/ Current Exhibitions

MELBOURNE, AND OTHER MYTHS
8 March – 25 May 2008

See the city in a strange new light as Melbourne, and Other Myths infects the City Museum this autumn.

Bear witness to the lives of three Melbourne eccentrics as they explain their unique visions of the city. Through the stories of these odd characters, illustrated with sounds, images and curious artefacts, the exhibition explores Melbourne's urban myths and impossible secrets. Other surprises – some fact, some fiction – will leave unsuspecting visitors seeing familiar landmarks in peculiar new ways.

Melbourne, and Other Myths combines the work of acclaimed Melbourne writer Martyn Pedler and animations from screen collective TAPE Projects, pollinated with still photography from three of Melbourne’s leading photographers. These disparate ingredients coalesce in a bizarre, at times hallucinatory journey through the secret histories of Melbourne, where the authenticity of the museum – and perhaps the very fabric of the city itself – is thrown into question.

Melbourne. Maybe it's not where you think.

Exhibition Partners:

  
Melbourne, and Other Myths coincides with the release of three intriguing new publications, made possible by the generous support of Chase and Galley

BEHIND THE LINES:
The Year’s Best Cartoons
19 March – 6 May 2008

As part of the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the National Museum of Australia’s popular annual exhibition Behind the Lines: The Year’s Best Cartoons returns. Celebrating Australian political cartooning at its best, the exhibition takes you on an amusing and thought-provoking journey through the year in Australian politics.
Come and match wits with Australia’s leading cartoonists, then cast a vote for your favourite cartoon and help decide who will win the annual People’s Choice award.

A travelling exhibition developed and presented by:
National Museum of Australia, Canberra

Making Melbourne

Tracing the story of the city from early settlement to the present day.

Built on Gold

The story of Victoria’s gold, its journey and legacy in the years 1852-1862.

Growing Up in the Old Treasury

Recreating the caretaker’s apartments, as occupied 1916-1928.

Gold and Prosperity

The Vizard Foundation collection of colonial gold and silver.

/ Events

Saturday 22 March – Sunday 6 April
School Holidays Treasure Hunt
With the help of twenty questions explore City Museum at Old Treasury and enter the draw for a special prize.
Free with entry

Friday 18 April
2.00pm
Curator Talk
Join assistant curator Kate Luciano for an informal talk about some of her favourite artefacts in Making Melbourne.
Free with entry

Wednesday 30 April
10.00am
Behind the Cartoons
Join participating cartoonists in Behind the Lines for an exclusive insight into their work.
Free with entry

Tuesday 13 May
2.00pm
Curators Talk
Join exhibition curators Simon Gregg and Martyn Pedlar for a behind-the-scenes tour of Melbourne, and Other Myths.

Thursday 29 May
10am
Breaking the Code
Join the ‘morse codians’ – keepers of this lost language of beeps and dots – for an revealing insight into their world, as part of Making Melbourne.
Free with entry