The Immigration Museum focuses on Melbourne and Victoria’s immigration history and celebrates the diversity of the community through shared storytelling. Located on Flinders Street in Melbourne, Victoria in the Old Customs House, the heritage building was a reflection of vastly expanded trade and soaring revenue from the goldrush.
The site was listed in 1948 as one of the key sites for the modernisation of Melbourne.[2] An 11 storey £750,000 Customs House office tower was proposed,[2] however did not proceed.
In addition to its work on documenting immigration history, the museum also hosts various travelling exhibitions, and also provides educational programs. The courtyard of the museum is utilised to host community festivals which are an amalgamation of food, music and culture. It contains the Tribute Garden which honours immigrants from more than 90 countries.[3]
^ ab"NEW CITY BUILDING WILL CHANGE MELBOURNE SKYLINE". The Herald. No. 22, 274. Victoria, Australia. 11 October 1948. p. 4. Retrieved 13 February 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
immigration, museum, melbourne, immigration, museum, focuses, melbourne, victoria, immigration, history, celebrates, diversity, community, through, shared, storytelling, located, flinders, street, melbourne, victoria, customs, house, heritage, building, reflec. The Immigration Museum focuses on Melbourne and Victoria s immigration history and celebrates the diversity of the community through shared storytelling Located on Flinders Street in Melbourne Victoria in the Old Customs House the heritage building was a reflection of vastly expanded trade and soaring revenue from the goldrush Immigration Museum MelbourneImmigration Museum in Old Customs HouseEstablished1998LocationMelbourne AustraliaCoordinates37 49 09 S 144 57 37 E 37 8191 S 144 9604 E 37 8191 144 9604TypeCulture museumWebsitemuseumsvictoria wbr com wbr au wbr immigrationmuseum wbr Architects where Peter Kerr with additional input by J J Clark and Arthur Ebden Johnson with construction between 1855 and 1876 the result one of Melbourne s grand buildings The museum s most important space the Long Room is a notable piece of Renaissance Revival architecture 1 The site was listed in 1948 as one of the key sites for the modernisation of Melbourne 2 An 11 storey 750 000 Customs House office tower was proposed 2 however did not proceed The museum was founded in 1998 and is a division of Museums Victoria which administers the cultural and scientific collections of the State of Victoria Its sister museums are Melbourne Museum including the Royal Exhibition Building and Scienceworks Museum In addition to its work on documenting immigration history the museum also hosts various travelling exhibitions and also provides educational programs The courtyard of the museum is utilised to host community festivals which are an amalgamation of food music and culture It contains the Tribute Garden which honours immigrants from more than 90 countries 3 References edit Old Customs House Museums Victoria a b NEW CITY BUILDING WILL CHANGE MELBOURNE SKYLINE The Herald No 22 274 Victoria Australia 11 October 1948 p 4 Retrieved 13 February 2024 via National Library of Australia Celebrating Victorian communities Museums Victoria External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Immigration Museum Melbourne Immigration Museum website nbsp This Melbourne related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to a museum in Australia is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article about a building or structure in Victoria state is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Immigration Museum Melbourne amp oldid 1211684499, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
