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Walsh Street Archive Exhibition Tour – Thu 4 Aug, 11am

Thu August 4, 2022 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm AEST

$25 – $45

Experience ‘Walsh Street’, the house Boyd designed for his own family in 1957, and his most well-known work. It has been extensively published both nationally and internationally as an exemplar of modernist Australian architecture and a house that continues to influence architectural thinking. It is now the home of the Robin Boyd Foundation.

Launch of the Walsh Street Archive – special exhibition

Over the past seven years, the Walsh Street Archive has been catalogued, researched and digitised by a team of Robin Boyd Foundation volunteers. In celebration of the archive’s launch online through Victorian Collections, the Foundation will welcome tour attendees to a curated exhibition of collection highlights.

Bring your smartphone to explore the collection via a self-guided QR code tour. You wil be provided with an exhibition floor plan upon arrival which will list all the specific items on display.

Morning Tour – Thursday 4 August 2022

11.00am – 12.30pm

The Tour begins promptly on the hour with a talk about Robin Boyd and his lasting influence, along with an insight into the design of the Walsh Street house. Guests are then free to explore the archive exhibition within the 1.5-hour session.

To purchase a Friend or Student Friend discounted ticket, receive additional benefits and support the Robin Boyd Foundation please click here to join.

We will have a limited selection of books written by or about Robin Boyd for sale at the conclusion of the tour. Credit cards accepted.
Please note the following:
  • Please do not attend if you have any possible Covid symptoms or if you become aware that you are a close contact. We are happy to refund your tickets or reschedule you to a later tour date. Please email us at information@robinboyd.com.au to rearrange tour dates.
  • Please do not bring infants or young children with you to the tour.
  • Masks are no longer mandatory but recommended inside the house when not eating or drinking.
  • Please observe social distancing as much as possible.
  • Please avail yourself to hand sanitiser at our various sanitation stations throughout the house.
The Walsh Street Archive project has been generously supported by the Angela Gehrig Bequest 2017.
Thank you to Restore Conservation Services for imaging parts of our archive.

Details

  • Date: Thu August 4, 2022
  • Time:
    11:00 am - 12:30 pm AEST
  • Cost: $25 – $45

Venue

  • Walsh Street House
  • 290 Walsh Street
    South Yarra, Vic 3141 Australia

Organiser

  • Robin Boyd Foundation
  • Email information@robinboyd.org.au