Make and Take
Make sticky slime and geckos climb plus more with these creative step-by-step activities!
Children's Week
18 to 26 October 2025
Melbourne Museum is alive with excitement for Children’s Week!
From dinosaur-themed discos and hands-on activities to guided gallery journeys crafted especially for young minds, the museum transforms into a world of wonder for kids of all ages. Dive into sensory experiences, interactive storytimes, and delightful surprises tucked around every corner.
Connect through digital content
Explore the Museums Victoria collection through songs, stories, activities and games that are meaningful to young people
Look and Listen
Dig deeper and continue your learning with entomologists, palaeontologists and other museum experts.
Sing and Dance
Warm up your vocal chords and put on those dancing shoes- it’s time to move your body!
Fun and Games
A playful introduction to the museum and its collection for 0-7 year-olds.
Join Museum Members to see more, first
As a Museum Member, you'll enjoy free general entry to Melbourne Museum, Scienceworks and the Immigration Museum, discounts on special exhibitions, parking, shops and cafes, exclusive events, tours and viewings!
Plus, members enjoy free museum entry to see Horridus the Triceratops all year-round.
Nurturing curious minds with Museums Victoria Store
Keep little hands busy at home with museum puzzles, toys and activities.
Build a solar system, excavate for dinosaurs, learn about the human body, or discover the secrets of the natural world in your own backyard. And for the big kids, we’ve got everything from mineralogy puzzles to conversation menus to keep brains busy.
Museums Victoria acknowledges the Traditional Owners of the land where we work and play; the Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung peoples of the Eastern Kulin nations.
We pay respects to their Ancestors and Elders both past, present and future.
First Peoples of Australia have a deep connection to their lands and water ways.
The Traditional Owners of this land have maintained their deep knowledge through traditions practiced for thousands of generations.
They are the first and ongoing teachers, scientists, artists and storytellers of this land.