Eastern Hill Fire Museum

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  • Address
    48 Gisborne St, city centre
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  • Phone
    9662 2907

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Built on the highest point of the city in 1891, the old fire station building and its lofty tower provided the necessary vantage to spot fires across the metropolis. Its ground floor now houses the Eastern Hill Fire Museum, which is especially great for kids, who get to clamber on a fire truck. For bigger kids there's a collection of historic firefighting equipment, including fire engines, helmets, brass-buttoned uniforms, medals and photographs. Facing Albert St is the five-storey mosaic mural designed by Harold Freedman (1915-99), the only person to have been state artist of Victoria, a position he held for 11 years from 1972.