• Light it Red for Dyslexia

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Ask any dyslexic about their school experience and they will tell you about the gut wrenching fear of receiving back their school work covered in red crosses and comments. When […]

  • International Mastocytosis and Mast Cell Diseases Day.

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Today is the seventh International Mastocytosis & Mast Cell Diseases Awareness Day. Old Treasury Building is proud to support The Australasian Mastocytosis Society (TAMS) as part of its annual #SpotOurSpots […]

  • Old clothes and new looks: Lessons from the past

    Online , Australia

    A black papier-mâché sewing box, now on display in the Old Treasury Building’s ‘Belongings’ exhibition, would once have been both commonplace in and essential for many homes. This box and others […]

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  • Diwali

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    To celebrate Diwali, the building will be lit in the Indian Tricolours on 26th October and on 1st November 2024. Old Treasury Building will be lit in saffron, white and […]

  • Material Histories: Rediscovering ‘Lost’ Objects

    Online , Australia

    The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by […]

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  • World Pancreatic Cancer Day

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Today we stand alongside the Australian Pancreatic Cancer Alliance and the World Pancreatic Alliance by turning purple for World Pancreatic Cancer Day along with 126 other landmarks in the country […]

  • Making Public Histories: Histories of Australian Childhood

    Online , Australia

    World Children’s Day, celebrated on November 20 each year, offers an opportunity to both look back on the history of childhood and of children’s rights and forward to the ways […]

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  • Rare Disease Day

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Friday 28th February 2025 is Rare Disease Day, a patient-led awareness day to raise awareness for the over 300 million people worldwide living with a rare disease. Rare Disease Day […]

  • The Fashion Cycle: From Retail to Reuse

    Online , Australia

    The next installment in the seminar series from Deakin University, Australian Catholic University and Old Treasury! ‘Material Histories’ presents new scholarship from a wide range of speakers, all united by […]

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  • National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week

    Old Treasury Building 20 Spring Street, East Melbourne, VIC, Australia

    Every three days, an Australian is diagnosed with a Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome. The aim of National Bone Marrow Failure Syndrome Awareness Week is to raise awareness of Bone Marrow […]