Events

From biomechanics to biology, Plato to 3D printing, Open Day is where curiosity meets hands-on discovery.

Tour labs, learning spaces and accommodation, get stuck into creative workshops, quiz our lecturers and explore everything from ancient artefacts to AI – Open Day is your chance to experience what it’s really like to study, live and thrive at Melbourne.

Register to access the Open Day event planner, where you can view the full program and build a personalised schedule for your day. Search sessions by study area, time or type, and you’ll even receive map links straight to your inbox, so you’ll know exactly where to go on the day.

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Impressionism is one of the most recognisable and cherished of all painting styles.

We celebrate iconic paintings such as Claude Monet’s Impression, soleil levant (1872) and Pierre-Auguste Renoir’s Dance at Le Moulin de la Galette (1876), but where did they come from?

In what ways might the Impressionist movement have been connected to the dramatic social changes and political upheavals of the time? How was it related to the other ‘schools’ of the 19th Century?

Join Professor Peter McPhee to situate Impressionism in the Parisian context, and ask questions about the history of artistic ‘taste’.