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Cultural Venues

Explore our museums, galleries and performance spaces

The University’s wide range of museums, galleries and venues offer a diverse range of programs, events and exhibitions. They provide welcoming spaces for both the University and the broader community to explore, interact, experience and be inspired by collections and creators. Entry to our venues is free – visit the individual museum or gallery websites for opening hours and current exhibitions and events.

  • Potter Museum of Art

    Supporting generations of artists, curators, writers and academics for over fifty years, with a collection that spans antiquity to contemporary practice.

  • Buxton Contemporary

    A dynamic program of solo and thematic exhibitions, artist commissions, publishing and learning initiatives connects contemporary art to new audiences.

  • Science Gallery Melbourne

    Bringing science, art, technology and design together, Science Gallery Melbourne delivers unique, transdisciplinary exhibitions, events and educational programs.

  • Arts and Cultural Building

    A vibrant cultural hub and the new home to the iconic Union and Guild Theatres and UMSU's George Paton Gallery.

  • Building 189

    Restored to its iconic Art Deco form, Building 189 is a flexible event space seamlessly connected to Parkville’s Amphitheatre.

  • Grainger Museum

    A heritage-listed, internationally recognised museum documenting the life and work of composer Percy Grainger.

  • MPavilion Parkville

    The University of Melbourne’s open-air space for art, ideas and experimentation.

  • Old Quad

    The University’s original building, once home to the earliest lectures and ceremonies, today it is a vibrant cultural hub.