Collection Store Tours
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New dates released after a sold out season.
Every Sunday. 3 sessions. 10:45am. 12:45pm. 2:45pm.
Discover the Australian Performing Arts Collection — the largest performing arts collection in Australia, with more than 850,000 objects spanning theatre, dance, opera, ballet, circus and music history.
The Collection Store Tour is a guided behind-the-scenes experience that gives visitors unique access to a working performing arts collection store and conservation lab, usually closed to the public. Tours explore a selection of original objects spanning ballet, opera, circus, dance, music and theatre from some of Australia’s greatest performers, creatives and companies.
What to expect:
Hear the fascinating stories behind collected objects and learn more about the artists and designers who have helped shape Australian performing arts history.
See props, costumes and set models, masks, jewellery, puppets, artworks, personal artefacts, instruments, ballet shoes and more.
Get up close to one-of-a-kind items, including Nick Cave’s handwritten lyrics, Dame Edna’s spectacles, Kylie Minogue’s costumes, Margot Fonteyn’s pointe shoes, Peter Allen’s maracas, circus apparatus, intricately crafted opera headpieces and more.
Look inside a working conservation lab and discover how these treasures are collected, cared for, researched and prepared for display by our team of experts.
Learn how Arts Centre Melbourne’s curators have worked closely with the performing arts industry to develop the Australian Performing Arts Collection — now the largest of its kind in the country, with more than 850,000 objects.
Be led by a knowledgeable guide, ask questions and enjoy behind-the-scenes access.
Limited-capacity tours give you a unique cultural experience in the heart of Melbourne.
Every Sunday. 3 sessions. 10:45am. 12:45pm. 2:45pm.
Discover the Australian Performing Arts Collection — the largest performing arts collection in Australia, with more than 850,000 objects spanning theatre, dance, opera, ballet, circus and music history.
The Collection Store Tour is a guided behind-the-scenes experience that gives visitors unique access to a working performing arts collection store and conservation lab, usually closed to the public. Tours explore a selection of original objects spanning ballet, opera, circus, dance, music and theatre from some of Australia’s greatest performers, creatives and companies.
What to expect:
Hear the fascinating stories behind collected objects and learn more about the artists and designers who have helped shape Australian performing arts history.
See props, costumes and set models, masks, jewellery, puppets, artworks, personal artefacts, instruments, ballet shoes and more.
Get up close to one-of-a-kind items, including Nick Cave’s handwritten lyrics, Dame Edna’s spectacles, Kylie Minogue’s costumes, Margot Fonteyn’s pointe shoes, Peter Allen’s maracas, circus apparatus, intricately crafted opera headpieces and more.
Look inside a working conservation lab and discover how these treasures are collected, cared for, researched and prepared for display by our team of experts.
Learn how Arts Centre Melbourne’s curators have worked closely with the performing arts industry to develop the Australian Performing Arts Collection — now the largest of its kind in the country, with more than 850,000 objects.
Be led by a knowledgeable guide, ask questions and enjoy behind-the-scenes access.
Limited-capacity tours give you a unique cultural experience in the heart of Melbourne.
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Where is it happening?
100 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, Victoria 3004
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Host or PublisherArts Centre Melbourne
