Victoria is one of Australia’s most multicultural states, and to help celebrate and highlight this, the Hellenic Museum has teamed up with four multicultural venues as part of a new collective brand.
Multicultural Museums Victoria (MMV) as they are known, includes Co.As.It Italian Historical Society and Museo Italiano, Chinese Museum, Jewish Museum of Australia, and Islamic Museum of Australia.
Going forth, the cultural institutions will collaborate on a series of major exhibitions.
According to Hellenic Museum CEO, John Tatoulis the museums came together some two to three years ago to discuss the possibility of working together.
“We all truly believe that one of the great assets of the city is the fact that we are such a multicultural city. And there are five very strong multicultural museums,” he said.
“It grew over that time to the point where we felt, well actually, let’s formalise this sector. Let’s create an entity that we decided to call Multicultural Museums Victoria. To launch that entity we thought it would be appropriate if we had an exhibition that we all approach differently but had a single theme.”
This has culminated into the exhibition Grandmothers.
Currently on display across the various sites, the project is a chance for visitors to celebrate the pivotal role played by the grandmothers in their lives, and the breadth of knowledge and wisdom they carry and pass on.
To find out more about Multicultural Museums Victoria, visit mmv.org.au/
For information about the Hellenic Museum’s exhibition ‘Yiayia’, visit hellenic.org.au/