Primary contact
Gate 13, Royal Parade, Parkville
Melbourne, Victoria 3010
Identity area
Identifier
daa/391
Authorized form of name
Grainger Museum, Melbourne
Parallel form(s) of name
Other form(s) of name
- Grainger Museum Archive
- Special Collections and Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne
Type
- University
Contact area
Dr Heather Gaunt primary contact
Type
Address
Street address
Gate 13, Royal Parade, Parkville
Locality
Melbourne
Region
Victoria
Country name
Postal code
3010
Telephone
03 8344 5270
Fax
grainger@unimelb.edu.au
Note
Description area
History
The Grainger Museum - the only purpose-built autobiographical museum in Australia - is home to a wonderful collection of art, photographs, costumes, music scores and instruments acquired by Percy Grainger, an icon of twentieth century Australian musical culture.
Geographical and cultural context
The Museum is on the University of Melbourne's Parkville campus in Melbourne, Victoria.
Mandates/Sources of authority
The Museum was established by Percy Grainger in conjunction with the University of Melbourne, with the University providing the site and ongoing management and Percy providing the building and some funding.
Administrative structure
The Museum forms part of the Special Collections and Grainger Museum unit within University Services.
Records management and collecting policies
The Museum does not actively collect however, in rare circumstances, material may be purchased or received as donation.
Buildings
The Museum faces Royal Parade, Parkville. There is an additional store in Brunswick and staff offices are at the Baillieu Library at the University of Melbourne. Public access is only via the Museum on Royal Parade or via the Reading Room, level 3 of the Baillieu Library.
Holdings
The archives are the collected papers of Percy Grainger. They relate both to Percy Grainger and were collected by him about others. There are also several smaller collections acquired later by the Museum and consistent with the Museum's objectives.
Finding aids, guides and publications
See our website for access to the catalouge: http://grainger.unimelb.edu.au
Access area
Opening times
The Museum is open 12 noon to 4 pm every day except Saturdays, public and University holidays.
The archives can be ordered from the Reading Room website http://library.unimelb.edu.au/readingroom where they will made available for use.
Access conditions and requirements
Access to the Museum is free.
Access to the archival collection is via the Reading Room (see http://library.unimelb.edu.au/readingroom ) and is also without charge.
Researchers using the archival collection will be required to register and order material via our online ordering system (https://aeon.unimelb.edu.au/).
Accessibility
Services area
Research services
The Museum does not provide a research service. Where detailed research is required, researchers can order material and view these in the Reading Room or engage a private records agent/researcher to undertake the work on their behalf.
Reproduction services
The Museum does not provide a general copying service. Where digitising items requested by researchers is in the interest of the collection, these may be approved for copying. Fees will apply.
Public areas
Control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Revised 13 April 2018
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Sources
Maintenance notes
Access points
Access Points
- Arts and Culture (Thematic area)
- Family / Domestic Life (Thematic area)
- Travel and Exploration (Thematic area)