Melbourne, Australia, is home to a large number of cultural institutions, museums and historic sites, some of which are known worldwide:
Name Type Summary ANZ Banking Museum Numismatic website, banknotes and coins, moneyboxes, office machines, firearms, gold-mining equipment and uniforms Australian Centre for Contemporary Art Art Contemporary art gallery Australian Centre for the Moving Image Media Film, television, digital media Australian National Aviation Museum Aviation Australia's aviation heritage Australian Music Vault Music Australian music, part of Arts Centre Melbourne Australian Racing Museum Sports Horse racing, part of the National Sports Museum Backwoods Gallery Art Urban Contemporary, Street Art Centre for Contemporary Photography Art Contemporary photo-based arts Chinese Museum, Melbourne Ethnic Heritage and culture of Australia's Chinese community City Gallery, Melbourne Art website, exhibits from the city's art and history collections Cooks' Cottage Historic house Mid 18th century cottage of Captain James Cook's parents in England that was transported to Melbourne Fairhall (House Museum) Art Georgian townhouse that houses The Johnston Collection of fine and decorative art Fo Guang Yuan Art Gallery Art website, traditional and contemporary concepts of Eastern philosophy through painting, sculptures, calligraphy, embroidery, pottery, decorative arts and antiques Grainger Museum Biographical Documents the life, career and music of composer and pianist Percy Grainger Hellenic Museum, Melbourne Ethnic Cultural traditions of ancient and contemporary GreeceHeide Museum of Modern ArtArtwebsite Hosts modern and contemporary art, contains a sculpture park. Ian Potter Centre Art Houses the Australian part of the art collection of the National Gallery of Victoria, includes paintings, sculpture, prints, photography, fashion and textiles Ian Potter Museum of Art Art Part of the University of Melbourne, includes Australian art in all media from the early nineteenth century to the present, European art, International indigenous art, classics and archaeology Immigration Museum, Melbourne History Operated by Museum Victoria, history of immigration in Australia Islamic Museum of Australia Ethnic Islamic art and culture Jewish Holocaust Museum and Research Centre Holocaust Jewish Museum of Australia Jewish Only Jewish community museum in Australia The Johnston Collection Art Located in Fairhall, includes Georgian, Regency and Louis XV furniture, 18th and 19th century porcelain, and paintings from the 16th - 19th centuries Koorie Heritage Trust Ethnic website, Koorie art, culture and heritage La Trobe's Cottage Historic house Original mid 19th century home of Victoria's first Lt. Governor, Charles Joseph La Trobe, operated by the National Trust of Australia Living Museum of the West Ecomuseum Documents social history of Melbourne's western suburbsMary Glowrey MuseumBiographicalwebsite Documents the life and legacy of Melbourne doctor and medical missionary Mary Glowrey Melbourne Maritime Museum Maritime Includes the museum ship Polly Woodside, 3-masted 19th century barque. Operated by the National Trust of Australia Melbourne Museum Multiple Largest museum in the Southern Hemisphere, operated by Museum Victoria, exhibits include natural history, science, art, culture Melbourne Museum of Printing Industrial website, Working and teaching museum of typography and printing Melbourne Tram Museum Transportation Large collection of Melbourne's trams, housed in the former Hawthorn tram depot National Gallery of Victoria Art Includes the Ian Potter Centre, encompasses Indigenous (Australian Aboriginal) art, Australian colonial painting, Australian Impressionist painting, 20th century, modern and contemporary Australian artNational Communication MuseumTechnologyTelephones and telecommunications equipment National Steam Centre Engineering website Operated by Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club Inc, working examples of mechanical heritage National Sports Museum Sports Includes the Australian Racing Museum, Australian rules football, cricket, Olympic Games, tennis, rugby league, rugby union, soccer, basketball, boxing and netball Newport Railway Museum Transportation Steam, electric and diesel locomotives, carriages, signalling and other historic railway equipment and artefacts Old Melbourne Gaol Prison History of the 19th century prison used until 1924 Old Treasury Building, Melbourne History Museum of Melbourne history from the 1830s, Portable Iron Houses Historic house website, operated by the National Trust of Australia, prefabricated iron buildings from the gold rush era RAAF Museum Aviation Military aircraft, official museum of the Royal Australian Air Force Salvation Army Heritage Centre History, cinema website, Operated by the Salvation Army, includes original Limelight Department film studioSchramm's Cottage Museum ComplexHistorywebsite, Operated by the Doncaster Templestowe Historical Society includes the stone Schramm's Cottage, the Waldau Cemetery and farm equipment collection. Scienceworks Science Operated by Museum Victoria, hands-on science exhibits Shot Tower Museum Military Located in Melbourne Central Shopping Centre, shows the production of shot balls by freefall of molten lead TAA Museum Aviation website, Operated by TAA Australian Airlines 25 year club volunteers, exhibits of Trans Australia Airlines history Victoria Police Museum Law enforcement website, social history of policing and crime in Victoria including uniforms, equipment, weapons
See also Culture of Melbourne List of museums in Victoria (Australia)
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