The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces is an annual series of major exhibitions held over 100 days in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.Creative Victoria – Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibits are sourced from galleries and institutions from around the world, and exhibited at Melbourne Museum, National Gallery of Victoria and Australian Centre for the Moving Image. The annual series held during the Melbourne Winter – between June and October.
The objectives of the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series are to: Attract national and international visitors to Victoria during what was traditionally the quieter tourism period. Generate significant economic impact for the state Generate significant national and international media exposure for Victoria
The Melbourne Winter Masterpieces have been credited with attracting 5 million visitors to Melbourne, and for injecting $400 million into the Victorian state economy.
The Melbourne Winter Masterpiece exhibition for 2025 will be French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, at the National Gallery of Victoria from 6 June to 5 October 2025.
Exhibitions Previous exhibition held from 2004, include:
Melbourne Museum 2009 A Day in Pompeii 2011 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs
National Gallery of Victoria 2004 Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay 2005 Dutch Masters 2006 Picasso: Love and War 1935–1945 2007 Guggenheim Collection: 1940s to Now 2008 Art Deco 1910–1939 2009 Dalí: Liquid Desire 2010 European Masters: Städel Museum, 19th–20th CenturyNational Gallery of Victoria – European Masters: Städel Museum, 19th–20th Century 2011 Vienna: Art & Design, Klimt, Schiele, Hoffmann 2012 Napoleon: Revolution to Empire 2013 Monet’s Garden 2014 Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court, Museo del Prado 2015 Masterpieces from the Hermitage: The Legacy of Catherine the Great 2016 Degas: A New Vision 2017 Van Gogh And The Seasons 2018 Masterworks from MoMA 2019 Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality 2021 French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 2022 The Picasso Century 2023 Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi 2024 Pharaoh 2025 French Impressionism: From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2007 Pixar: 20 Years of Animation 2010 Tim Burton: The ExhibitionAustralian Centre for the Moving Image – Tim Burton: The Exhibition 2012 Game Masters 2013 Hollywood Costume 2014 DreamWorks Animation: The Exhibition 2015 David Bowie Is 2017 Wallace & Gromit and friends: The magic of Aardman 2018 Wonderland 2021 Disney: The Magic of Animation 2022 Light: Works from Tate’s Collection 2023 Goddess: Power, Glamour, Rebellion
Attendances +Melbourne Winter Masterpieces Exhibitions by attendance Year Exhibition Attendance Exhibitor 2024 Pharaoh 336,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2023 Pierre Bonnard: Designed by India Mahdavi 157,317 National Gallery of Victoria 2022 The Picasso Century 314,238 National Gallery of Victoria 2019 Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang 377,105 National Gallery of Victoria 2018 Wonderland 179,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2018 MoMA: 130 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art 404,034 National Gallery of Victoria 2017 Van Gogh and the Seasons 462,262 National Gallery of Victoria 2016 Degas: A New Vision 197,500 National Gallery of Victoria 2015 Masterpieces from the Hermitage 172,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2015 David Bowie Is 199,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2014 Italian Masterpieces from Spain's Royal Court: Museo del Prado 153,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2014 DreamWorks Animation 220,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2013 Monet's Garden 343,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2013 Hollywood Costumes 204,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2012 Game Masters 103,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2012 Napoleon: Revolution to Empire 189,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2011 Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs 796,000 Melbourne Museum 2011 Vienna: Art and Design 172,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2010 European Masters: Stadel Collection 19th – 20th Centuries 200,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2010 Tim Burton: The Exhibition 276,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2009 A Day in Pompeii 333,000 Melbourne Museum 2009 Salvador Dali: Liquid Desire 333,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2008 Art Deco 1910–1939 241,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2007 Guggenheim Collection 1940's to Now 180,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2007 Pixar: 20 Years of Animation 147,000 Australian Centre for the Moving Image 2006 Picasso: Love & War 1935 -1945 224,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2005 Dutch Masters from the Rijksmuseum 219,000 National Gallery of Victoria 2004 The Impressionists: Masterpieces from the Musée d'Orsay 371,000 National Gallery of Victoria Total 6,317,796
See also Melbourne Melbourne Museum National Gallery of Victoria Australian Centre for the Moving Image Culture of Melbourne
References
External links Melbourne Museum National Gallery of Victoria Australian Centre for the Moving Image