The University of Melbourne has today announced its revitalised flagship art museum, the Potter Museum of Art (The Potter), will reopen to the public during Reconciliation Week on 30 May 2025. An exhibition celebrating the longevity and brilliance of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art will open the Museum in May and run until 23 November 2025. Titled 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art, the exhibition features more than 400 artworks, including important public and private loans, and new commissions.

The Museum has undergone extensive redevelopment by Wood Marsh Architects and will feature an impressive new entrance on the University’s campus, along with new and improved spaces for the Museum’s leading collection-based learning programs made possible by the generous support of The Ian Potter Foundation and Lady Primrose Potter AC.