History in Melbourne
85 events around Melbourne over the next two weeks.
Today, Monday 24 August
9am · +4 more · Free
Taglietti: Life in Design
Glyn Davis Building (MSD) · Parkville
10am · +6 more · From $21.95
MCG Tour & Australian Sports Museum
Melbourne Visitor Hub · Melbourne
10am · +10 more · Free
Rehearsing the City Exhibition
Victorian Archives Centre and Gallery · North Melbourne
1:30pm · +5 more · From $56
Melbourne Museum: Melbourne History Tour
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
2pm · +9 more · From $10.30
Fitzroy Gardens Heritage Tour
Fitzroy Gardens Visitor Centre · East Melbourne
Tomorrow, Tuesday 25 August
+6 more · From $38
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour
Melbourne Cricket Ground · Richmond
+9 more · From $50
Fitzroy True Crime Walking Tour
9 Nicholson St · Carlton
+5 more · From $75
Hidden Bars & Creepy Tales: Melbourne Walking Tour
Market Espresso & Trolley Hire · Melbourne
10am · +11 more · From $39
Shadows in the Dark
Queen Victoria Market · Melbourne
10:30am · +9 more · From $23
Arts Centre Melbourne Tours
Southbank
11am · +9 more · Free
Ngarn Wa'ngal: Art of the Gum Tree
Potter Museum of Art · Parkville
11am · +9 more · Free
Poetry Goes No Further Than Language
Buxton Contemporary · Southbank
12pm · +9 more · From $79
Melbourne: An Insider's Walk
Melbourne Town Hall · Melbourne
Wednesday 26 August
9:15am · +3 more · From $39
State Library Victoria Unlocked
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
10am · +9 more · From $20
Taste and Temptation
The Johnston Collection · East Melbourne
5:30pm · From $179
Roman Marble Mosaic Masterclass
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
6:30pm · +3 more · From $5
Ship4Good Inc MV Steve Irwin
Melbourne City Marina · Melbourne
7pm · From $74.37
Cheese, Wine & Crime: Pairings to Die For
FarmDog Little Malop · Geelong
Thursday 27 August
+2 more · From $55
Aboriginal Heritage Walk - Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne Gardens
100 Birdwood Ave · Melbourne
10am · From $50
Walk Melbourne Winter Laneways & Coffee Tour
385 Bourke Street (Cnr Elizabeth St) · Victoria
10am · From $60
A Morning in East Melbourne House and Garden Tour
The Johnston Collection · East Melbourne
7pm · +1 more · Free
Sea Shanties and Folk Songs
The Mission to Seafarers Victoria · Docklands
Friday 28 August
2pm · From $23
How Europe Fell for the Natural World with Dr Belinda Scerri
The Johnston Collection · East Melbourne
5:30pm · +5 more · From $25
Melbourne's - True Crime Tour
Eight Hour Day Monument · Melbourne
8:30pm · +3 more · From $39
Hidden Melbourne: Ghosts, Murder and Mystery
Young & Jackson · Melbourne
Saturday 29 August
Sunday 30 August
Tuesday 1 September
Thursday 3 September
Friday 4 September
Saturday 5 September
Sunday 6 September
Running now
Until Sun 18 Oct · From $38.50
Melbourne Museum: ROME - Empire, Power, People Exhibition
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Sun 25 Oct · From $15
Rome: Empire, Power, People
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Tue 12 Jan · Free
World of the Book
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 29 Aug · From $10
Divine Thresholds: Icons and the Orthodox Christian World
Hellenic Museum · Melbourne
Until Sat 5 Sep · From $120
Kindred People 2026
The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts · Clayton
Until Wed 27 Jan · Free
Rebel Heart: Love Letters and Other Declarations
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Sun 15 Aug · Free
Sparks in the Dark: 260 Weeks of Resilience
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Thu 31 Dec · Free
Making Modern Melbourne
Old Treasury Building · East Melbourne
Until Mon 7 Dec · Free
HERstory: Remembering Australia’s Military Women
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Sun 18 Oct · Free
Treaty
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Fri 13 Nov · From $50
Old Melbourne Gaol visit
Old Melbourne Gaol · Melbourne
Until Sun 11 Apr · Free
Spartans & Anzacs
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Sun 27 Jun · Free
You Have a New Memory
State Library Victoria · Melbourne
Until Wed 14 Oct · From $89
Melbourne City Discovery Tour
Immigration Museum · Melbourne
Until Sat 14 Nov · From $18
Melbourne Museum: Entry Ticket
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Sat 31 Oct · From $43.50
Machu Picchu: Journey to the Lost City
Level 1, 206 Bourke Street · Melbourne
Until Fri 13 Nov · From $27
Rippon Lea Estate: Entry ticket
Rippon Lea Mansion · Elsternwick
Until Mon 2 Nov · From $89.95
Architecture Tour of Melbourne: From the 1850s to the Present Day
St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne · Melbourne
Until Thu 31 Dec · Free
Yarra: Stories of Melbourne's River
Old Treasury Building · East Melbourne
Until Thu 31 Dec · Free
Swinging 60s
Old Treasury Building · East Melbourne
Until Sun 13 Sep · Free
Occupation Studies: ngayanhurra bayarral Birrarung
Koorie Heritage Trust · Melbourne
Until Fri 16 Oct · From $68
Sovereign Hill: the gold rush era in Ballarat
Sovereign Hill
Until Mon 2 Nov · From $24.95
Shrine of Remembrance Guided Tour
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
Until Thu 12 Nov · From $28
Melbourne Museum: Guided Highlights Tour
Melbourne Museum · Carlton
Until Sat 14 Nov · Free
Taste of Combat
Shrine of Remembrance · Melbourne
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