Grainger Museum

16/10/2026

A rare piece of Grainger Museum history has resurfaced! 🎹

More than 20 years after it was recorded, a video of Percy Grainger’s 2001 birthday concert at the Grainger Museum is now available to watch online.

The concert features recordings of Grainger performing his own compositions via piano rolls, and was hosted by the late British conductor Gerald Gentry, who worked directly with Grainger in the UK as a BBC staff conductor.

The video was recorded and edited by a member of Melbourne’s classical music community, who recently rediscovered the footage in their personal archives.

🎥 Watch the full recording:

In 2001, the Grainger Museum in Melbourne, Australia held a special...

08/09/2026

Join us at the Grainger Museum for a series of free events this month and next!

Enjoy a live performance from Student Composer in Residence Leah Blankendaal:
https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/upcoming-events/live-performance-leah-blankendaal

Listen to the next talk in our music research series with President of the Percy Grainger Society Paul Jackson centred on Grainger the educator:
https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/upcoming-events/music-research-forum-paul-jackson

Learn more about Grainger’s strange and shifting racial categories, revealing how they shaped his musical thinking and reflected the broader racial attitudes of his time:
https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/upcoming-events/music-research-forum-john-gabriel

26/08/2026

Congrats!

24/07/2026

The install of Reinstalling Grainger.

This newly reimagined exhibition, curated by Master of Art Curatorship students, revisits Percy Grainger’s life, music and archives, offering new perspectives on one of Australia’s most distinctive autobiographical collections.

🗓️ Reopening Monday 27 July.
🕜 1pm to 4pm.
🔗 More info at link in bio.

16/06/2026

🎉 Celebrate Percy Grainger’s 144th birthday with a special performance by The Britannia Morris Dancers.

Performed with sticks, hankies, jangling bells and live music, Morris dancing is a centuries-old tradition celebrating community, music and the changing seasons. The Britannia Morris Dancers perform in the Cotswold style, featuring traditional tunes—including works composed and arranged by Percy Grainger himself.

Watch the performances, then join in and learn a few steps at one of the dance workshops.

📍 Grainger Museum
🕚 Performances between 11am to 2pm
💃 Dance workshops at 11:30am and 1pm
🔗 Learn more at https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/upcoming-events/britannia-morris-dancers-performance-and-workshop and https://www.facebook.com/events/919035764377084/

01/06/2026

It was wonderful to see so many visitors engaging with our new exhibition!

Rethinking Grainger: New Perspectives from the Collection invites visitors to see the Grainger Collection in a new light.

Curated by 24 Master of Art Curatorship students from , it brings together diverse objects and perspectives to examine themes ranging from women’s representation in museum collections, to musical innovation.

We’re excited to welcome you inside when we reopen Monday 27 July.

29/05/2026

Calling all artists, researchers, musicians and curators.

The Grainger Museum is now accepting EOIs for its Creative and Research Residency Program at the University of Melbourne.

The residency supports creative and academic engagement with the Grainger Museum Collection and Archive, with selected residents receiving:

~ A $5,000 research grant.
~ Collection and archive access.
~ Support for exhibitions, performances and public outcomes.

🔗 To learn more and apply, visit https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/research/research-residencies/residencies/grainger-museum-residency-eoi

22/05/2026

Announcing our next exhibition...

Rethinking Grainger: New Perspectives from the Collection.

This exhibition showcases the work of 24 students in the Master of Art Curatorship program at .

The students selected objects from the Grainger Collection ranging from costumes and musical scores to paintings and musical instruments. Together, they ask visitors to consider questions related to the perception of women in museum collections, the role of friends and colleagues in the growth of a career, the influence of nature on musical innovation, and the power of clothing to convey culture and creativity.

After writing the wall labels, planning the layout of the displays and installing the exhibition, it's finally ready for you to visit.

Join us for the opening day, Monday 25 May, 1pm to 4pm.

The exhibition will then close for semester break before reopening Monday 27 July.

More at: https://grainger.unimelb.edu.au/whats-on/rethinking-grainger

21/05/2026

🔗 Read more at: https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/how-pasifika-communities-are-reconnecting-with-their-past-in-australian-museums?in_c=articlelistingblock

13/05/2026

UniMelb students are hard at work preparing for our next exhibition at Grainger Museum.

Rethinking Grainger: New Perspectives from the Collection will showcase the work of 24 students enrolled in the Master of Art Curatorship program within the Faculty of Arts.

Students worked in teams to select and curate objects from the Grainger Collection, plan display layouts, write wall labels and install the displays over the 12 weeks of Semester 1.

Visit the exhibition when it opens 25 May.