Carlton Directory: Arts and Culture


Melbourne Museum
Melbourne Museum explores life in Victoria, from our natural environment to our culture and history. Located in Carlton Gardens, opposite the historic Royal Exhibition Building, the award-winning Melbourne Museum houses a permanent collection in eight galleries, including one just for children.
11 Nicholson St - Website | Facebook | Twitter
Bunjilaka
Bunjilaka is the Aboriginal Centre at Melbourne Museum, a venue of Museum Victoria. It was developed to empower Aboriginal people to interpret their own cultural heritage for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.
11 Nicholson St - Website | Facebook | Twitter
Museo Italiano
Museo Italiano, located at Co.As.It in Carlton is Australia’s first museum dedicated to the celebration of Italian-Australian history and culture. Museo Italiano displays and interprets the experience of Italian migration, and the culture created by Italians in Australia.
199 Faraday Street - Website
La Mama
La Mama Theatre is a cosy, intimate theatre space and is one of Melbourne's oldest and most fondly regarded theatres. Since the early 1970s, it has never ceased to nurture new, vital and unconventional talents. La Mama also manages the Carlton Courthouse theatre.
205 Faraday Street (Theatre) 349 Drummond St (Courthouse)
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Melbourne French Theatre (MFT)
MFT provides an opportunity for the public, students, francophones and francophiles and lovers of French drama to witness, participate in and enjoy the excitement of quality French theatrical productions.
Princes Hill Gallery 213 Canning Street - Website
Readings Carlton
Readings Carlton is a Melbourne icon, and has long been a gathering point for the Australian literary scene. We pride ourselves on our knowledgeable staff and exceptional customer service. Experts in music, film, books and kids’ books are always available to answer your queries and handle special orders. Readings Carlton was awarded Independent Bookseller of the Year in 1998, 2001, 2009 & 2010.
309 Lygon St - Website | Facebook | Twitter
IMAX
IMAX is the world's largest cinema format, with a screen up to eight storeys high. Films, from documentaries to latest release movies, can be experienced in 2D or 3D.
Rathdowne Street Carlton Gardens - Website | Facebook |Twitter
Cinema Nova
Melbourne's largest and most vibrant arthouse cinema complex offering the very best in new release arthouse films together with upmarket commercial releases, regular special film events and festivals, all in a warm, intimate environment of architecturally challenging design.
380 Lygon St - Website | Facebook | Twitter
Royal Exhibition Building
One of the world's oldest remaining exhibition pavilions and was the first building in Australia to achieve a World Heritage listing. Located in Carlton Gardens, with its meticulously restored interior, expansive galleries and soaring dome, the Great Hall offers an impressive setting for trade shows, fairs and cultural and community events.
9 Nicholson St - Website | Facebook | Twitter
The Ian Potter Museum of Art - The University of Melbourne
Founded in 1972, the Ian Potter Museum of Art is the University of Melbourne’s art museum. The Potter is the largest university-based art museum in Australia and a national leader in the field. The Potter manages the University Art Collection, a rich resource of art and artifacts spanning neolithic to contemporary. We are a cultural and educational facility, serving both the campus community and the general public.
Swanston Street, University of Melbourne - Website | Facebook | Twitter
The Grainger Museum - The University of Melbourne
The Grainger Museum is a part of the University of Melbourne Library. Percy Aldridge Grainger (1882-1961) was an internationally renowned Australian-American composer and pianist.He preserved the evidence of his creative life - his archive, personal library and many of his possessions - in his Museum or 'Past-hoard-house' on the campus of the University of Melbourne, the city of his birth
University of Melbourne, Gate 13 Royal Parade Parkville- Website
Walking Tour: Carlton’s lesser known street art histories
A walking tour that follows the cobblestone pathways of Carlton, a suburb on Melbourne’s city fringe, to find street galleries and remnant political markings from the 1970s to the present. Download the audio for a People's Tour.
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