Gold Museum is housed in the Old Treasury in Melbourne, built in 1858-1862, respectively. Once this building was the second most important in the city after the Houses of Parliament, but the Treasury is housed in it for long - until 1878.

The architect of the building was a young, but very talented John Clark, who started the construction, when he was barely 19 years old. Today, his work in the neo-Renaissance style is considered one of the most beautiful in the city. By the way, later Clark designed and Treasury Building in Brisbane, Queensland.

Only in 1994, Gold Museum was opened to the public .  Today, the Museum has several permanent exhibitions devoted to the history of not only the "gold rush" in Australia, and the establishment and development of Melbourne .  The museum even sometimes called the City .  For example, the exhibition "Creating Melbourne" you can discover the history of the city since its founding in 1835 as a small settlement of colonists and ending our days .  Naturally, an important part of the exhibition tells the story of dashing times of gold, which have provoked a rapid growth of Melbourne and turned it into the most important cities of the continent .  Another exhibition - "built on gold" - allows you to look into the very years when Victoria was found the first gold bullion and learn how this discovery changed the fate of Australia .  The museum also regularly hosts temporary exhibitions, invites visitors to feel the great past of Melbourne .