Your Visit
The Arts Centre is located at 100 St Kilda Road, in between the National Gallery of Victoria and the Yarra River, it's only minutes away from Federation Square, Flinders Street Station and the CBD. 
Prior To Your Visit
Tickets / Bookings:
All bookings for the Arts Centre’s Education programs must be confirmed prior to your visit. Please go to our How To Book section.
Public Transport:
The Arts Centre is just minutes from the CBD. It's a short walk across the bridge from Flinders Street Train Station, and all St Kilda Road trams stop right outside the Arts Centre at stop number 14.
Parking:
Drop off points for chartered buses are located in the (city-bound) service lane of St Kilda Road outside the NGV and Hamer Hall, but there is no parking permitted at these locations.
Two hour bus parking may be permitted on the opposite side of St Kilda Road (above City Road) however this is regulated by the Melbourne City Council. Metered street parking for regular vehicles is also available. For more details please visit melbourne.vic.gov.au or call (03) 9658 9658.
The Arts Centre Car Park is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is situated beneath the NGV. Entry to the Arts Centre Car Park is located on the corner of Sturt & Kavanagh Streets Southbank. For car park rates please click here. N.B. as the car park clearance is 1.9 metres it is only suitable for standard sized vehicles.
On Arrival
Education Performances: Please arrive at the Arts Centre Forecourt in front of the Theatres Building (under the spire) 30 minutes prior to your scheduled performance time, where you will be met by a member of the Education team.
Alfred Brash SoundHouse: Please go to directly to Hamer Hall (by the Yarra River). The SoundHouse is accessed from the balcony via the external stairs to the right of main entrance.
Education Exhibitions: Gallery One – please go to the Information Desk inside the main entrance of the Theatres Building (under the spire). Black Box – please go to Hamer Hall and follow the terrace overlooking the river around the side of the building. The Black Box is just beyond EQ Restaurant.
General Information
Special Needs
The Arts Centre is well equipped to receive visitors with special needs – including wheelchair access and services for the vision/hearing impaired. If someone in your group has special needs please let our Education team know prior to your visit.
Refreshments & Toilets
School lunches may be eaten on the lawn area between the Theatres Building and Hamer Hall or in the Queen Victoria Gardens opposite the Arts Centre. In case of rain students may eat lunches in the theatre foyers (subject to available space and performance schedules).
Hot & cold drinks, cakes, biscuits and savoury snacks are available from Cento Espresso on the forecourt of the Theatres Building while more substantial food options are available inside at Café Vic, open from 10.30am. Food courts and restaurant options are only minutes away at Southbank on the Yarra River.
There are toilet facilities in every foyer of the Arts Centre.
School Bags & Lunch Boxes
For the safety and comfort of all visitors, school bags are not permitted inside the theatres. And as the Arts Centre’s cloak room is generally open in the evenings, we discourage groups from bringing school bags to daytime Education Programs and Performances. However if it is necessary for your group to bring bags they will be accommodated.
School lunches may also be stored in the theatre foyers during performance times.
While You Are Here
There are plenty of opportunities to augment your visit to the Arts Centre:
Our Gallery Spaces, with free exhibitions as varied as the history of circus, art inspired by jazz, and the hit Kylie exhibition, are open every day until late.
Guided Tours take you through the foyers and into the auditoriums (where available) and explain the history, design and function of the buildings, as well as explaining the significance of the artwork that fills the walls of our foyers. For more information please click here.
The Arts Centre sits within the heart of Melbourne’s Cultural Precinct and sites such as NGV, ACMI, State Library of Victoria and Melbourne Museum are in close proximity.