Potter Museum of Art — Attraction in Melbourne

Founded in 1972, the Ian Potter Museum of Art is the University of Melbourne’s art museum. Housed in an award-winning building opened in 1998, the Potter is the largest university-based art museum in Australia and a national leader in the field. The Potter manages the University Art Collection, a rich resource of art and artifacts spanning neolithic to contemporary. We are a cultural and educational facility, serving both the campus community and the general public.Embracing research, discovery and debate, the Potter exhibits art from antiquity to the present. We display art from the University Art Collection, as well as from public and private collections from around Australia and the world. Working with living artists, we participate directly in the development of contemporary art. Public programs, publications, and social media encourage engagement, learning and the exchange of ideas.The Potter is committed to extensive participation in the University’s interdisciplinary degree structure. Our goal is to make art central to teaching and learning, by enhancing art collection access and contributing to curriculum development across all faculties.The Potter unites art with the activities and environment of the University of Melbourne campus. We display the University Art Collection around the campus and form academic partnerships linking art with the curriculum. Through our engagement with the arts community we contribute directly to the cultural life...

the 65000 exhibition is absolutely stunning，a must go! Honestly I genuinely loved this exhibition. The works felt sincere, raw, powerful, and unpretentious. There is a large portion on Indigenous women artists and women’s themes, which made the experience even more meaningful.

Each room had a clear theme, and the layout of the space beautifully complemented the artworks — everything felt so harmonious and thoughtfully presented. The visual beauty of the exhibition was matched by the depth of information: the text was sharp, insightful, and direct, while the use of sound — whether voiceovers or ambient audio — was captivating and immersive.

I felt deeply touched while walking through the exhibition. It was powerful, yet strangely familiar — a kind of integrated, emotional experience that really stays with you.

The room guide qr codes are also very helpful and easy to use!

Highly recommended!! (Wish there were postcards for sale:)) Will vist again for a more careful look!!! And thank you so much for all of...

The museum appears to be closed for renovations for the next few months. Their website doesn't come out and say this but shows closed every day. There is a poster in the window with some specious bafflegab about not being closed except in terms of exhibitions. If an art museum has the doors locked and the lights off and no opening hours, it is closed. Even at a university. I walked a mile out of my way to see it. Ouch.

I wrote that paragraph around Easter 2019. Came back to Melbourne Feb. 2024, nearly five years later, and it's still closed but pretending to reopen soon. Does it...