Old Treasury Building
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One of Melbourne's finest 19th century buildings. This free museum showcases the history of Melbourne and Victoria.
The OTB is located on the land of the Kulin Nations. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians, past and present.
The OTB is located on the land of the Kulin Nations. We acknowledge and pay our respects to the Traditional Custodians, past and present.
Good news! Our whimsical Christmas cards are back in stock! Get ahead of the season with these Victorian inspired cards. 5 designs, 5 in a pack.
Christmas Greeting Cards – Old Treasury Building
These whimsical Old Treasury Building cards were designed to echo the Christmas cards of the Victorian Era, 1837-1901. Thanks to new printing techniques and cheaper postage stamps, Christmas cards wer...
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November 7, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Good news! Our whimsical Christmas cards are back in stock! Get ahead of the season with these Victorian inspired cards. 5 designs, 5 in a pack.
Want to find out more about our new exhibition 'Swinging 60s'? Join @margaretotbmelb.bsky.social as she takes us through the decade in this free online talk!
Looking back on the Swinging Sixties
Join Margaret Anderson as she explores life in the 1960s and asks did Victoria really ‘swing’ in the 1960s?
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October 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Want to find out more about our new exhibition 'Swinging 60s'? Join @margaretotbmelb.bsky.social as she takes us through the decade in this free online talk!
DId you miss our talk last week as part of Melbourne Fashion Week ?
It's now available to view on our YouTube Channel! Discover the impact of Barbie and Woolmark in the 1960s!
It's now available to view on our YouTube Channel! Discover the impact of Barbie and Woolmark in the 1960s!
Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s
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October 26, 2025 at 9:32 PM
DId you miss our talk last week as part of Melbourne Fashion Week ?
It's now available to view on our YouTube Channel! Discover the impact of Barbie and Woolmark in the 1960s!
It's now available to view on our YouTube Channel! Discover the impact of Barbie and Woolmark in the 1960s!
Our new exhibition 'Swinging 60s' is now on display! Discover stunning original dresses, protest banners and much more, including a very influential 12.5 inch doll!
'Swinging 60s' was researched and curated by the Old Treasury Building in partnership with @vicarchives.bsky.social. Free entry.
'Swinging 60s' was researched and curated by the Old Treasury Building in partnership with @vicarchives.bsky.social. Free entry.
October 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Our new exhibition 'Swinging 60s' is now on display! Discover stunning original dresses, protest banners and much more, including a very influential 12.5 inch doll!
'Swinging 60s' was researched and curated by the Old Treasury Building in partnership with @vicarchives.bsky.social. Free entry.
'Swinging 60s' was researched and curated by the Old Treasury Building in partnership with @vicarchives.bsky.social. Free entry.
Have you booked for our #MelbourneFashionWeek talk next week?
Discover our free online seminar 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'!
Discover our free online seminar 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'!
Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s
Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.
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October 16, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Have you booked for our #MelbourneFashionWeek talk next week?
Discover our free online seminar 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'!
Discover our free online seminar 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'!
Have you heard? We've launched a new Education Program! Discover geography at the Old Treasury Building.
Aligned to the Victorian Curriculum levels 3-10.
Aligned to the Victorian Curriculum levels 3-10.
Geography Programs – Old Treasury Building
Environmental Protection & Destruction When Europeans arrived in Melbourne they found a pristine landscape, untouched by human hands, or so they thought. Local First Nations people had lived on and […]
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October 8, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Have you heard? We've launched a new Education Program! Discover geography at the Old Treasury Building.
Aligned to the Victorian Curriculum levels 3-10.
Aligned to the Victorian Curriculum levels 3-10.
Did you miss our talk last week 'The Great Australian Dream'? It's now available to view on our YouTube channel!
The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own
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October 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Did you miss our talk last week 'The Great Australian Dream'? It's now available to view on our YouTube channel!
Join us online this Thursday for 'The Great Australian Dream'.
Discover the highs and lows of home building in Victoria and how the rooms in our homes have changed over time.
Discover the highs and lows of home building in Victoria and how the rooms in our homes have changed over time.
The Great Australian Dream- A Home of our Own
Reflect on the highs and lows of home building in Victoria, from boarded-up streets in the Great Depression, through the acute shortages of the post-war years,
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September 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Join us online this Thursday for 'The Great Australian Dream'.
