Cable tram, Sydney Road, Brunswick, c1910. Photo: Melbourne Tram Museum.

Preserving Melbourne’s tramway heritage

Since 1885, Melbourne has been one of the world’s great tramway cities. Explore the history of trams and the contribution they have made to the place where we live, in the most authentic tramway museum in Australia: the heritage-listed Hawthorn Tram Depot.

Transporting Art

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The Melbourne Tram Museum acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people as the Traditional Owners and original custodians
of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders past and present.