The Champions Gallery is part of the National Sports Museum. It celebrates the exciting world of thoroughbred racing and its role in Australian cultural and sporting heritage. It showcases the amazing collections and displays of the Australian Racing Museum, whose previous home - at Melbourne’s Federation Square - closed its doors in November 2009.

The Australian Racing Museum also provides a library and research service along with collection access by appointment.

One of Australia’s oldest and largest regional art galleries, Bendigo Art Gallery was founded in 1887 - Queen Victoria’s Golden Jubilee Year.  Each year the Gallery presents a diverse program of exhibitions with local, national and international content. It also schedules programs and events to accompany exhibitions and highlight aspects of the collection, guided tours, lectures, workshops, talks by arts professionals, films and more, in addition to its education programs specifically for schools and educational institutions.

Bendigo Art Gallery has completed an extensive building and renovation program which has seen the addition of a new contemporary wing, storage areas, the restoration of the period rooms, construction of a new entrance, a new gallery shop, improved wheelchair access and a gallery cafe. The collection is constantly growing and the Gallery enjoys the support of an enthusiastic Friends of the Bendigo Gallery membership, the City of Greater Bendigo and Arts Victoria.

BirdLife Australia is dedicated to achieving outstanding conservation results for our native birds and their habitats. With our specialised knowledge and the commitment of an Australia-wide network of members, volunteers and supporters, we are creating a bright future for Australia’s birds.

BirdLife Australia was created in 2012 from the merger of Birds Australia and Bird Observation & Conservation Australia (BOCA). For more than 100 years Birds Australia and BOCA have been powerful advocates for native birds and the conservation of their habitats. We have come together to create BirdLife Australia, an independent, not-for-profit organisation with one aim: creating a bright future for Australian birds.

Today, we are the voice for over 200 species of threatened birds and all of out actions work towards better conservation outcomes.

Buda Historic Home and Garden is one of the great heritage assets of the Victorian Goldfields region. The gracious historic home, built in 1861, is surrounded by 1.2 hectares of garden noted as being one of the most significant of its era surviving in Victoria.

Buda Historic Home and Garden was opened to the public as a museum in 1982. The property is owned by the Trustees of the Castlemaine Art Gallery and Historical Museum and since 1986 has been managed by an independent body, Buda Incorporated.

The Caulfield R.S.L was formed late in 1918. The charter was granted on 11 February 1919, which was one of the earliest Sub Branches in the Victorian metrotropolitan area.

Our mission is to ensure that programs are in place for the well-being, care, compensation and commemoration of serving and ex-serving Defence Force members and their dependants; and promote Government and community awareness of the need for a secure, stable and progressive Australia. We aim to continue to provide a friendly and welcoming environment to the broader community, our Sub-Branch network provides opportunity for individuals to become part of the local community to ensure commemoration and the tradition of the RSL name continues.

A living part of Melbourne's modern Chinatown, the Chinese Museum was brought into being in 1985 to document, preserve and display the history of Australians of Chinese descent. An exciting range of changing exhibitions, heritage tours and public seminars are some of the ways by which the Museum shares the past, culture, and values of Australia's Chinese community.

Bronze urns dug from the Victorian goldfields, carpenters' tools from industrious furniture makers, and images of the debutante balls of the 1930's Young Chinese League, evoke some of the richness of the Chinese contribution to Australia's history. The Museum is also home to Dai Loong and the Millennium Dragon, the largest Chinese dragon in the world.

The Gold Museum, owned and operated by The Sovereign Hill Museums Association, is one of Australia's largest regional and community museums.

The Museum's principal focus is to collect, research and interpret material pertaining to the golden history and heritage of the Ballarat region. Holding extensive and valuable collections, the Museum is renowned for its expertise in, and knowledge of, the impact of gold, both locally and beyond.

Its exhibitions and public programs support and strengthen the living history experience of goldrush Ballarat as presented for visitors in Sovereign Hill's outdoor museum. At the Gold Museum, visitors view priceless displays of gold nuggets, coins and artefacts, along with original artworks of the period. 'Ballarat: Inspired by Gold' is a stunning permanent exhibition telling the story of Ballarat from earliest times through to the growth of pastoralism, the impact of the gold discoveries and the present day.

A living history of the presence of the Chinese people of Bendigo and vicinity from the gold rushes of the 1850’s to the present day. The museum features the world’s longest and oldest imperial dragons, internationally significant processional regalia, intricately carved furniture, beautifully embroidered costumes, several hundred Chinese coins, some dating back to 221 BC and a range of items from the renowned artisans and craftsmen of China from centuries past.

The Yi Yuan Classical Chinese Gardens comprises traditional Chinese architecture with lotus pond and fish in a serene and tranquil setting decorated with sculpture and colourful hand painted murals. Based on similar gardens contained within the imperial palace in Beijing they were built by Chinese artisans in 1996.

Traditionally Buddhist in design, the Kuan Yin Temple is dedicated in name to the Goddess of Compassion and Mercy and contains numerous colourful murals.

The Granya Primary School celebrated its Centenary in 1980, by 1994 though, insufficient pupil numbers saw the School closed down. Members of the community began using the School building and as a way of preserving their heritage, the community researched “And here's to Wallaby Jack” A Social History of Granya, written by Roger Burns and first published in 1997. The Granya Pioneer Museum began shortly after and was opened in 1998 with donations from many local families which now form part of the collection.

