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Weeping Woman , which was the victim of an art heist in 1986. Free 45-minute tours occur
hourly from 11am to 2pm, which alternate to take in different parts of the collection.
The gallery also has an excellent decorative arts collection, and fantastic pieces in its
Asia galleries from India to Japan. Its international blockbuster shows are huge, and bring
with them long queues. The Australian art collection is on display at the Ian Potter Centre:
NGV Australia ( Click here ) at nearby Federation Sq.
Completed in 1967, the original NGV building itself - Roy Grounds' 'cranky icon' - is
now considered one of Australia's most respected Modernist masterpieces, though it was
somewhat controversial at the time.
Eureka Skydeck
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LOOKOUT
( www.eurekaskydeck.com.au ; 7 Riverside Quay; adult/child/family $18.50/10/42, The Edge extra $12/8/29;
10am-10pm, last entry 9.30pm; Tourist Shuttle) Melbourne's tallest building, the 297m-high
Eureka Tower was built in 2006, and a wild elevator ride takes you to its 88th floor in less
than 40 seconds (check out the photo on the elevator floor if there's time). The 'Edge' - a
slightly sadistic glass cube - cantilevers you out of the building; you've got no choice but
to look down.
Australian Centre
for Contemporary Art
(ACCA; 03-9697 9999; www.accaonline.org.au ; 111 Sturt St; 10am-5pm Tue & Thu-Sun, 10am-8pm Wed;
1) ACCA is one of Australia's most exciting and challenging contemporary gal-
leries, showcasing a range of local and international artists. The building is, fittingly,
sculptural, with a rusted exterior evoking the factories that once stood on the site, and a
soaring interior designed to house often massive installations. From Flinders St Station,
walk across Princes Bridge and along St Kilda Rd. Turn right at Grant St, then left to
Sturt.
GALLERY
Polly Woodside
( 03-9699 9760; www.pollywoodside.com.au ; 2A Clarendon St; adult/child/family $16/10/43; 10am-4pm Sat &
Sun, daily during school holidays; 96, 109, 112) The Polly Woodside is a restored iron-hulled mer-
chant ship (or 'tall ship'), dating from 1885, that now rests in a pen off the Yarra River. A
glimpse of the rigging makes for a tiny reminder of what the Yarra would have looked like
in the 19th century, dense with ships at anchor.
MUSEUM
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