Discover the highs and lows of home building in Victoria and how the rooms in our homes have changed over time.
Discover the highs and lows of home building in Victoria and how the rooms in our homes have changed over time.
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🗓️ Don't miss our upcoming MPH webinar this Thursday 25 September!
We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life.
✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life.
✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 AM
🗓️ Don't miss our upcoming MPH webinar this Thursday 25 September!
We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life.
✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
We are bringing together three of the authors of 'Fathering: An Australian History' (@MUPublishing) to delve into the history of Australian fathering and family life.
✍️Register now: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
We're excited to announce our next Material Histories is being presented as part of Melbourne Fashion Week!
Join us online on 22 October at 1pm for 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'! Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.
Join us online on 22 October at 1pm for 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'! Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.
Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s
Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.
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September 17, 2025 at 3:27 AM
We're excited to announce our next Material Histories is being presented as part of Melbourne Fashion Week!
Join us online on 22 October at 1pm for 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'! Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.
Join us online on 22 October at 1pm for 'Consuming Fashion: Fibres and Fun in the 1960s'! Tickets are free, but bookings are essential.
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Our next Making Public Histories webinar will take place on September 25, featuring panelists Al Thompson, Kate Murphy & Jill Banard!
Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all!
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all!
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
September 4, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Our next Making Public Histories webinar will take place on September 25, featuring panelists Al Thompson, Kate Murphy & Jill Banard!
Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all!
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
Co-presented by @oldtreasurymelb.bsky.social and @monashuniversity.bsky.social, the webinars are free & open to all!
➡️ Register: tinyurl.com/279m2nnx
There's just 5 days left to see our exhibition 'Belongings: Objects and Family Life'! Join us FREE 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday & Sunday.
September 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
There's just 5 days left to see our exhibition 'Belongings: Objects and Family Life'! Join us FREE 10am-4pm, Monday-Friday & Sunday.
'Behind the Lines' must close tomorrow at 4pm! Don't miss your opportunity to see this exhibition in its only Melbourne venue!
It's still available to view at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, and will be opening soon at The Hawke Centre in Adelaide!
It's still available to view at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, and will be opening soon at The Hawke Centre in Adelaide!
August 27, 2025 at 3:45 AM
'Behind the Lines' must close tomorrow at 4pm! Don't miss your opportunity to see this exhibition in its only Melbourne venue!
It's still available to view at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, and will be opening soon at The Hawke Centre in Adelaide!
It's still available to view at the Museum of Australian Democracy in Canberra, and will be opening soon at The Hawke Centre in Adelaide!
Two icons of Melbourne! Amazing image from the archives!
Take it back to this 1984 tram rolling past Flinders Street Station for #TrainsPlanesBoatsAutomobiles Tuesday: prov.vic.gov.au/archive/1635...
August 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Two icons of Melbourne! Amazing image from the archives!
Did you miss our talk last week? Good news! 'Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall' is now available on our YouTube channel!
Discover the world of collecting through a new lens.
Discover the world of collecting through a new lens.
Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall
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August 25, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Did you miss our talk last week? Good news! 'Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall' is now available on our YouTube channel!
Discover the world of collecting through a new lens.
Discover the world of collecting through a new lens.
The countdown is on! 'Behind the Lines' must close next Thursday! That's one week left to see last years best Australian political cartoons in Melbourne!
It's not all local issues as this cartoon from Greg 'Smithy' Smith illustrates.
It's not all local issues as this cartoon from Greg 'Smithy' Smith illustrates.
August 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The countdown is on! 'Behind the Lines' must close next Thursday! That's one week left to see last years best Australian political cartoons in Melbourne!
It's not all local issues as this cartoon from Greg 'Smithy' Smith illustrates.
It's not all local issues as this cartoon from Greg 'Smithy' Smith illustrates.
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Happy 80th anniversary to Children's Book Week! What was your favourite book as a child?
📚️ This is a small selection of books from our Ministerial Library Textbook Collection. Find more here: www.flickr.com/photos/publi...
📚️ This is a small selection of books from our Ministerial Library Textbook Collection. Find more here: www.flickr.com/photos/publi...
August 19, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Happy 80th anniversary to Children's Book Week! What was your favourite book as a child?
📚️ This is a small selection of books from our Ministerial Library Textbook Collection. Find more here: www.flickr.com/photos/publi...
