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                    Exhibition archive

                    In the Melbourne Town Hall, City Gallery presents a free, annual program of exhibitions that draw on the City of Melbourne’s extensive art and heritage collection.

                    Devised by specialist curators, each show explores aspects of the city’s cultural, historical and artistic life.

                    • Melbourne Authentic

                      Melbourne Authentic focused on how the city's coat of arms was developed over time, the tools and means used in displaying the arms and the ways the arms have been used to authenticate Melbourne. It also features the work of an exemplary heraldist, the late Horace K. Hall.

                    • Melbourne's Breweries

                      Melbourne's brewing industry sustained a presence in and around the city centre long into the 20th century. It outlasted other city factories and maintained industrial life among the retail and office workplaces of the city.

                    • Melbourne's Newsboys

                      Crutchey, Tabby-cats, Spud, Little Charlie, Curley and all their mates – Melbourne salutes its vanished newsboys!

                    • Money – Building – Interference

                      Money – Building – Interference traces the various interventions that have occurred since Melbourne's establishment to create the complex urban landscape that defines the city today.

                    • Mostlandian Embassy

                      Part of the Melbourne International Arts Festival, Mostlandia found a temporary outpost at the City Gallery during October 2006. The gallery became the site of the Mostlandian Embassy.

                    • Queer Street presents Timothy Horn

                      This exhibition resulted from a collaboration between Queer St and the City of Melbourne and was part of the Midsumma Festival.

                    • Rubbish

                      This City Gallery exhibition looked at rubbish collection and disposal - which have long been among the foremost responsibilities of local government.

                    • Small Towns Big Picture

                      Small Towns Big Picture was an innovative regional development project led by the Cultural Development Network of Victoria and the Centre for Sustainable Regional Communities at La Trobe University in Bendigo.

                    • Snap!

                      Press photos from the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games.

                    • Town of North Melbourne 1905

                      In 1905, the Town of North Melbourne voted to merge with the Melbourne City Council. One hundred years on, this exhibition commemorated the anniversary of that merger.
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