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Upcoming EXHIBITION

Taste & Temptation

29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays

Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays

The Johnston Collection is a house museum of fine and decorative arts in an historic East Melbourne townhouse.

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Events

The Friends Exclusive Preview Night | Taste & Temptation

Wednesday 29 Apr 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Dining at the Palace: Collecting British Royal Tableware with Scott Coleman

Friday 1 May 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin

Thursday 7 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Illicit Pleasures: Food and feasts in French art and literature with Sylvia Sagona

Friday 8 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Cosmopolitan Cliveden, East Melbourne: Interiors, decorum and fancy dress balls with Dr Andrew Montana

Thursday 14 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Allan Ramsay: The Enlightened Artist with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg

Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Friends Exclusive Double Tour

Thursday 28 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

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Oscar Wilde: ‘I can Resist Everything Except Temptation’ with Susannah Fullerton

Friday 29 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Perspectives by Laurent Binet

Friday 5 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Feasts and Fantasy at the table of Louis XIV with Dr Samantha Happé

Saturday 6 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Dealing with the Scarlet Pimpernel: George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection with Sylvia Sagona

Wednesday 10 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin

Friday 12 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Dining with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers

Saturday 13 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Winter Sketching with Alissa Duke

Sunday 14 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM

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Double Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil

Friday 19 Jun 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour

Thursday 25 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

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The Jacobite Court in Exile in France and Italy with Dr Matthew Martin

Friday 3 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References with Dr Paola di Trocchio

Saturday 11 Jul 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Meat, Drink, and Be Wary: Eating and Drinking in the English Regency with Dr Jennifer Kloester

Saturday 18 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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Geelong Gallery Visit with Lunch | Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and his legacy

Tuesday 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour

Thursday 23 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

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Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Opulent Intimacy: Royal Presentation Jewellery with Scott Coleman

Saturday 25 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that changed a Nation by Tom McIlroy

Friday 7 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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The Many Lives of Johann Zoffany with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg

Thursday 20 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour

Thursday 27 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

From produce to plate: the influence of the kitchen garden in the decorative arts with Dr Suzanne Bravery

Thursday 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

Lotus chandeliers Music Room Royal Pavilion Brighton

Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Spectacle and Splendour: Art and the Court of George IV with Scott Coleman

Saturday 19 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM

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A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour

Thursday 24 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Taste & Temptation

29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes

Friday 2 Oct 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose

Friday 4 Dec 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM

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