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Selection of framed colour photographs on display as part of the picture racks in the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store. Photographs featured are by various artists and include streetscapes, cityscapes and portraits.
Display of objects relating to Melbourne's Moomba festival in the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store. Carpet on floor is red and shutters behind objects are dark brown wood. At the centre is the Mikoshi shrine and is brown and red in colour with gold bird detailing. On the left is a light blue and gold Moomba Queen crown, robe and portrait of a Moomba queen. On the right side is a purple and gold Moomba King crown, robe and portrait of a Moomba King. Both crowns are displayed on high stands.
Display of street art objects as part of the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store. A three panel spray-painted and colourful artwork hangs on the centre wall and features images of waratah flowers, bushranger Ned Kelly and a group of children. To the right and below are 7 street art related objects and artworks including a square and arrow shaped light box and some painted artworks. On the left hand side is the doorway to the next room, which features historical carpark ticket machines and a framed photograph of City of Melbourne ticket inspectors.
Selection of framed colour photographs on display as part of the picture racks in the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store. Photographs featured are by various artists and include street and cityscapes and portraits. Floor is covered in red carpet, walls are painted white and black blinds are behind the picture racks.
A corner image of Melbourne Town Hall's administrative building on the corner of Swanston and Little Collins Street with blue sky in the background. Pedestrians are waiting to cross the road, and post boxes and the Swanston St flower stall are visible.
Selection of framed colour photographs on display as part of the picture racks in the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection store. Photographs featured are by various artists and include streetscapes, cityscapes and portraits.

Art and Heritage Collection Store: Melbourne Town Hall

Description

In 2022, after 22 years on the periphery of the central city grid, the City of Melbourne’s Art and Heritage Collection Store moved back to its original home: Melbourne Town Hall.

This once-in-a-generation relocation has had an exciting impact on the way the collection is stored and showcased. Open storage display is now the key to the collection’s presentation, and closely tracks what is developing as a global trend. Emblematic of this change is the collection’s shift back to the civic heart of Melbourne, while many other collections are moved to faceless stores in outer suburbs.

By any standard the City of Melbourne's art and heritage collection is eclectic. The collection comprises over 13,000 items, including public art maquettes, street art, Moomba, Olympics, photography, works by First Nations artists, books, plans, Council and ceremonial and contemporary art including artworks related to the Metro Tunnel Project.

The collection store provides a centre for research, conservation and collection management. Items held in the store are brought out on display on a rotational basis.

What's On

Visitors will gain exciting insights into the history of Melbourne and have the opportunity to see items they’ve never seen before including contemporary art, historical artefacts, books and plans, street art, photography and more.
 
Tours will be led by guides who will identify key artworks and artefacts in the collection store.

Images: (1) City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 2023. Photos: Tobias Titz. (2) City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 2023. Photos: Tobias Titz. (3) City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 2023. Photos: Tobias Titz. (4) City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 2023. Photos: Tobias Titz. (5) Melbourne Town Hall, Administrative building, 2023. Photo: Tobias Titz. (6) City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection, 2023. Photos: Tobias Titz.

Important Details

Time & Date

Saturday 27 + Sunday 28 July
Tours running every 20 minutes starting at 10am. Last tour departs at 3.20pm
Running for 60 minutes in groups of 15

Meet at Melbourne Town Hall, admin building. Enter via Swanston St entrance, next door to Melbourne Visitor Hub.
Upon arrival guests must check in via security, bags must be cloaked and photo identification is required to obtain entry to the building.
Photography for non-commercial purposes is permitted.
Prams and bags are not permitted on tours. Prams can be left in the security storage area and bags can be kept in the lockers at visitors' own risk.

ACCESSIBILITY

Partially wheelchair accessible, Accessible bathroom, Elevator access

Location

Melbourne Town Hall, Level 4, 90/120 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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Our programming exists on what always was and always will be the land of the people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging, as well as to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the wider Melbourne community and beyond. Indigenous sovereignty has never been ceded in Australia and we are mindful of this in everything we do, given our focus on the modern built environment.

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