'til you drop: shopping exhibition

View this sneak preview of the State Library of Victoria's newest free exhibition.

'til you drop: shopping - a Melbourne history celebrates Melbourne's passion for shopping.

It looks at our shopping habits from early settlement to today and features items from the Library's extensive collection, including:
-a short film on Melbourne's shopping hotspots
-1950s organza evening gown worn by Lady Ansett
-Wolfgang Sievers 1960s photographs
-original sketches of 1920s flapper fashion
.. and more!

The exhibition is complemented by a program of free tours, talks and other activities.

Keith Murdoch Gallery
State Library of Victoria
Exhibition open 11 December 2009 31 October 2010
10am-5pm daily (to 9pm Thursdays)
Closed public holidays

For more information visit http://slv.vic.gov.au/goto/tilyoudrop

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• State Library of Victoria
• Melbourne
• shopping
• Myer
• exhibition