Melbourne Galleries, Museums, and Craft Centres Melbourne has an active community life, with many people exploring our history and our current intellectual and artistic life through clubs, museums, and galleries. For example, the William Ricketts sanctuary is an outdoor gallery of the artist's works; and the Old Melbourne Gaol is a museum of nineteenth-century penal life. There is a wealth of small special-interest museums and even more galleries and craft centres. Week-ends especially bring people out to browse through displays and hunt out treasures of their own at the many craft stalls that operate weekly or monthly, depending on the location. In Melbourne, the street stalls outside the Victorian Arts Centre show-and-sell a wide range of local artistic produce. One of the best-known of these gatherings of merchants and artists is that on the Esplanade in Saint Kilda. Guidebook lists: Inner Melbourne Parks & Gardens Melbourne Environs Parks & Gardens Inner Melbourne historic sites Melbourne Environs Historic Sites Art Deco Walk of Inner Melbourne Another View Walking Trail Inner Melbourne museums, galleries and craft markets. Melbourne Environs museums, galleries and craft markets. All lists

	Aboriginal Gallery of Dreamings
	Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum Melbourne Cricket Ground, Yarra Park.	Yarra Park, Melbourne
	Casa Mariciana Art Gallery
	Chinese Museum Chinese costume collection, artifacts from the goldfields, home of Melbourne's big dragon, Chinese Australian History Gallery, Chinatown Heritage Walks Sun - Fri 10 a.m. - 4: 30 p.m. Sat 12 noon - 4:30 p.m. except Good Friday & Christmas Ph 9662 2888 Fax 9663 2693	22 Cohen Place, Melbourne
	Collins Place Art & Craft Market Sundays only 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Ph: 018 882 018	Collins Place, 45 Collins St
	Jewish Museum of Australia Open Sun 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. Tues - Thurs 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. or by appointment Closed Saturdays and Jewish Holydays. Synagogue Tours: Tues, Wed and Thurs 12:30 p.m., Sun 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Ph: (03) 9534 0083 Fax: (03) 9534 0844	26 Alma Rd, St Kilda From city: tram No. 67 or No 3 to stop 32

	Museum of Victoria Web site	Swanston St, Melbourne
	National Gallery of Victoria, St Kilda Rd World-class collection of art work, the international section in St Kilda Road, and the Australian collection in Federation Square (Ian Potter Centre). Features include the stained glass ceiling in the Great Hall. and the popular wall of water at the St Kilda Rd entrance (see guidebook entry for photographs). Recently redesigned and reopened. Website: http://www.ngv.vic.gov.ausee also Victorian Arts Centre Ph: 9308 0222 What's on line: 9208 0356	180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
	Performing Arts Museum see Victorian Arts Centre	St Kilda Rd, Melbourne
	Polly Woodside Maritime Museum Polly Woodside, re-rigged and afloat, built in 1885. Maritime heritage museum. Ph: (03) 9699 9760 Fax: (03) 9696 6117 National Trust website Open daily 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.	Lorimer Street East, South Bank, Melbourne Access from Spencer St Bridge along Yarra River Board walk. Next to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre.
	Queen Victoria Market Limited arts & crafts, mainly food and clothing Tue & Thurs 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. Fri 6 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat 6 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sun 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. Ph: 9658 9600 Fax 9658 9601 Info on tours: 9658 9601	Franklin & Elizabeth Sts Take any northbound tram along Elizabeth or William Sts
	St Kilda Esplanade Arts & Crafts market Every Sunday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. Just down the road from Acland St - possibly the cake capital of Melbourne.	The Esplanade, St Kilda Number 15 tram from Swanston St or Light Rail number 96 from Bourke St.
	scienceworks Hands-on exhibitions and activities, especially for kids of all ages. Open daily from 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. except Good Friday and Christmas Day. Site map Ph: 9392 4864 Website	Train on Werribee, Williamstown or Newport line, alight at Spotswood railway station. 10 min walk (signposted). Or catch the City Wanderer bus from Flinders St station.
	Sinclair's Cottage Australian art, jewellry, scultures, pottery and other crafts. Daily 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free	Fitzroy Gardens, Wellington Parade.
	Sport and Olympic Museum see Australian Gallery of Sport and Olympic Museum	Yarra Park, Melbourne
	Victorian Arts Centre Theatres Building, Hamer Hall Sidney Myer Music Bowl. Home of the Australian Ballet; The Australian Opera; and the Victoria State Opera. Guided tours Guided tours Mon - Fri & 2:30 p.m.; Sat 10:30 a.m. and 12 noon. Backstage tours Sunday only 12:15 p.m. and 2:15 p.m. Website: http://www.vicartscentre.com.au Ph (03) 9281 8000 Fax (03) 9281 8282	100 St Kilda Rd Melbourne St Kilda Rd, Melbourne From Flinders Street, cross Princes Bridge by foot or tram or cross the footbridge from Flinders Street Station.
	Victorian Police Museum Depicting the history of the Victorian Police Force includes police motorcycles, insignias, photographs and Ned Kelly's armour. Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Free admission Ph: 9247 5215	Victorian Police Centre, Building C, Concourse, World Trade Centre, 637 Flinders St, Melbourne
	Victorian Tapestry Workshop Tours Wed & Thus 2 p.m. & 2:30 p.m Viewing Mon - Fri 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. Booking essential To view the best contemporary tapestries in public buildings, get the walking map. Ph: 9699 1494	260 Park St, Sth Melbourne

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Pictorial Guide to Melbourne and Victoria
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