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  • Exterior of large Victorian-era building, blue sky above.
  • Stage with six musicians seen from above, red banners to right, audience to right.
  • Red and gold banners hanging from indoor balcony.
  • Balloons in coloured groups along a row of pillars, people milling below.

Workers Museum at Trades Hall

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Victoria’s Trades Hall, rising grandly from the northern edge of the city, is a national treasure and a symbol of the aspirations of the Australian people. For over 150 years the Trades Hall building has given form to dreams of a better life for working people and their families.

The Workers Museum showcases artefacts from working people’s campaigns through history. Rub shoulders with activists and union delegates in the world's oldest operating workers' hall, or take a self-guided tour through history!

Hours

Day Times
Monday
  • 8.30am - 5pm 8.30am - 5pm
Tuesday
  • 8.30am - 5pm 8.30am - 5pm
Wednesday
  • 8.30am - 5pm 8.30am - 5pm
Thursday
  • 8.30am - 5pm 8.30am - 5pm
Friday
  • 8.30am - 5pm 8.30am - 5pm
Saturday
  • Closed
Sunday
  • Closed

Location

Enter via Lygon Street
Victorian Trades Hall Council
54 Victoria St
Carlton 3053

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Contact details

  • telephone number: 03 9659 3511
  • email address: ebyrne@vthc.org.au
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