A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Australia

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A list of Museums and Art Galleries in Victoria

Victoria - Museums and Art Galleries in Victoria including non-profit art centers and galleries, government entities, and private businesses.

NAME LOCATION TELEPHONE & WEBSITE SUMMARY
Art Gallery of Ballarat 40 Lydiard St N, Ballarat Central VIC 3350 Telephone: +61 3 5320 5858
artgalleryofballarat.com.au		 The Art Gallery of Ballarat operates as a Not for Profit Company Limited by Guarantee of which the Ballarat City Council is the sole shareholder. It is governed by an eleven member Board of Directors who are directly responsible for the Gallery’s day-to-day operations.
Benalla Art Gallery Botantical Gardens, Bridge St, Benalla VIC 3672 Telephone: +61 3 5760 2619
benallaartgallery.com.au		 The Benalla Art Gallery Collection includes painting, printmaking, works on paper, photography, textiles, ceramics, sculpture and decorative arts spanning three centuries of Australian art. The Ledger Collection focuses on Australian art from the 19th and early 20th centuries with an emphasis on the colonial and impressionist periods. The collection continues to develop with recent acquisitions including outstanding Indigenous and contemporary Australian artworks.
Bendigo Art Gallery 42 View St, Bendigo VIC 3550 Telephone: +61 3 5434 6088
bendigoartgallery.com.au		 Bendigo Art Gallery is one of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries. The collections of Bendigo Art Gallery include Australian Art from the 1850s to the present day, a special collection of art from the Bendigo goldfields and 19th century European paintings, sculptures and decorative arts. Each year Bendigo Art Gallery presents an exciting program of exhibitions and events. This includes guided tours, workshops, talks by arts professionals, films and much more.
Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora VIC 3083 Telephone: +61 3 9496 1060
bundoorahomestead.com		 The role of the City of Darebin Art Collection is to inspire, inform, engage and connect the community in an appreciation of the visual arts and local heritage, and to support artists in their endeavours to contribute to a vibrant municipal culture. The collection is regularly exhibited and displayed at Bundoora Homestead Art Centre and publicly accessible locations within the City of Darebin including Darebin libraries, Northcote and Preston town halls, Darebin Intercultural Centre, Darebin customer service and civic centres, and Bundoora Park.
Burrinja Cultural Centre 351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey VIC 3158 Telephone: +61 3 9754 8723
www.burrinja.org.au		 Burrinja is a vibrant community cultural centre in the Dandenong Ranges with a clear, creative and community-based vision for the region: Building Community through Arts. Burrinja’s function and purpose are built on a multi-element vision and program across diverse art forms and cultural activities. The centre is a cultural hub for the Dandenong Ranges that supports existing and enables the development of new, experiential and distinctive arts practice, providing outcomes that contribute to the cultural vibrancy of the region.
Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum 4 Lyttleton St, Castlemaine VIC 3450 Telephone: +61 3 5472 2292
castlemainegallery.com		 Founded in 1913, the Castlemaine Art Museum has a unique collection of Australian art and fascinating historical artefacts reflecting the early history of the district. The beautiful art deco building, dating from 1931 with several extensions since then, is a work of art itself, with purpose-built galleries. The Gallery and Museum is fully accredited by Museums Australia. It is governed by private trustees and managed by a Board elected by subscribers. State and local government support is provided, and the Gallery has a strong tradition of support from benefactors, local families, artists and patrons.
Convent Gallery 7 Daly St, Daylesford VIC 3460 Telephone: +61 3 5348 3211
http://conventgallery.com.au/		 Described as ‘the most beautiful gallery in Australia’, the Convent Gallery presents local, national and international artists working in a variety of media and styles. With more than eight exhibition spaces throughout the building, the gallery offers visitors and collectors a truly diverse range of art.
Geelong Art Gallery 55 Little Malop St, Geelong VIC 3220 Telephone: +61 3 5229 3645
geelonggallery.org.au		 Established in 1896, the Geelong Gallery is one of Australia’s leading and oldest regional art galleries. The Gallery’s significant collection of over 6,000 works includes Australian and international paintings, works on paper, sculpture and decorative arts.
Hamilton Art Gallery 107 Brown St, Hamilton VIC 3300 Telephone: +61 3 5573 0460
hamiltongallery.org		 The Hamilton Gallery Collection contains over 8,000 works of art. The collection includes the areas of ceramics, Asian art, paintings, prints, furniture, metalwork, contemporary art and many more.
Heide Museum of Modern Art 7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen VIC 3105 Telephone: +61 3 9850 1500
www.heide.com.au		 The Reeds collected a broad range of art from figurative to abstract, expressionist to realist. Initially they acquired works by leading artists of the modernist movement in Australia, such as Sam Atyeo, Adrian Lawlor and Moya Dyring but later began collecting artists as diverse in practice as Yosl Bergner, Charles Blackman, Arthur Boyd, Mike Brown, Noel Counihan, Joy Hester, Elwyn Lynn, Sidney Nolan, John Perceval, Edwin Tanner, Albert Tucker, Danila Vassilieff and Fred Williams, many of whom they counted as friends.
Horsham Regional Art Gallery 80 Wilson St, Horsham VIC 3400 Telephone: +61 3 5382 9575
