About
The City of Maribyrnong owns and manages a permanent Art and Heritage Collection and acts as custodian on behalf of the Maribyrnong community. The Collection dates from the late 19th century and incorporates items from the City of Maribyrnong’s predecessors - the City of Footscray and part of the City of Sunshine. The Collection currently comprises approximately 650 works including paintings, photographs, works on paper, ceramics, objects, textiles, sculpture, furniture, installations, monuments, murals, honour boards, books, historical documents, digital works and other ephemera. Council wishes to acknowledge the importance of its community’s unique social and cultural heritage as embodied in its Art and Heritage Collection.
Our collection
Maribyrnong’s diversity, vibrancy and its roots is celebrated and interpreted through the City of Maribyrnong’s Art and Heritage Collection. It increases understanding of and engagement with heritage, contemporary art and the cultural life of the City.
The Art and Heritage Collection is made up of four categories reflecting the historical development of the Collection to date:
• Visual Art Collection
Significant two and three-dimensional works of art across all media by emerging, mid-career and established artists with a connection to Maribyrnong. It includes paintings, photographs, sculptures, textiles, prints, drawings, ceramics and other crafts, and installations.
• Public Art Collection
Works include two and three-dimensional site-specific objects and sculpture, murals, digital interventions, lighting, temporary art installations and integrated design features into the built environment.
• History and Heritage Collection
Objects, documents, memorabilia, cultural material, ephemera and other representations of Maribyrnong’s history and heritage that have had their genesis in organisations, institutions and individuals of significance to the municipality.
• Civic History Collection
Historical and civic history objects, photographs, sculpture, memorabilia and documents that relate to Council’s municipal operations and are linked to significant people and/or events within the region. Items used to conduct Council business such as decorative and ceremonial objects including Council chamber furniture and fittings, municipal seals, mayoral robes and chains.
