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  • Historic photo of protesters at a women's rights demonstration.
  • A photo of large group of people protesting for Aboriginal land rights.
Until 30 Jun

Protest Melbourne

  • Free
  • Exhibition

Public protest has a long history in Victoria. Since as early as the 1840s, Melburnians have taken to the streets to express their views on a wide range of issues, from the right to vote to workers’ rights.

How important is the right to protest in a democracy? This exhibition explores past and present protest in an attempt to find out.

Hours

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

Location

Old Treasury Building
20 Spring St
East Melbourne 3002

Open in maps location for Old Treasury Building

Price and bookings

This is a free event

Booking not required

Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9651 2233
  • Visit website for Protest Melbourne
Facebook page for Protest Melbourne Instagram page for Protest Melbourne Twitter page for Protest Melbourne

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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 Kulin and pays respect to their Elders past and present. We acknowledge and honour the unbroken spiritual, cultural and political connection they have maintained to this unique place for more than 2000 generations.

We accept the invitation in the Uluru Statement from the Heart and are committed to walking together to build a better future. For more information, visit Aboriginal Melbourne.

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