It is the main art gallery of the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT).

[1] It is housed in the historic section of Storey Hall, built in 1887, on RMIT's Melbourne City campus.

[3][7][8] The gallery is also charged as the caretaker of RMIT's permanent University Art Collection.

The Linsday Edward Collection has a strong focus on Australian art.

It holds works by leading Australian artists (many of whom are alumni or former faculty of RMIT) such as: Howard Arkley, John Brack, Leonard French, Roger Kemp, Inge King, Max Meldrum, John Olsen, Lenton Parr, Fred Williams, and others.