Heide Museum of Modern Art

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Heide offers an inspiring, educational and thought-provoking experience of modern and contemporary art, architecture, gardens and social history.

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Heide Museum of Modern Art began life in 1934 as the home of John and Sunday Reed and has since evolved into one of Australia's most important cultural institutions. Heide, as it is affectionately known, has built a national reputation based upon the vision of the Reeds and their role in the development and promotion of modern art in Australia. Inspired by the Reeds' nurturing of the young artists of their generation, Heide continues to support the contemporary art of today through its collection and exhibition program.

"Heide is a public art museum and sculpture park located on a stretch of the Yarra River in Melbourne that has long served as a meeting point and as a creative hub.Once a significant Wurundjeri gathering place, the site later attracted the artists of the Australian Impressionist School before becoming the home of art patrons John and Sunday Reed in 1934.The Reeds and their circle of artists and writers embraced the brave and the new in art and ideas and their spirited legacy inspires the museum’s activities today, from collaborating with emerging and mid-career artists to celebrating those who have made major contributions to Australian and international art.Set on 6.5 hectares of parkland with five gallery spaces, award-winning archit"

Address: 7 Templestowe Rd , Bulleen 3105, VIC, AU

Phone: (03) 9850 1500

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State: VIC

City: Bulleen

Zip Code: 3105

Opening Hours

Tuesday: 10:00-17:00
Wednesday: 10:00-17:00
Thursday: 10:00-17:00
Friday: 10:00-17:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00
Sunday: 10:00-17:00

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Beautiful day out at the Museum of Modern Art! Impromptu visit to see Sidney Nolan’s works that is currently exhibited.  Friendly staff at counter made our visit delightful. Directions, a map and away we went!  Had to check out the 15 acres of garden housing the sculptures, some of which are captured in my photos below. The lawn on a less warm day would have been lovely to lay on and read a book! There are oak trees in the garden that gives nice shade.  Oh and check out the veggie and herb garden while there!

Highly recommended! Worth to pay a visit if you haven't been!  Love the indoor and outdoor settings, from art gallery, sculptures, landscape and architectural spaces.  Outdoor and surrounding browsing is free, gallery is the only fee admission sction, but totally worth for its price as you would be able to visit the 3 different types of architectural buildings, from heritage to post modern then to contemporary.  There is cafe, coffee kiosk opposite the shop available, but do check on their opening hours if you visit on the week day.  Easy to spend a good quality of a few hours here. And best to be here when there is no rain so you could enjoy the outdoor a bit more.  Facilities are good and clean, staff and volunteers are very friendly and helpful.  A place where you would like to revisit.

Certainly a must visit for contemporary art lovers in Melbourne, also great place to stroll around, Staff are lovely and helpful in the museum, cafe and farm house - wherever we went. We saw the Sidney Nolan exhibition! Great architecture, sculptures, art and the surroundings : It would have been great for the tourists if it was easier to access by public transport!

The Barbara Hepworth exhibition is stunning, such a legendary sculpture artist. Also a real credit to the display designers   Loved all of it.  Well worth a visit & enjoy the beautiful park outside as well..  Give yourself plenty of time to find a car park, it's busy at certain times. Small kiosk was open while restaurant is under renovation. Or BYO outdoor picnic.  Accessibility to main gallery is good, the outdoor sculptures not so, though many can be viewed at a distance.

And verily, it came to be that Mary came across an inn but the inn was closed. A great wailing and gnashing of teeth fell upon the chosen when unto them a miracle was granted... and lo, the heavens ceased to weep, and the path to redemption appeared, and the café opened. An Easter miracle of biblical proportions.  Awesome museum. Striking, thought provoking, inspirational even.

A beautiful & fascinating Museum. So many indoor & outdoor exhibits & installations spread over acerage with lovely winding walks through gardens. I need to return to see more surprises.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNo

Dropped in today to see the exhibition of works by Sir Sidney Nolan Search for Paradise showing until June 2022.  First visit and very impressed with the vast gardens and sculpture park.

Beautiful garden, vast place to have a picnic or a day out. Amazing art installations, abstract and quirky. The house that holds all the art collections got a history worth knowing.  One of the largest private art collections you can find, that's on display for a nominal entry price. Could have enjoyed it further, if not for the Melbourne rains when I visited.

My 3rd visit - to view Barbara Hepworth's current exhibition. This is small & you'd be done in under 40 mins incl. viewing a grainy doco that gives an insight into the landscape of Cornwall & surrounds that inspired her sculptures. The exhibits in the Heide II was the kind that you walk in & out again. As they say - art appreciation, especially modern art is in the eye of the beholder....  You will be fitted with a wrist band once you get your tix or show your pre-purchased tix. Need to keep this on to gain entry into Heide II & Reed's cottage which has more artwork by the bohemian arty circle that Heide is reknowned for. It was just too hot on the recent Sun to walk up to Reed cottage after Heide I & II.  The vast surrounds which melds with adjacent Banksia park looked dull & uninspiring with the same old unchanging outdoor sculptures bar a few newer ones. Yes -it is the hottest & driest time of the year but surely with the kind of patronage & funding Heide receives, upkeep & maintenance should be constant...  What's with the unsealed, dusty & inadequate car parking area esp. for the crowds that turn up on a Sunday? You can drive round to the 2nd level park & if this small space is full - turn right - all the way down to Banksia Park parking areas & hike uphill to get to Heide's main entrance. With Heide, there's this smug complacency to do nothing much to increase patronage. Be like NGV, McClleland Sculpture Park, PT Leo Sculpture Park or the wineries that incorporate outdoor artwork & sculptures - evolve, upscale & maintain please!

Always excellent.  One of Melbourne's most accessible and welcoming galleries.  Outstanding artwork and a beautiful art space.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedYes

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