Royal Exhibition Building is located on the northeast edge of the Melbourne City Business District Network, Victoria's capital, in (Carlton Gardens), Carleton Garden, with the Melbourne Museum (Melbourne Museum).
Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens were inscribed on the World Cultural Heritage list by UNESCO in 2004 on the grounds that: Royal Exhibition Building Australia is the only existing 19th-century exhibit. It is also one of the world's largest 19th-century galleries.
Royal Exhibition Building is one of the oldest extant pavilions in the world, designed by renowned architect Joseph Reid (Joseph Reed) and originally built for the 1880 Universal Exhibition in Melbourne. Joseph Reid's other well-known designs include the Victoria State Library, (State Library of Victoria), Melbourne City Hall, (Melbourne Town Hall), St. Michael's Church of the United Church (St Michael's Uniting Church), etc.).
In addition to being the host of Australia's first federal parliament since 1901, Royal Exhibition Building was used as a temporary hospital during the 1919 Spanish flu outbreak and as an Australian air force radio base during World War II.
The main building material of Royal Exhibition Building is brick, wood, steel and slate, and the style combines the elements of Byzantium, Rome, Lombardy and the Italian Renaissance. The. Royal Exhibition Building, which covers more than 50 World Expositions and other international exhibitions in 1851 / 1915, is known for its fine interior renovations, open corridors and towering domes, and continues to host trade fairs today. Trade fairs and cultural events.
It was not until the Queen of England came here in 1984 that the, Royal Exhibition Building subsidiary buildings in the late 1960s began to crumble because of little renovation, and it was not until the Melbourne government began to attach importance to it because of its contribution to Australia that it gave it the title of "Royal". And began a series of building interior and mirror glass ancillary building restoration.
In addition to the elegant appearance that is worth visiting, if there is no Royal Exhibition Building activity on that day, visitors can also buy tickets to visit the tour, and they can buy tickets at the opposite Melbourne Museum at a fare of $10 and a visit period of 2: 00 a. M. daily. It takes an hour.
Traffic:
The subway to Parliament, is about 700 meters from the scenic spot; the bus is 86, 95, 96 to Melbourne Museum