Grainger Museum
The Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne is the only purpose-built autobiographical museum in Australia. It is home to a diverse collection of art, photographs, costumes, musical scores and instruments acquired by Percy Grainger.
The Grainger Museum is open to students and researchers by appointment and open to the public throughout the year for events and public programs. For opportunities to visit and access the collection and archive, please contact: grainger@unimelb.edu.au.
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Upcoming Events
Past Exhibitions
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Grainger Museum OnlineExhibition
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Multivocal at the Old QuadExhibition
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The Percy Grainger StoryExhibition
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Making the MuseumExhibition
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How it plays: Innovations in percussionExhibition
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PolyMuse: Mapping the rise of modern polymers in the wardrobes of Rose & Ella GraingerExhibition
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Living Instruments: Sampling & digitising Percy Grainger’s historic percussionExhibition
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CLINKproject6Exhibition
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Synthesizers: Sound of the FutureExhibition
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Experiments in FreedomExhibition
Past Events
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Sounding GraingerEvent
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Saturday 12:30pm - 1:30pm#brownmaninawhitemuseum 3Event
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Thursday 12:30pm - 1:30pm#brownmaninawhitemuseum 2Event
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Thursday 12:30pm - 12:50pmGarba for Grainger with Jainam MashruwalaEvent
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Wednesday 6pm - 7pmUncanny BodiesEvent
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Wednesday 12:30pm - 1:30pmCircling ArchitectureEvent
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Tuesday 12:30pm - 1:30pmJohn Gawler: Architect & EducatorEvent
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Saturday 12pm - 1pm#brownmaninawhitemuseum 1Event
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Friday 8pm - 10pmMusic Performance: Invisible RealitiesEvent
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Thursday 12:30pm - 1:30pmColour, Music and SynaesthesiaEvent
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Tuesday 12:30pm - 1:30pmReimagining the GraingerEvent
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Monday 6pm - 7pmNo More Vanilla: Grainger, Pleasure & PainEvent
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Colourful clouds chasing the moon: Chinese music ensemble in MultivocalEvent
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Threshold: 12 percussionists, 2 vocal soloists and the Federation BellsEvent
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Living Instruments at Melbourne Knowledge WeekEvent
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Thursday 7pm - 8pmBell CurvePublic Program
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Sunday 2pm - 3pmCome and Play!: Kids Composition WorkshopPublic Program
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmReflections: contemporary glass sculpture in performancePublic Program
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Thursday 5pm - 7pmFabric Culture exhibition performanceEvent
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Sunday 2pm - 3pmPercy Grainger and the Century of PercussionPublic Program
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Monday 1pm - 2pmRare Book Week 2019 - Innovations in MusicEvent
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Friday 1pm - 2pmSounds Unheard: Bell Curve student performancePublic Program
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmCurator’s Floor Talk, How it plays: Innovations in percussionEvent
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Sunday 2pm - 3pmFamousnessEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmUnpicking Costume Design for OperaEvent
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Monday 6pm - 7pmPanel: Fame and its LegacyEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmCurators' Floor Talk: 'Objects of Fame: Nellie Melba and Percy Grainger'Event
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Sunday 2pm - 3pmSinging Melba and GraingerEvent
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Wednesday 7:30pm - 10:30pmSearch for the Sublime: An Evening of Percy GraingerEvent
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Wednesday 3:30pm - 4:30pmSynthi 100 LiveEvent
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Grainger Photographed: Public Facades and Intimate SpacesExhibition
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Sunday 3pm - 4pmGrainger At HomeEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmStudio photography today: performers and the power of a good portraitEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmSanja Pahoki PhotographsEvent
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmImages flow in an unorthodox manner: online and in museumsEvent
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Fugal Alternatives: Reverberations of Studio 01Pop Up Exhibition
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Thursday 12pm - 1pmGrainger Photographed: Curator's FloortalkEvent
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Instrument of Change: Visions of the Guitar in the Early 20th CenturyExhibition
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Percy Grainger: The Accidental FuturistExhibition
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Thursday 1pm - 2pmRose Gonzalez GuitarEvent
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Friday 3pm - 3:30pmPercy Grainger, The Accidental Futurist FloortalkEvent
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Wednesday 12pm - 1pmInstrument of Change Curator's FloortalkEvent
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Saturday 7pm - 8pmVisions of Spain with Gerard Mapstone and Leyenda del TiempoEvent
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Sunday 9am - 12pm2017 Melbourne Tweed RideEvent
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Thursday 1pm - 1:30pmInternational Museum Day 2017 TourEvent
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Friday 7:30pm - 8:30pmMauricio Carrasco - Bach Lute SuitesEvent
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Thursday 7:30pm - 8:30pmSam Lemann & His TrioEvent
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Thursday 7:30pm - 8:30pmDuo Agogo (Adam May & Paul Carey)Event
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Experiments in FreedomExhibition
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Water, marks and countenances: Works on paper from the Grainger Museum collectionExhibition
The Grainger Museum is the only purpose-built autobiographical museum in Australia.
Its fascinating collection contains not only objects directly related to Percy Grainger's compositional career, such as scores and manuscripts, but also more than 50,000 items, including diaries, ethnographic objects, furniture, decorative arts, photographs, artworks, clothing and correspondence with famous and not-so-famous contemporaries.
Grainger began planning the Museum after his mother's death in 1922 and it was officially opened in December 1938. The building was designed by the University's architect, John Gawler of the firm Gawler and Drummond, in close consultation with Grainger. The Museum's historical and architectural significance is recognised by the building's inclusion on the Register of the National Estate and the Victorian Heritage Register, and its classification by the National Trust of Australia (Victoria).
In 1955, Grainger set down his revised Aims of the Grainger Museum, outlining his 'cosmopolitan and universalist outlook on music'.
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History
A brief history of the Grainger Museum.
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Supporters
Discover our major supporters and how you can support the Grainger Museum.
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Academic Reference Group
The Grainger Academic Reference Group provided academic advice on the curriculum, research and programming activities of the Grainger Museum.
Parkville Campus
- Address
- Grainger Museum
Gate 13, Royal Parade
Parkville, Melbourne - grainger@unimelb.edu.au
- Postal Address
- Grainger Museum, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010
News from the Grainger Museum
Stay up to date on special announcements, exhibitions, and developments.