Immigration Museum, Melbourne

The Immigration Museum focuses on Melbourne and Victoria’s immigration history.

Immigration Museum, Melbourne

Immigration Museum in Old Customs House
Established	1998
Location	Melbourne, Australia
Coordinates	37.8191°S 144.9604°E / -37.8191; 144.9604
Type	Culture museum
Website	museumsvictoria.com.au/immigrationmuseum/

First opened in 1998 as a division of Museums Victoria, Immigration Museum is located at the restored Old Customs House Building on Flinders Street in Melbourne, Victoria.^[1]

History

The architects of Customs House were Peter Kerr, with additional input by J.J. Clark and Arthur Ebden Johnson. Constructed between 1855 and 1876, its creation was a reflection of vastly expanded trade and soaring revenue from the goldrush, resulting in one of Melbourne's grand buildings. The museum's most important space, the Long Room, is a notable piece of Renaissance Revival architecture.^[2]

The site was listed in 1948 as one of the key sites for the modernisation of Melbourne.^[3] An 11 storey £750,000 Customs House office tower was proposed,^[3] however did not proceed.