Melbourne tours.
Flinders Lane Precinct Tour
The traditional home of Melbourne’s rag trade, Flinders Lane is now a vibrant design precinct. While the former warehouses provide studio and office space to many architects or graphic designers, some of the publicly accessible galleries and stores tell the story of Melbourne’s rise as a creative city. Meet the makers and learn all about what makes Melbourne’s creative heart tick on this tour.
Gertrude Street Precinct Tour
For a long time, the top end of Melbourne’s Collins Street, with its international luxury brand stores, has been known as the ‘Paris End’ of the city. By that standard, Gertrude Street is definitely the ‘Melbourne End’. Since one of the city’s most forward-thinking art incubators settled in this former working class area 25 years ago, the street’s Victorian shopfronts have become the homes and public faces of the more mature local fashion labels and designers from other fields. Meet a cross-section of Melbourne design talent and learn what drives them on this walking tour.
Melbourne City Precinct Tour
Discover some of the city’s creative pockets like the ‘vertical laneway’ that is Curtin House, the cluster of local fashion designers at the GPO, and busy Crossley Street. Also, experience the architecture along the central spine and beyond.
Focus on Jewellery Tour
When some pioneering spirits set up University courses in gold and silversmithing a few decades ago, they merely wanted to establish formal education and gain more recognition for their field, but little did they know that their enthusiasm would help produce one of the healthiest and most diverse communities of jewellery makers, galleries and stores you’re likely to find in any city around the world. Wander Melbourne’s streets to discover more about this community and the forces that continue to shape it.
Visiting Object
St. Margarets, 417 Bourke St
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Tuesday-Friday: 11am-5pm
Saturday & Sunday: 10am-5pm
Free admission
+61 2 9361 4511
gallery@object.com.au
