PLEASE NOTE: The museum is currently closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is not known how long this will last, but for the safety of schools, guides and museum staff we are not taking bookings for term 2.
The Old Treasury Building offers a unique resource for your school.
A magnificent gold rush building, it reflects the growth of ‘Marvellous Melbourne’ and changing life in the city. From the basement vaults where gold was stored in the 1860s, to the elegant Executive Council Chamber, still used regularly by the Governor of Victoria, students experience one of Australia’s most beautiful and historic buildings.
Programs include the story of gold, the growth of democracy, early Melbourne, life in the city and urban environment. Programs offered are aligned to curricula for Levels 2 to VCE.
BOOKINGS ARE ESSENTIAL
Programs cost $7.50 per student for a one hour class with staff. Cancellation fees apply.
Programs offered are listed below.
BOOKING FORM
| Old Treasury Building | Gold Rush | Early Melbourne | Democracy | *New Programs* |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Explore the Old Treasury Building levels 3-10, ESL | The Impact of the Gold Rush levels 5,6 | Celebrating Melbourne levels 3,4 | Governance levels 3-6 | Families Then and Now level 2 |
| Stories from the Archives levels 3-10 | The Effects of Gold in Victoria levels 9,10 | From Colony to State levels 5,6 | Victorian Democracy levels 7-10 | Victorian Catholics and the Gold Rush levels 5,6,9,10 |
| Investigating the Design of Old Treasury levels 7,8 | From Colonial Outpost to Capital City levels 9,10 | |||
| Paintings of Early Melbourne ESL | Imagining Australia: Port Phillip District 1830-1860 VCE unit 3 |