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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.

                    • Fire & Flood in the Heart of Melbourne

                      During the 1800s, Melbourne was menaced by floods so extensive that boats could be rowed from Flinders Street to Footscray.

                    • Flush

                      A quest for Melbourne's best public toilets in art, architecture and history.

                    • From Mundane to Friday: The Art of Everyday Melbourne

                      What can we learn about ourselves from the seemingly mundane ephemera that litters our daily lives?

                    • From Public Figures to Public Sculpture

                      For the first time, a selection of maquettes and models of sculptures in central Melbourne - from the collection of the City of Melbourne, plus works sourced from private collections and regional galleries - was exhibited in the City Gallery, Melbourne Town Hall.

                    • Going Viral

                      An illuminating exhibition showing the ways in which disease visits people and places in Melbourne’s past, present and future.

                    • Good looking: portraits from the City of Melbourne collection

                      Lord mayors, town clerks, British royalty, Moomba royalty and an office worker called Bob – the City of Melbourne’s art collection is full of portraits.

                    • Gotcha!

                      Concrete prints from the McEwans celebrity pavement.

                    • Hello Yellow

                      Melbourne’s taxis – stories, colours and manners.

                    • If Only You Knew...

                      Blak women respond to the City of Melbourne's Art and Heritage Collection.

                    • Illusions of Grandeur

                      Flora and ceremony at the Melbourne Town Hall.
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