Victorian Jazz Archive

The Victorian Jazz Archive, located in Melbourne’s south-east at Wantirna, is Australia's leading jazz museum open to the public. With an extensive collection of Australian and overseas jazz resources it pays tribute to the Australian jazz story and charts Australia's significant contribution to the world of jazz both locally and overseas. Through vibrant and exciting displays and temporary exhibitions, the Archive celebrates Australia's extraordinary jazz heritage and its rich jazz culture. Being an accredited museum, the Victorian Jazz Archive is widely recognized as the premier home for Australia's rich heritage of jazz. Our collection includes oral histories, recorded music, photographs and film, posters, sheet music and instruments. It also maintains files of manuscripts, clippings, and bibliographic references; vintage and contemporary books and periodicals, discographies and encyclopaedias. While the Victorian Jazz Archive is dedicated to the preservation of this material we are very enthusiastic about making it accessible to the public. The Archive is a 'living museum' actively involved in local community activities, festivals and jazz workshops. Our premises are used as the rehearsal venue of the Jazz Improvisation Workshops, and the Knox Jazz Orchestra. We offer a range of outreach activities including individual and group tours of the Archive and we actively encourage service groups and members of the public to visit and use this museum. A tour of the Archive's collection provides an insight into our rich jazz history through an assortment of recordings, photographs, posters, magazines, books, clippings, and all manner of ephemera related to Australian jazz past and present.