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Melbourne History Exhibition - The Impermanent City

The Impermanent City



Building demolition and Melbourne’s changing skyline become the focus of a new exhibition at City Museum at Old Treasury this Spring. [color="#FF00FF"]The Impermanent City charts the path of destruction through Melbourne and remembers the architectural marvels that have fallen by the wayside.[/color] Since the 1880s many of Melbourne’s most beautiful and iconic buildings have been torn down in the name of progress. The Impermanent City reveals a lost Melbourne residual within the present-day streetscape, tracing the ghosts of Melbourne’s built environment through the tangible surviving links. These architectural fragments have remained in-situ for generations and most people now pass them daily with little comprehension of their meaning. This exhibition documents, celebrates and mourns Melbourne’s relentless transitional carnage, and reveals in detail, for the first time, where these building fragments lie.



Location



City Museum

Bmt & Part Gnd-Level 1 20 Spring Street EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002

(top end of Collins Street)



Contact details



Tel.:03 9651 2233

info@citymuseummelbourne.org

www.citymuseummelbourne.org



Date & times



06/09/2008 to 23/11/2008



9:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Open Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm Weekends & Public Holidays 10am - 4pm



Price

Adult $5.00 (or $8.50 all areas) Concession $3.00 (or $8.50 all areas) Family $10.00 (or $18.00 all areas)