Potter Museum reopens in 2025 with exhibition and resources on 65,000 years of Australian art

After extensive redevelopment, the University of Melbourne’s Potter Museum of Art makes a comeback with a glossy new entrance and ambitious exhibition.
Architecture render of the Potter Museum of Art at University of Melbourne, Wood Marsh Architects. A heritage brown brick building with a reflective steel entranceway.

The Potter Museum of Art at the University of Melbourne’s Carlton Campus will reopen to the public during Reconciliation Week on 30 May 2025, after undergoing extensive redevelopment by Wood Marsh Architects, the studio also behind the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA).

Upgraded features include a new entrance on the University’s campus and new and improved spaces for the Museum’s collection-based learning programs.

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Celina Lei is ArtsHub's Content Manager. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_