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Museums Victoria / Scienceworks

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Explore the universe. Build the future. See how science works.

What's On

Sportsworks

exhibition | daily

Planetarium Nights

planetarium | friday nights

Colour: See the World in a New Light

exhibition | daily

Discover the Night Sky

planetarium | Last Thursday of each month

Science Studio – Taking Flight

Workshop

Robots and Coding

Workshop | select Saturdays

Scienceworks Guided Highlights Tour

tour | Available by request

Solar System Adventures: The Planets

planetarium | daily

The Glow Show

Show | Daily

Low Sensory Sessions

SPECIAL EVENT | FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH

Sportsworks

exhibition | daily

Planetarium Nights

planetarium | friday nights

Colour: See the World in a New Light

exhibition | daily

Discover the Night Sky

planetarium | Last Thursday of each month

Science Studio – Taking Flight

Workshop

Robots and Coding

Workshop | select Saturdays

Scienceworks Guided Highlights Tour

tour | Available by request

Solar System Adventures: The Planets

SPECIAL EVENT | FIRST SATURDAY OF EACH MONTH

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For 100 years, we have marvelled at planetariums. Here’s a brief history of how humans brought the stars indoors

As the night sky became polluted with light from electrified cities, people built planetariums. Today, they're more impressive than ever.

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Australian Innovation | Ground-breaking Victorian invention

Victoria maintains a long and proud history of innovation. Many ideas and products developed in the State have had global impacts.

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A man and his rare Indian motorcycle, reunited

91-year-old Don Parkinson revisits the 1923 Indian Scout motorcycle he restored more than 40 years ago.

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The electric vehicle future was promised decades ago, what happened?

Once lost from history, the electric vehicle's time has come again.

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Museums Victoria's interdisciplinary humanities journal

Explore humanities research from Museums Victoria and across the museum sector with the latest volume of PRISM. This volume examines museum collections, architecture and exhibitions, with articles from curators, collection managers, artists and academics.

Skynotes

Delivered to your inbox every month, Skynotes tells you where to find the brightest planets, constellations and meteor showers in Melbourne, along with the latest astronomical discoveries and Planetarium news.

Dome Under Film Festival

Melbourne Planetarium is home of Australia's only Dome Under Film Festival. Click here for submission guidelines, past winners and to find out more about this unmissable annual event.