Australian Music Vault, Music museum at Arts Centre Melbourne in Southbank, Australia
The Australian Music Vault is a free permanent exhibition on Australian contemporary music inside Arts Centre Melbourne in Southbank. It draws costumes, lyric books and tour paraphernalia from the Arts Centre's Australian Performing Arts Collection, with material from Baker Boy, Mo'Ju, Missy Higgins, Chrissy Amphlett, AC/DC, Olivia Newton-John, Archie Roach and Kylie Minogue. Interactive digital activities and recorded interviews with musicians and industry promoters sit among the displays.
Founded in 2017, the Australian Music Vault was developed by Arts Centre Melbourne in consultation with the music industry and was Australia's first physical hall of fame for music. It drew one million visitors within two years of opening. Its patrons are Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena, Ian "Molly" Meldrum, Archie Roach and Michael Gudinski.
Recorded interviews with musicians and industry promoters play alongside the costumes, lyric books and tour paraphernalia. The collection gives space to Indigenous acts such as Yothu Yindi, No Fixed Address and Archie Roach, and to women including Chrissy Amphlett, Little Patti, Judith Durham and Ngaiire.
The exhibition is inside Arts Centre Melbourne in Southbank, a short walk from Flinders Street Station across the Yarra. Entry is free, and recorded interviews with musicians and industry promoters run alongside the displays. Allow time to try the interactive digital activities placed among the cases.
The Vault was developed by Arts Centre Melbourne in consultation with the music industry, and its patrons include Kylie Minogue, Tina Arena, Ian "Molly" Meldrum, Archie Roach and Michael Gudinski. It reached one million visitors within two years of opening in 2017.
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