The Robert Menzies Institute invites you to join us in our museum space in the Old quad at The University of Melbourne for our exhibition launch.

Now up to our third exhibition, the displays feature some fantastic new items from the Menzies Collection including Menzies’s personal projector and school prizes as well as displays on the Menzies Clan and ANZUS Treaty.

About The Exhibition

The exhibition examines the influences on Menzies’s liberalism, and has been curated by the Institute’s Deputy Chair Dr David Kemp and Menzies Research Centre Executive Director Nick Cater.

The exhibition covers eight key themes comprising Menzies as a Liberal, a Political Architect, a Leader, a Parliamentarian, a Family Man, a Nation Builder, a Patriot, and his Legacy.

Taken together the themes form a complete, nuanced and remarkable picture of Australia’s longest serving prime minister, which is brought to life by a range of unique and evocative artefacts. These are drawn heavily from the Menzies Collection, Menzies’s personal library of some 4500 books which he bequeathed to the University of Melbourne and which capture the breadth of his reading and thought, as well as other items on loan from public and private collections around Australia.

If you are unavailable to attend the launch we encourage you to visit us during our opening hours, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10am – 2pm.