Events from May 14, 2018 – October 7, 2018 – Page 3 – Royal Historical Society of Victoria

  • Chapel Street Walks

    Chapel Street Walks

    39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC 3181 39 St Edmonds Road, Prahran, VIC, Australia

    🏛️ Meet at the PMI Victorian History Library then step into a charming adventure. Discover the tales of yesteryear's department stores on Chapel Street, Prahran. An all-inclusive experience, perfect for
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    $15 – $20
  • SHADES OF HAUNTED MELBOURNE

    RHSV Officers' Mess Upstairs 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    A special Halloween event - not to be missed!
    Join historians Dr Jo Clyne and Dr David Waldron as they recount tales of haunted Melbourne through a highly original blend of historical research and magical stage illusion. 

  • CHARTING A COURSE – REFLECTIONS ON 35 YEARS AT THE HELM

    RHSV Gallery Downstairs 239 A'Beckett St, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

    Following the 5pm MMHN AGM, at 6pm the illustrious Patron of MMHN, Dr. Kevin Fewster, will speak on ‘Charting a course - reflections on 35 years at the helm' during his extraordinary 35 year international career in Maritime Museums including Director of Royal Museums Greenwich (RMG), the world’s largest and most visited maritime museum precinct.  

    Closer to ‘home’, Kevin was the founding Director of the South Australian Maritime Museum; Director of the Australian National Maritime Museum (ANMM) and of the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. Kevin will reflect on what are essential elements to consider in a successful maritime museum today and the issues that face such cultural institutions. 

    Free
  • Collingwood History Walk

    This year's walk will examine the area bounded by Victoria Parade, Smith Street, Wellington Street and Peel Street. The area was subdivided early in the history of Melbourne's colonisation and
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    $10
  • Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea

    Altona Homestead Devonshire Tea

    Altona Homestead 128 Queen Street, Altona, Victoria, Australia

    The Altona-Laverton Historical Society members and volunteers invite you to drop into the Altona Homestead on the first Sunday of the Month (February to December) to enjoy a serve of our famous Devonshire Tea or Cream Tea or Cornish Tea, anyway you look at them they are delicious.

  • MARKETING FORUMS

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    Christina Browning, the RHSV Marketing Officer, leads these forums which each month tackle a different aspect of marketing for historical societies - they tend to concentrate on social media as
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    Free