This Melbourne Design Week, the Convent will host 20+ exhibitions, installations, workshops, launches, tours and conversations, bringing together Australia’s leading design names and a new generation shaping contemporary practice.
Across our Heritage buildings and iconic venues to shared open spaces, discover design in all its forms across the Convent precinct.
Abbotsford Convent is thrilled to announce a new partnership with She Shapes History, the award-winning feminist history collective dedicated to uncovering and sharing the stories of women who have shaped our country, cities and culture.
Together, we’re launching a brand-new site-responsive walking tour celebrating the many generations of women whose labour, creativity, resilience and quiet determination have defined our living cultural commons.
We are thrilled to be collaborating with our partners at Perfectly Paired as we prepare to launch the Catering Services Tender — shaping an integral part of how people gather, explore and connect in our beautiful Heritage Precinct.
Submissions now closed.
This month, we are thrilled to welcome Dan Koerner as our inaugural Creative-in-Residence, a new practice-based role designed to shape fresh modes of place-based storytelling and engagement across the precinct.
Abbotsford Convent is delighted to welcome Her Place Women’s Museum Australia to our tenant community. From their new headquarters in the Convent Building, the not-for-profit organisation will continue its vital work in celebrating the stories, achievements and contributions of Australian women.
Abbotsford Convent is delighted to announce a new partnership with Kennedy Nolan, one of Australia’s most highly regarded architecture practices.
Known for their sensitive, human-centred approach and design excellence, Kennedy Nolan will be undertaking to build on and progress Abbotsford Convent’s Plan director, outlining a future vision for the protection and enhancement of the National Heritage listed precinct.
The appointment underscores the Convent’s commitment to design that is both forward-thinking and deeply grounded in place, creating spaces that invite creativity, inclusivity and sustainability.
At Abbotsford Convent, we believe in the quiet power of place and communities that nurture with care and creativity.
Places like the Convent don’t thrive by chance. They endure through thoughtful stewardship, shared purpose, and a willingness to evolve. Your generosity helps bring these moments to life and sustains Abbotsford Convent as a thriving platform for curiosity, collaboration, and connection.
Concerns with plans to redevelop Mercy Health nursing home buildings.
For the first time, the full plans and application for permits to demolish and redevelop the low-rise Mercy Health nursing home buildings have been made available to public.
The plans submitted to Heritage Victoria outline a new four-story (plus basement) private residential premises on the front west corner of our Heritage Listed Abbotsford Convent precinct.
Desde sus días como punto de encuentro de la Nación Kulin, pasando por un recinto monástico cerrado, hasta una inspiradora campaña comunitaria que ha dado lugar al actual recinto artístico y cultural, descubra el Convento a su manera a través de nuestras visitas autoguiadas:
Ngulu-nganjin (Nuestra Voz)
Escuche la historia y el patrimonio de los propietarios tradicionales a través de las voces indígenas y la narración de cuentos.
Recorrido por la historia social
Descubra los recuerdos recogidos de antiguos residentes y cuidadores de la tierra, desde el emplazamiento monástico hasta la campaña comunitaria.
Mapa de fabricantes
Descubra quién está aquí, explore los estudios declarados Patrimonio y encuentre regalos y obras de arte creados in situ por la comunidad de inquilinos.
