Royal Exhibition Building Melbourne

[glen]

Royal Exhibition Building - Melbourne



Discover the history and beauty of Australia's best World Heritage listed building.



Completed in 1880 for Melbourne's first International Exhibition, it was the site of Australia's first Federal Parliament in 1901.



With its meticulously restored interior, expansive galleries and soaring dome, find out why the Great Hall continues to offer a magnificent setting for trade shows, fairs and cultural events.



Daily guided tours at 2 pm. Bookings essential.



LOCATION:

9 Nicholson Street

CARLTON VIC 3053

MELWAY REF: 2B J10



CONTACT DETAILS:

Ph: 13 11 02

Website: [url="http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/reb"]http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/reb[/url]



OPENING HOURS:

Mon 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Tue 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Wed 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Thu 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Fri 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Sat 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM

Sun 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM



DISABILITY ACCESS:

Yes

[helen m]

i don't want to start a sydney-v-melbourne type argument here, but i think the opening message is now a bit out of date and should read "australia's first world heritage listed building" rather than "australia's only world heritage listed building" - the sydney opera house has been on the list since 28 June 2007 - see [url="http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/2007_MRC_WorldHeritage_Ministerial.aspx"]http://www.sydneyoperahouse.com/About/2007...inisterial.aspx[/url]

[glen]

hahah i changed the word "only" to "best". lol it has to be better than the opera house otherwise the opera house would have been declared first right!?! hahaha



here is some more official text:

World Heritage Listing



A World Heritage site is defined as a place that is important to all peoples of the world. The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens is the first non-Aboriginal cultural site in Australia to win World Heritage listing. It joins our nation’s other World Heritage listings, which include Aboriginal cultural sites such as Uluru-Kata Tjuta, and the continent’s many natural heritage areas—from Kakadu in the north to the Tasmanian Wilderness, from Shark Bay (Western Australia) to the Great Barrier Reef off the eastern coast.



The UNESCO World Heritage Committee announced the listing on 1 July 2004, after a rigorous international assessment process. The Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens has been listed under cultural criterion (ii), as set out in the Operational Guidelines for the implementation of the World Heritage Convention:



'exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design'



It is one of the few 'world fair' buildings from the 19th century and the only surviving Great Hall of the Palace of Industry, the centrepiece of the International Exhibitions.

[url="http://museumvictoria.com.au/REB/About-Us/World-Heritage-Listing/"]http://museumvictoria.com.au/REB/About-Us/...ritage-Listing/[/url]

[helen m]

[quote name='glen' post='3991' date='Feb 7 2008, 06:55 PM']hahah i changed the word "only" to "best". lol it has to be better than the opera house otherwise the opera house would have been declared first right!?! hahaha[/quote]



well, i suppose there's a certain logic in that................