Established by Auckland-based owners Anthony and Sandra Grant, Sculptureum currently displays around 650 artworks that have been collected over 20 years. We asked Anthony about the creation of Sculptureum.
Originally named the Museum of Non-Objective Painting, the Solomon R Guggenheim Museum (or simply, ‘the Guggenheim’) marks the crowning glory of architect Frank Llyod Wright’s illustrious career.
History Revisited in Melbourne
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In 1880 a visitor to the Melbourne International Exhibition described the view of the newly constructed Exhibition Building: “At one’s feet lies the city, with its well-planned and equally well-executed streets, its commendable buildings, its domes, its churches and its towers. Then the suburbs, green almost as the country beyond and the waters of Port Phillip.”
Perched in Carlton Gardens on the edge of the CBD, Melbourne Museum is a cultural hotspot housing fascinating collections and exhibitions on history, culture and science.