Step back in time and witness the evolution of firefighting in Victoria
Fire engines, brass helmets and the original watch room, inside the 1893 Eastern Hill fire station in East Melbourne. Run by volunteers and open three days a week.
Visit the museum
Plan your visitOpening hours
- Thursday9am – 3pm
- Friday9am – 3pm
- Sunday10am – 4pm
Closed public holidays
Admission
- Adults$10
- Concession$8
- Family Two adults, two children$18
- MembersFree
Find us
39 Gisborne Street
East Melbourne VIC 3002
On the corner of Victoria Parade. Trams 11, 12, 30 and 109 stop at St Vincent Plaza, and Parliament Station is a short walk away.
Getting here
Walk through the station from home
Look around the watch room, the basement, the print room and the roof in our 360° tour. Then watch the short films made inside the building.
From the museum shop
Challenge coins, pins, books and toys. Every sale helps keep the doors open.
Become a member
Members get in free, receive Flame, our quarterly newsletter, and can lend a hand in the museum and the restoration workshop.
Adults $30 for the first year, then $20 a year.
What's on
All news and events-
FSMV on display at AFAC26
We spent three days promoting the museum to people from across Victoria and overseas. Plenty of visitors stopped by our stand for a chat and to support us through the shop.
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Open again for 2026
The museum reopened for the year on Thursday 22 January.
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A challenge coin for our Ambassador
Museum Ambassador David Mann AM was presented with a one-of-a-kind FSMV challenge coin at our April general meeting.