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Undercover Parking Available

Is there seating available for individuals with accessibility needs in Royal Exhibition Building?

Wheelchair accessible? - YES

Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton - Box Office info

What are the Royal Exhibition Building, box office phone numbers?

Royal Exhibition Building 9 Nicholson St, Carlton Gardens Carlton, Melbourne VIC 3053 Ph - 03 9270 5006

Royal Exhibition Building ADA

Royal Exhibition Building - ADA Phones:

136100 and follow the prompts Accessible Seating Email Request: [email protected]

Royal Exhibition Building - ADA custom copy:

Please call the Ticketmaster Contact Centre if you have 'Wheelchair, Companion Card or Special Needs' booking requirements or are otherwise unable to complete a ticket purchase on-line.

Royal Exhibition Building - ADA hours:

Monday - Saturday 9.00am - 9.00pm; Sundays 9.00am - 5.00pm (except Christmas Day)

Reviews and news for “Royal Exhibition Building”

• Royal Exhibition Building wins $9.6m to restore cracked walls, peeling murals  The Age
  
• Treat yourself to some retail therapy: the Big Design Market is back  Time Out
  
• The Royal Exhibition building of 'Marvellous Melbourne': a history of cities in 50 buildings, day 10  The Guardian
  
• Melbourne Opera to present Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg at historic Royal Exhibition Building in February  Australian Arts Review
  
• The Big Design Market 2024 at Melbourne's Royal Exhibition Building: All the Details  Concrete Playground
  

The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. The building sits on approximately 26 hectares (64 acres), is 150 metres (490 ft) long and is surrounded by four city streets. It is situated at 9 Nicholson Street in the Carlton Gardens, flanked by Victoria, Carlton and Rathdowne Streets, at the north-eastern edge of the central business district. It was built to host the Melbourne International Exhibition in 1880–81, and then hosted the even larger Centennial International Exhibition in 1888. It was then chosen as the site for the Federation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901. The building is representative of the financial wealth and pride that the city of Melbourne and state of Victoria had in the 1870s. Throughout the 20th century smaller sections and wings of the building were subject to demolition and fire; however, the main building, known as the Great Hall, survived.

On 1 October 1980, it was announced that Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II had conferred the title of "Royal" to the Exhibition Building. It received restoration throughout the 1990s and in 2004 became the first building in Australia to be awarded UNESCO World Heritage status, being one of the last remaining major 19th-century exhibition buildings in the world. It is the world's most complete surviving site from the International Exhibition movement 1851–1914. It sits adjacent to the Melbourne Museum and is the largest item in Museum Victoria's collection. Today, the building hosts various exhibitions and other events and is closely tied with events at the Melbourne Museum.

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