About

The Centre holds records and artefacts that tell the story of St Vincent's from its foundation in 1893 to the present day.

Our collection

The SVHM Archives & Heritage Centre has developed a rich and diverse collection to tell the story of St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, from its foundation in 1893 to the present day.

Highlights of the collection include leather-bound casebooks of early surgeons and physicians, records and memorabilia from the SVHM Nurses Training School, plans of major building developments, historic photographs and publicity material, annual reports, research papers of hospital historians, memoirs and papers of past staff, and equipment and instruments linked to hospital innovations or personalities.