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The Johnston Collection is currently closed for exhibition install, reopening Wednesday 29 April.
Upcoming EXHIBITION
Taste & Temptation
29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays
The Johnston Collection is a house museum of fine and decorative arts in an historic East Melbourne townhouse.
Exhibition Tickets
What's On
Events
See all events
See all events
The Friends Exclusive Preview Night | Taste & Temptation
Wednesday 29 Apr 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Dining at the Palace: Collecting British Royal Tableware with Scott Coleman
Friday 1 May 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin
Thursday 7 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Illicit Pleasures: Food and feasts in French art and literature with Sylvia Sagona
Friday 8 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Cosmopolitan Cliveden, East Melbourne: Interiors, decorum and fancy dress balls with Dr Andrew Montana
Thursday 14 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Allan Ramsay: The Enlightened Artist with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Friends Exclusive Double Tour
Thursday 28 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Oscar Wilde: ‘I can Resist Everything Except Temptation’ with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 29 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Friday 5 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Feasts and Fantasy at the table of Louis XIV with Dr Samantha Happé
Saturday 6 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Dealing with the Scarlet Pimpernel: George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 10 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 12 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Dining with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers
Saturday 13 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Winter Sketching with Alissa Duke
Sunday 14 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Double Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Friday 19 Jun 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 25 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
The Jacobite Court in Exile in France and Italy with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 3 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References with Dr Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 11 Jul 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Meat, Drink, and Be Wary: Eating and Drinking in the English Regency with Dr Jennifer Kloester
Saturday 18 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Geelong Gallery Visit with Lunch | Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and his legacy
Tuesday 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 23 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
When Wrong Becomes Right In The English Language with Professor Kate Burridge
Friday 24 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Opulent Intimacy: Royal Presentation Jewellery with Scott Coleman
Saturday 25 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that changed a Nation by Tom McIlroy
Friday 7 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Many Lives of Johann Zoffany with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 20 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 27 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
From produce to plate: the influence of the kitchen garden in the decorative arts with Dr Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Spectacle and Splendour: Art and the Court of George IV with Scott Coleman
Saturday 19 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 24 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Taste & Temptation
29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
Friday 2 Oct 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose
Friday 4 Dec 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
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The Johnston Collection is currently closed for exhibition install, reopening Wednesday 29 April.
Upcoming EXHIBITION
Taste & Temptation
29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays
Opening Hours
Wednesday–Sunday
10am | 12pm | 2pm
Closed public holidays
The Johnston Collection is a house museum of fine and decorative arts in an historic East Melbourne townhouse.
Exhibition Tickets
What's On
Events
See all events
See all events
The Friends Exclusive Preview Night | Taste & Temptation
Wednesday 29 Apr 2026, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Dining at the Palace: Collecting British Royal Tableware with Scott Coleman
Friday 1 May 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin
Thursday 7 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Illicit Pleasures: Food and feasts in French art and literature with Sylvia Sagona
Friday 8 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Cosmopolitan Cliveden, East Melbourne: Interiors, decorum and fancy dress balls with Dr Andrew Montana
Thursday 14 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Allan Ramsay: The Enlightened Artist with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 21 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Friends Exclusive Double Tour
Thursday 28 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Oscar Wilde: ‘I can Resist Everything Except Temptation’ with Susannah Fullerton
Friday 29 May 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Perspectives by Laurent Binet
Friday 5 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Feasts and Fantasy at the table of Louis XIV with Dr Samantha Happé
Saturday 6 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Dealing with the Scarlet Pimpernel: George IV’s Sèvres porcelain collection with Sylvia Sagona
Wednesday 10 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Taste & Temptation | Curator Walk and Talk with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 12 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Dining with Jane Austen with Lise Rodgers
Saturday 13 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Winter Sketching with Alissa Duke
Sunday 14 Jun 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Double Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Food and Ceramics: Alchemy of Fire with Distinguished Professor Peter McNeil
Friday 19 Jun 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 25 Jun 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
The Jacobite Court in Exile in France and Italy with Dr Matthew Martin
Friday 3 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Double Lecture and Afternoon Tea | The House of Dior: Eighteenth-century References with Dr Paola di Trocchio
Saturday 11 Jul 2026, 1:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Meat, Drink, and Be Wary: Eating and Drinking in the English Regency with Dr Jennifer Kloester
Saturday 18 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Geelong Gallery Visit with Lunch | Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and his legacy
Tuesday 21 Jul 2026, 12:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 23 Jul 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
When Wrong Becomes Right In The English Language with Professor Kate Burridge
Friday 24 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Opulent Intimacy: Royal Presentation Jewellery with Scott Coleman
Saturday 25 Jul 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | Blue Poles: Jackson Pollock, Gough Whitlam and the Painting that changed a Nation by Tom McIlroy
Friday 7 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
The Many Lives of Johann Zoffany with Dr Eugene Barilo von Reisberg
Thursday 20 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 27 Aug 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
From produce to plate: the influence of the kitchen garden in the decorative arts with Dr Suzanne Bravery
Thursday 10 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Lecture & Afternoon Tea | Spectacle and Splendour: Art and the Court of George IV with Scott Coleman
Saturday 19 Sep 2026, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
A Morning In East Melbourne: Taste & Temptation & Bishopscourt Garden — Double Tour
Thursday 24 Sep 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Taste & Temptation
29 Apr 2026 – 27 Sep 2026
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Painter's Daughters by Emily Howes
Friday 2 Oct 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
FIRST FRIDAY BOOK CLUB | The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose
Friday 4 Dec 2026, 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Gift Certificates
Give the gift of The Johnston Collection
Share your love of fine and decorative arts with loved ones.
Explore Gift Certificates
TJC Emporium
SHOP
TJC Emporium
Shop
THE Friends
Support Us
EXPLORE OUR PAST EXHIBITION
Discover the Collection
About US
Explore
Contact
VISIT
See our
VISIT page
for
hours and directions
BY PHONE
+61 3 9416 2515
BY POST
PO Box 79, East Melbourne VIC 8002
ONLINE
General enquiries
Membership enquiries
Shop
Donation enquiries
Subscribe to E-Newsletter
© 2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.