horshamtownhall.com.au		 The Horsham Regional Art Gallery Collection has been developing since 1972, and is funded through the Horsham Art Gallery Trust Fund. Our collection is built around three focal points: Australian Photography, The Wimmera And Its Artists and The Mack Jost Collection of Australian Painting and Works on Paper. Highlights of our collection can be found presented within our suite of first floor galleries which include the historic Horsham Council Chamber.
Latrobe Regional Gallery 138 Commercial Rd, Morwell VIC 3840 Telephone: +61 3 5128 5700
latroberegionalgallery.com		 Latrobe Regional Gallery (LRG) was established in 1971. LRG is one of the largest public galleries in eastern Victoria, Australia, and is member of the Public Galleries Association of Victoria. Housing seven gallery spaces and a sculpture courtyard, the gallery presents exhibitions and curated projects across contemporary art and design, experimental and interdisciplinary practices, curated collections of note, works by regional artists and national touring exhibitions.
Maroondah Art Gallery 32 Greenwood Ave, Ringwood VIC 3134 Telephone: +61 3 9298 4542
maroondah.vic.gov.au		 Municipal art gallery
Monash Gallery of Art 860 Ferntree Gully Rd, Wheelers Hill VIC 3150 Telephone: +61 3 8544 0500
www.mga.org.au		 MGA’s mission is to promote excellence, access and education in the visual arts, notably through interactions with Australian photography. To achieve this end, MGA develops and preserves a nationally significant collection of Australian photographs. Municipal art and photography gallery.
Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery Dunns Rd, Mornington VIC 3931 Telephone: +61 3 5950 1580
mprg.mornpen.vic.gov.au		 The Gallery embraces traditional and contemporary art in all its forms, ensuring there’s something for everyone. National touring exhibitions and MPRG-curated exhibitions offer a rich cultural experience for the local community as well as visitors to the region – many travelling the easy distance from Melbourne to enjoy the Mornington Peninsula’s beautiful coastal scenery and hinterland.
Post Office Gallery Camp St, Ballarat Central VIC 3350 Telephone: +61 3 5327 8615
http://federation.edu.au/		 The Post Office Gallery is committed to providing an outstanding educational resource and presenting an innovative exhibition programme, encouraging diverse audiences while creating strong links with the local and broader community. The Gallery's changing exhibition program features a broad range of work by FedUni's Arts Academy students and staff, local, emerging and internationally recognised Australian contemporary artists and recent acquisitions from FedUni's extensive Permanent Art Collection.
Shepparton Art Museum 70 Welsford St, Shepparton VIC 3630 Telephone: +61 3 5832 9861
sheppartonartmuseum.com.au		 he Shepparton Art Museum collection includes a significant collection of Australian and International Ceramics, historic and contemporary Australian landscape paintings, prints and works on paper, and a growing collection of Australian contemporary art.
Swan Hill Regional Art Gallery Horseshoe Bend, Swan Hill. VIC 3585 Telephone: +61 3 5036 2430
gallery.swanhill.vic.gov.au		 The Gallery’s permanent collection includes paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures from 1970, with special interest in Australian Naïve art, works on paper and pieces relating to this region. In keeping with this theme, the Gallery hosts the prestigious biennial National Print and Drawing Acquisitive Award.
TarraWarra Museum of Art 311 Healesville-Yarra Glen Rd, Tarrawarra VIC 3775 Telephone: +61 3 5957 3100
http://www.twma.com.au/		 The TWMA collection is comprised of Australian works of art primarily from the early 1950s to the present day, the same period during which Marc and Eva Besen have collected art. The collection highlights artists whose work has come to prominence from the 1950s onwards: artists who have shaped the development of modern art in Australia since the precursors of the 1930s and 1940s.
Tasma Gallery 6 Parliament Pl, East Melbourne VIC 3002 Telephone: +61 3 9656 9800
www.nationaltrust.org.au		 The National Trusts are Australia’s leading conservation organisations. Our mission, which started with the conservation of historic Sydney architecture, has grown to include natural, Indigenous and cultural heritage in every state and territory.
Wangaratta Art Gallery 56 Ovens St, Wangaratta VIC 3677 Telephone: +61 3 5722 0865
wangarattaartgallery.com.au		 Established in 1987 the Rural City of Wangaratta’s unique regional art gallery is housed in a striking heritage building located in the arts precinct, a short walk from the CBD. The Gallery collects textile art, small sculpture, wood, and significant works of art from, and about the north east of Victoria region. It also collects works of art by state and national artists of significance.
Warrnambool Art Gallery 26 Liebig St, Warrnambool VIC 3280 Telephone: +61 3 5559 4949
thewag.com.au		 WAG’s collection is the sum of over 130 years of inspiration and innovation. It holds more than 2000 works ranging from European salon and Colonial to Indigenous artefacts, modernist Australian art and contemporary works. It is a tribute to the visionaries of the region and the artists and crafts people whose work is held here. The South-West District of Victoria is majestic, raw, challenging and unruly. Its post-colonial history reflects its wide plains, rugged coast and the journey of people to settle, tame, harvest and harness its forceful nature.
Whitehorse Art Space 1022 Whitehorse Rd, Box Hill VIC 3128 Telephone: +61 3 9262 6250
whitehorse.vic.gov.au		 The collection comprises works by significant artists of the nineteenth and early twentieth century, and contemporary works by living artists completed in a variety of media including paintings, photographs and original prints, ceramics and textiles. It also includes commissioned site-specific sculptures.