The Jewish Museum of Australia is a national institution dedicated to the conservation, preservaton and exhibition of Jewish heritage, arts, customs and religious practice in all its diversity. The permanent exhibitions are "A Timeline of Jewish History", "Australian Jewish History", "The Jewish Year" and "Belief and Ritual". The temporary gallery features a dynamic schedule of changing exhibitions. All exhibitions are accompanied by public lectures and school education programs.

The Koorie Heritage Trust was established in 1985 to preserve, protect and promote the living culture of the Indigenous people of south-eastern Australia. Through its Cultural Centre and its programs and services, it is also working to bridge the cultural gap between Koories and the wider community.

The Cultural Centre hosts four galleries showcasing the best of emerging and established Koorie artists; a Permanent Exhibition tracing the history of Koorie people; a resource library; a Keeping Place and a retail shop. The Trust also has an oral history unit and a Family History Service that connects members of the Stolen Generations to their families. It also provides cross cultural training, tourism and education programs; and venue hire facilities.

Murray Arts is the regional arts development organisation servicing the Border and North East Region. We are passionate about the arts in regional communities.

We contribute directly to the arts and cultural lifeblood of the Border region by working directly with inidviduals, communities and local government to assist them in developing the arts and cultural life of their communities.

Murray Arts is one of 13 Regional Arts Boards in NSW and also part of the Regional Arts Victoria Cultural Network. We service the local government areas of Albury City, Greater Hume and Corowa in NSW and the City of Wodonga, Indigo and Towong in Victoria.

Our aim is to actively assist the ongoing development of, and participation in, arts and culture throughout the Border region.

Museum Victoria, Australia's largest public museums organisation, is responsible for the care of the State's collections. It operates three of the State of Victoria's major museums.

Melbourne Museum uses the latest technology and innovative interpretation methods in its displays, which include a living Forest Gallery of over 8000 plants, a Children's Museum, an IMAX theatre and Bunjilaka - the Aboriginal Centre and a touring exhibition hall and the Royal Exhibition Building.

Scienceworks is a dynamic interactive science and technology museum combining the Melbourne Planetarium.

Melbourne's Immigration Museum brings to life the stories of people who have journeyed from all over the world to resettle in Australia.

An historic bluestone wool store (1872) houses this Museum, which depicts the story of wool in Australia.

Themes explore wool in the contexts of agriculture, textiles, manufacturing, science and technology, arts, craft, literature and history. Of special interest are the Axminister Jacquard carpet loom and a sock knitter.

The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia is home to NGV’s Collection of Australian art. NGV Australia opened in November 2002 with the generous support of The Ian Potter Foundation. In December 2008, NGV Australia welcomed its 6 millionth visitor.

NGV Australia has a collection of over 26,000 works, including paintings, decorative arts, photography, prints, drawings, sculpture, fashion and textiles and jewellery. It presents the story of Australian art through a comprehensive program of permanent and temporary exhibitions across 6000 square meters of exhibition space.

In 2004, Dr Joseph Brown OBE, AO gifted a significant part of his collection to the Gallery. More than 150 works from Australia’s most respected 19th and 20th century artists are now on permanent display at NGV Australia.

As Victoria’s cultural flagship and home to Australia’s finest art collection the NGV is recognised as one of the leading art museums of the world. Founded in 1861, the National Gallery of Victoria is Australia’s oldest public art gallery.

The NGV’s St Kilda Road Gallery, designed by Sir Roy Grounds, opened in 1968. Since December 2003 NGV has operated across two sites – NGV International on St Kilda Road, redesigned by Mario Bellini, and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia at Federation Square, designed by LAB Architecture Studio.

Main Building – collection of Pyramid Hill & District memorabilia of yesteryear.

Annex – machinery, tools, butter making memorabilia, electrical appliances, etc. 

RSL Hall – Display of Service memorabilia, honour boards, photos, etc. Large collection of photographs and family history archives available for research.

Sovereign Hill, a winner of major tourism awards, is owned and operated by The Sovereign Hill Museums Association. Visitors to this 30-acre outdoor museum discover a unique, living experience of Australia’s gold mining history, presented with a rare degree of accuracy and integrity.

Sovereign Hill is renowned for its gold mining exhibits. On the diggings, visitors pan the creek for real gold. Above ground, in the mining precinct, they see steam power in action – from Cornish boilers to a winding engine, a beam pump and a ten-head stamper battery. Below ground, fully guided tours commence with a ride on an inclined tramway. Visitors see original workings and demonstrations of quartz mining technology. Finally, they have the rare opportunity to see a $150,000 gold pour.

In the town, there are shops, factories, hotels, cottages and a theatre – all based on those found in Ballarat and brought to life by costumed staff and volunteers, and the students who visit the schools for a 2-day role play experience of life as a goldfields child. Over 40 working horses provide coach rides and are used to demonstrate examples of early mining technology.

Sovereign Hill also owns the Gold Museum Ballarat, an evening show with dinner, on-site accommodation and ‘Narmbool’, an historic pastoral property.

The State Library of Victoria is the major reference and research library in Victoria. It opened in 1856 and is one of Australia's oldest cultural institutions. The library building is one of Melbourne's most distinctive landmarks.

As Victoria's major public reference and research library it is responsible for collecting and preserving Victoria's documentary heritage, and making it available through a range of services, exhibitions and public programs.

The Library comprises 17 buildings covering an entire city block, an area of approximately seven acres. In 1990 an extensive building redevelopment program began which has seen the refurbishment of the Library's magnificent heritage architectural features, such as the Domed Reading Room. The Library maintains strong links with the statewide public library network and is an active member of peak industry bodies, including the Council of Australian State Libraries and the Australian Library and Information Industry Association.