International Museum Day

To celebrate International Museum Day on Wednesday 18 May 2016 there is a series of museum and collection tours showcasing some of the University of Melbourne’s rich cultural collections.

Tours are being offered by the Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne Archives, Grainger Museum, Tiegs Zoology Museum, Baillieu Library Rare Books, Louise Hanson-Dyer Music Library Rare Collections, the VCA Film and TV Archive, the Law Rare Books Collection and the Harry Brookes Allen Museum of Anatomy and Pathology.

The tours will be followed by a presentation on the new Arts West building and the role that it will play in facilitating wider access to, and use of, the University’s vast cultural collections.

More information and registration here:

Enquiries: Chelsea Harris, telephone: 9035 4657

Image: Moa (scientific name: Dinornis Robustus)  specimen in The Tiegs Museum collection, University of Melbourne. http://biosciences.unimelb.edu.au/engage/tiegs-museum/tiegs-museum-collection/