Melbourne University’s School of Chemistry, Chemical research department and Gothic building at University of Melbourne, Victoria.
Melbourne University's School of Chemistry is a building in the Collegiate Gothic style that houses research laboratories, teaching rooms, and specialized analytical equipment across multiple floors. The structure combines traditional architecture with modern scientific facilities for chemistry education and research.
The building was completed in 1930 under architect Percy Edgar Everett's direction, following the principles of Collegiate Gothic design. Its construction reflected the idea of placing scientific work within a traditional academic setting.
Inside the building you can see a collection of around 300 laboratory instruments and artifacts from different periods, showing how scientific work changed over time. These objects tell the story of how chemists worked in earlier eras and what tools were available to them.
The building is accessed through the main Melbourne University campus where it is easy to locate. Visitors should check in advance whether the building is open to the public, since it remains an active teaching and research area.
The collection contains reagent bottles and laboratory equipment from before 1860, along with original molecular models used during the earliest phase of Australian chemistry education. These rare objects show how fundamentally different laboratory work looked in those years.
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