📚️ This is a small selection of books from our Ministerial Library Textbook Collection. Find more here: www.flickr.com/photos/publi...
There's still time to book for our online talk Friday! Can't watch at 1pm? Book a ticket to be notified when the recording is live!
Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.
Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.
Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall
Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.
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August 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
There's still time to book for our online talk Friday! Can't watch at 1pm? Book a ticket to be notified when the recording is live!
Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.
Material Histories is presented by Old Treasury Building in partnership with @deakinuniversity.bsky.social and Australian Catholic University.
Bad news, there's only two weeks left to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne...
Good news, you have two more weeks to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne!
Thanks to @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for this fabulous cartoon!
Good news, you have two more weeks to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne!
Thanks to @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for this fabulous cartoon!
August 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Bad news, there's only two weeks left to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne...
Good news, you have two more weeks to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne!
Thanks to @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for this fabulous cartoon!
Good news, you have two more weeks to see 'Behind the Lines' in Melbourne!
Thanks to @fionakatauskas.bsky.social for this fabulous cartoon!
Historic Martindale Hall takes a front seat in our next 'Material Histories' program. Discover souveniors collected by Jack Mortlock in his travels, including a Javanese lampshade and 'urban boomerang’ made by Wallangang man Joe Timbery. Bookings essential for this free online talk!
Colonial Tourism: Objects of Martindale Hall
Join us for the next in our Material Histories seminar series.
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August 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Historic Martindale Hall takes a front seat in our next 'Material Histories' program. Discover souveniors collected by Jack Mortlock in his travels, including a Javanese lampshade and 'urban boomerang’ made by Wallangang man Joe Timbery. Bookings essential for this free online talk!
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Happy Family History Month! There are many Victorian government records in our collection that contain information about people and places relevant to your family or local history research: prov.vic.gov.au/explore-coll...
📸 VPRS 14517/P0001/15, G375
📸 VPRS 14517/P0001/15, G375
August 3, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Happy Family History Month! There are many Victorian government records in our collection that contain information about people and places relevant to your family or local history research: prov.vic.gov.au/explore-coll...
📸 VPRS 14517/P0001/15, G375
📸 VPRS 14517/P0001/15, G375
It may be cold outside (or inside), but it's warm at the Old Treasury! 'Behind the Lines' from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on free display until 28 August!
Cartoon by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social
Cartoon by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social
August 5, 2025 at 11:08 PM
It may be cold outside (or inside), but it's warm at the Old Treasury! 'Behind the Lines' from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on free display until 28 August!
Cartoon by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social
Cartoon by @jessharwoodart.bsky.social
We love sharing our favourite cartoons from the 'Behind the Lines' exhibition, and this one from @nordacious.bsky.social is one of the most popular!
'Behind the Lines' on loan from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on display at OTB until 28 August!
'Behind the Lines' on loan from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on display at OTB until 28 August!
July 29, 2025 at 2:22 AM
We love sharing our favourite cartoons from the 'Behind the Lines' exhibition, and this one from @nordacious.bsky.social is one of the most popular!
'Behind the Lines' on loan from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on display at OTB until 28 August!
'Behind the Lines' on loan from the Museum of Australian Democracy is on display at OTB until 28 August!
Did you miss our conversation between @meganjherbert.bsky.social and Matt Jones from the Museum of Australian Democracy yesterday? It's now available on our YouTube channel!
'Behind the Lines' is on display at the OTB until August 28.
'Behind the Lines' is on display at the OTB until August 28.
In Conversation with Megan Herbert, Political Cartoonist of the Year
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July 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Did you miss our conversation between @meganjherbert.bsky.social and Matt Jones from the Museum of Australian Democracy yesterday? It's now available on our YouTube channel!
'Behind the Lines' is on display at the OTB until August 28.
'Behind the Lines' is on display at the OTB until August 28.
On this day in 1969 people crowded around television sets to watch man walk on the moon for the first time. The footage they watched was broadcast from Australia.
Television – Old Treasury Building
After work and sleep, the average Victorian spends more time watching television than any other activity. In fact, Australian adults spend an average of 13 hours each week watching TV. Television […]
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July 21, 2025 at 6:34 AM
On this day in 1969 people crowded around television sets to watch man walk on the moon for the first time. The footage they watched was broadcast from Australia.