Enjoy free information sessions for family historians at this year’s ever-popular Family History Feast.

Cost: Free

Join author Robert La Nauze in conversation with Graeme Davison on 'Made to order', his book on colonial cabinet makers George Thwaites and sons.

Cost: Free

Improve your online research skills in this one-hour workshop.

Cost: Free

Revisit the pomp and ceremony of the first ever British royal tour in 1867, in this free 'Dome after dark' talk.

Cost: Free

Peek into the elegant and sometimes outrageous world of post-1970s Australian fashion photography. This free conversation – featuring panellists from the fashion world and photography industry – shares iconic works by renowned photographers Rennie Ellis, Helmut Newton, Athol Shmith and others.

Cost: Free

Hear curator Monica Syrette talk about the free exhibition 'Self-made: zines and artist books', which showcases do-it-yourself publications, artist books and underground publications.

Cost: Free

Meet Prince Rupert of Bohemia, nephew of Charles I of England, and his pet dog, Boy in this exhibition talk.

Cost: Free

Learn how to find our newspapers in hard copy, online and microfilm, and to search for individual articles.

Cost: Free

Learn to access ebooks, newspapers and journal articles from the comfort of home.

Cost: Free

Dig deeper into the backstory of the infamous Kelly Outbreak in this talk about Charles Gavan Duffy’s contentious 1862 Land Act.

Cost: Free

Join authors Alice Pung and Erik Jensen to launch 'Writers on writers', a new book series in which six authors reflect on another Australian writer who has inspired and influenced them.

Cost: Free

Find out how the 1517 publication of Augustinian friar Martin Luther’s Ninety-five theses, or Disputation on the power of indulgences sparked what we now call the Reformation.

Cost: Free

Join us for a special talk by internationally renowned conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth, introduced by Melbourne Festival Artistic Director Jonathan Holloway.

Cost: Free

Browse the 'Self-made: zines and artist books' exhibition with curator Monica Syrette, followed by a behind-the-scenes viewing of selected artist books.

Cost: Free

Join us to explore illustrated editions of Edgar Allen Poe’s gothic masterpiece, The Raven.

Cost: Free

Discover the story of these mid-20th-century matchbox labels featuring striking commercial art that intricately depicts the popular culture and fashion of the time.

Cost: Free

Join award-winning writer, editor and anthologist Bruce Pascoe, as he delivers the 2017 Stephen Murray-Smith Memorial Lecture.

Cost: Free

Learn about the day-to-day life of Indigenous communities on missions, settlements and reserves, through the secular songs that were sung after church.

Cost: Free

Dig into the archives of Melbourne’s most famous demolition company, Whelan the Wrecker.

Cost: Free