Federation Square is Melbourne's striking city square, on the edge of the Yarra River and across the road from Flinders Street Station. The size of an entire city block, the Square brings together a creative mix of attractions including leading-edge galleries, cinemas, award-winning restaurants, cafés and bars, events and festivals and grand public open spaces embraced by some of the most unique and striking architecture in the world.
Specific attractions include:
- The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia (housing the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of Australian art in the world)
- Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)
- Champions Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame
- National Design Centre
- Melbourne Visitor Centre
- Function centre
- Restaurants, cafés and bars
- Events and festivals.
Federation Square is the home of the Melbourne Visitor Information Centre, the one-stop-shop for visitors to Melbourne and Victoria. get your map of the Square here.
The Square’s cultural attractions are supported by some of the best restaurants, cafés and bars in Melbourne. Offering visitors a range of styles from FunkFish (a casual fish and chippery) to Taxi (fine dining with a Japanese twist).
Federation Square’s unique position, nature and design is makes it a ‘must see’ destination of Victoria. It is also the logical point from which visitors begin their exploration of all that Melbourne has to offer.
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