RMIT First Site Gallery is RMIT's student gallery, that presents student exhibitions, events and creative projects throughout the year.
First Site is part of RMIT Culture.
RMIT First Site Gallery is located in the Storey Hall Basement at 344 Swanston Street, Melbourne, near the corner of Swanston and La Trobe Streets.
The gallery is located diagonally opposite Melbourne Central Railway Station and can be reached by trams traveling on Swanston and La Trobe Streets, including the City Circle Tram.
Limited street parking is available.
Wheelchair access throughout the building. The elevator entrance is on Rodda Lane opposite RMIT Building 8. Please call 9925 1717 if you require assistance.
DDA compliant and gender-neutral bathrooms are available
RMIT Culture brings together the university’s cultural spaces, creative programs and art, film, design and research collections, providing valuable support for the university’s learning and teaching activities and opportunities to inspire creativity and collaboration. By showcasing and expanding RMIT’s cultural assets through new initiatives RMIT Culture helps facilitate an enterprise-wide approach to cultural engagement. RMIT Culture acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nations on whose unceded lands we work.
Above image: Mathew Garland, The Dynamic Home, 2019. Photography by Eloise Coomber.
RMIT First Site Gallery
RMIT Building 16,
Level 2 (Storey Hall Basement)
City Campus, RMIT University
344 Swanston Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
T: 03 9925 1717
E: first.site@rmit.edu.au
W: rmit.edu.au/about/culture/first-site-gallery
Opening Hours
(during exhibition periods)
Tuesday – Friday: 11am to 5 pm
Closed public holidays, Saturday – Monday, and RMIT Campus closures.
Entry is Free
The Public Galleries Association of Victoria (PGAV) acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the lands where our office is located, and all Traditional Owners of country throughout Victoria and Australia. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples enduring traditions and continuing creative cultures. We pay our respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
We are an LGBTQIA+ friendly organisation that celebrates diversity. We are committed to providing safe, culturally appropriate, and inclusive services for all people, regardless of their ethnicity, faith, disability, sexuality, or gender identity.
