Cultural Treasures Day 2010
Discover Our Cultural Treasures
Sunday 14 November 2010, 10am to 4pm
There are many exciting museums and collections at the University of Melbourne. Join us in this very special event where you will discover exhibitions, talks, demonstrations, displays, tours and a musical performance. A whole day of entertainment, fascination and fun for grown-ups and families, all for free and just minutes from the city centre.
Brochure with full details (pdf 2 Mb)
Glyn Davis, 'Celebrating our cultural collections', Voice, vol. 6, no. 11, 8 November-12 December 2010, p. 2.
Katherine Smith, 'Melbourne's treasure trove', Voice, vol. 6, no. 11, 8 November-12 December 2010, p. 4.
View the Visions podcast.
To join our mailing list for this event, please email treasures-days@unimelb.edu.au with your postal address.
Tel (03) 8344 3964
And check this web site for further details. We will update it as new programs are launched.
Feature Events
Culture outside
11:30–12:15, 1:00–1:45
Explore the grounds of the University with a cultural eye. Dr Belinda Nemec will lead visitors across campus, stopping by sculptures, buildings and sites of interest along the way. Meet at Wilson Hall.
Limited numbers, bookings recommended: treasures-days@unimelb.edu.au.
Discover more secrets of Melbourne University!
12:30–1:15, 2:00–2:45, 3:30–4:15
Search for the clues hidden across campus and help find out the mysterious secret of Melbourne University. Join our extraordinary tour guide Professor Reynard Eastley (PhD, Stories and Adventures) in this exciting and fun expedition.
Tally-ho! Special event for families. Meet at Wilson Hall.
Limited numbers, bookings essential: treasures-days@unimelb.edu.au.
The glorious garden - books and beyond
2:00–4:30,Tutorial & Committee Room, Ground floor, Baillieu Library, Professors' Walk
Join the Friends of the Baillieu Library for this seminar.
‘To rend the heart with chords’: Choral music of Percy Grainger
2:30–3:30, Melba Hall, Conservatorium of Music, Royal Parade
Join us for this musical grand finale, featuring the Consort of Melbourne, conducted by Peter Tregear, with pianists Timothy Young and Anna Carson. Light refreshments served afterwards.
And Furthermore
Throughout Cultural Treasures Day you can choose from a rich program of special talks, tours, demonstrations and activities with curators, librarians, students, conservators and museum directors. Keep checking this web site for further details, or email treasures-days@unimelb.edu.au to join our mailing list.
Many collections have organised special activities for children, so check them out when you visit each one of them.
Getting Here
The University of Melbourne
Campus map (Pdf 363 Kb)
Enter campus from Swanston St or Grattan St (Carlton); Elizabeth St/Royal Pde (Parkville)
Melway maps 2B, 43 and 75A
By tram along Swanston Street: tram numbers 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, 16, 64, 67, 72
By tram along Elizabeth Street/Royal Parade: tram number 19
Parking: University Square Car Park. Entry Berkeley St (near corner of
Grattan St). Fees apply. Enter campus via gate 10 on Grattan St.
Some of the museums and collections you will be able to see
Classics and Archaeology Gallery, Ian Potter Museum of Art
East Asian Library
Ernst Matthaei Memorial Collection of Early Glass
Grainger Museum
Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology (12noon-4pm)
Henry Forman Atkinson Dental Museum
Ian Potter Museum of Art
Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library
Medical History Museum
Physics Museum
Rare books and prints from Baillieu Library Special Collections
Rare Maps Collection
Tiegs Zoology Museum
University of Melbourne Archives display
University of Melbourne Herbarium (Bookings essential; no disabled access: treasures-days@unimelb.edu.au)
and more.
Cultural Treasures Day 2010 is made possible by the generosity of the late Estelle Dow.