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The Johnston Collection

A remarkable lifelong collection of antiques and art preserved in a historic Melbourne townhouse.

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The Yellow Room curated by Barking Spider Visual Theatre   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Green Room curated by Richard Nylon   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
Green Drawing Room - Fit For A King   admin 4a9f5632 / Atlas Obscura User
The Study rearranged by Hecker Guthrie   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Sitting Room with an installation by Lesley Uren for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Green Room curated by Barking Spider Visual Theatre   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Blue Room with an installation by Vipoo Srivilasa for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Study with an installation by Yvonne Walton for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The White Room with an installation by Troy Emery for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Yellow Room with an installation by Julia deVille for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Green Room with an installation by Kate Rohde for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Cup that Started a Collection   admin 4a9f5632 / Atlas Obscura User
The Blue Room curated by Richard Nylon   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The White Room rearranged by Hecker Guthrie   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Green Room with an installation by Hotham Street Ladies inspired by William Johnston’s collection   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The Bedroom with an installation by Sai-Wai Foo inspired by William Johnston’s collection   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The State Bedroom - Fit For A King   admin 4a9f5632 / Atlas Obscura User
The Bedroom with an installation by Alison Cole for the ANIMAL KINGDOM exhibition (13 June 2017 - 19 September 2017)   The Johnston Collection / Atlas Obscura User
The King’s Study - Fit For A King   admin 4a9f5632 / Atlas Obscura User
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Situated in a historic townhouse in Melbourne, Australia, the extraordinary Johnston Collection is the lifelong work of prominent 20th-century collector and antique dealer William Robert Johnston. He amassed an impressive array of Georgian, Regency, and Louis XV furniture, paintings, ceramics, and objet d'art now on display at his former home of Fairhall.

Upon his death in the 1980s, Johnston left his remarkable collection open to the public, asking it be rearranged and reinterpreted regularly. This task is taken on beautifully by the curators from the contemporary arts community which is invited to use Fairhall as an installation space.

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The Johnston Collection is located in a residential street in East Melbourne and to protect the amenity of the neighbors, the Collection does not publish its address. All visitors are picked up from the Pullman Melbourne on the Park in the Collection courtesy bus and brought to the exhibition-house. Bookings are essential and can be made by visiting our website or calling + 61 3 9416 2515.

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The Johnston Collection
192 Wellington Parade
East Melbourne
Melbourne
Australia
-37.815991, 144.983441
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