

Name: Making Modern Melbourne
Start: 2025-04-14
End: 2026-06-30
Location: Old Treasury Building

An optimistic new nation was created at the dawn of the twentieth century. Australia was self-governing, and Melbourne would be its temporary capital while Canberra was constructed.

This free exhibition at Old Treasury Building examines the tumultuous century that was to come, with two world wars and a Depression. But also, a ‘long boom’, multiculturalism, rights for all citizens, increased public transport and heritage laws which would protect the historic buildings we still have today.

In the exhibition highlight, compare historical photographs of Melbourne with recent images captured by local photographer Sarah Pannell. Discover a city with building heights limited to the length of the fire brigade’s ladder (12 storeys) grow so that skyscrapers dominate the skyline.

This is a must see exhibition for all Melburnians.

Date	Times
Thu 19 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 20 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 22 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 23 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 24 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 25 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 26 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 27 Feb	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 1 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 2 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 3 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 4 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 5 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 6 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 8 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 9 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 10 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 11 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 12 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 13 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 15 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 16 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 17 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 18 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 19 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 20 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 22 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 23 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 24 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 25 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 26 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 27 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 29 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 30 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 31 Mar	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 1 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 2 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 3 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 5 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 6 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 7 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 8 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 9 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 10 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 12 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 13 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 14 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 15 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 16 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 17 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 19 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 20 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 21 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 22 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 23 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 24 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 26 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 27 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 28 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 29 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 30 Apr	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 1 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 3 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 4 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 5 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 6 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 7 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 8 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 10 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 11 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 12 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 13 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 14 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 15 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 17 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 18 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 19 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 20 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 21 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 22 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 24 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 25 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 26 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 27 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 28 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 29 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 31 May	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 1 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 2 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 3 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 4 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 5 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 7 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 8 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 9 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 10 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 11 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 12 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 14 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 15 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 16 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 17 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 18 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 19 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 21 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 22 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 23 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Wed 24 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Thu 25 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Fri 26 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Sun 28 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Mon 29 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm
Tue 30 Jun	10:00am - 4:00pm

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