Inspired By Women Exhibition House Museum Melbourne

BOOK TICKETS

Inspired by Women celebrates the many facets of women’s lives in the 1700s and 1800s, and the often invisible histories of women and women's work. 
 
Explore over fifty rarely-exhibited textiles from the historical collections of the Embroiderers Guild, Victoria displayed alongside treasures of British and European fine and decorative arts from The Johnston Collection.
 
William Johnston’s lifelong interests in textiles and beautiful objects were nurtured by influential women including his mother and grandmother. Each room of his 1860s East Melbourne townhouse, Fairhall, has been re-imagined, revealing new narratives about womanhood.
 
Discover the work of women artists, makers, and artisans  — silversmiths, embroiderers, painters, and decorators of porcelain — and uncover the intellectual and political influence of Georgian and Regency women, including collector and botanist the Duchess of Portland; society hostesses Lady Melbourne and Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire; and creative maker, Mary Delany. 
 
Experience The Johnston Collection Inspired by Women.




UPCOMING EVENTS

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Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | Inspiring Female Authors: Jane Austen and Fanny Burney with Susannah Fullerton
Wednesday 12 Feb 2025, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Collecting Embroidery & Needlework: Starting a collection with Alison Cole
Wednesday 19 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Mary Ann Henty, Letter to Caroline Henty, 1876. State Library of Victoria. 681 30 (1)
Dress and domesticity in 19th-Century Victoria: The Henty letters with Dr Laura Jocic
Thursday 20 Feb 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
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Twilight Tour | Inspired By Women
Thursday 20 Feb 2025, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM



PRESENTING PARTNER


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