Today was a museum day. The first was the Fox Classic Car Collection. Lindsay Fox was the founder of Linfox Trucking and he collected cars. They are on display now and the proceeds from the museum go to charity. They were housed in an old customs warehouse. The main floor held Mercedes Benz, including one owned by Bing Crosby and a stretch owned by Ringo Starr. There were a few Ferraris too. Upstairs were MGs, Rolls, Bentleys and Porsches. There was a Porsche Spyder, no. 56. James Dean's Spyder was no. 55.
Next was the Ian Potter Art Gallery. They did have a good indigenous collection, many traditional pieces from the 1960s to the present. There were also pieces that commented on the lives of Aborigines and the terrible treatment they received in the past and still now. We took a tour that gave an overview of the Australian collection and showed us a few iconic paintings, such as a famous one of sheep shearers.
At the National Gallery of Victoria, we took another tour. This was a comprehensive art museum with European and Asian collections. The tour took us through the European Galleries, from 13th century Italian to Picasso.
We walked back to the Supreme Court Building. The library there was supposed to have a beautiful dome. We had to go through metal detectors, but there didn't seem to be any restrictions on our movements. We saw the library and on the way saw several barristers in black robes and grey wigs.
Pictures of Samson with MGs, a Mercedes with both a front and rear engine (one of four made), Aboriginal painting done by a women's cooperative, painting of sheep shearers, Jeanne with statues of workers
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