Children's Week

19 to 27 October 2024

Melbourne Museum celebrates Children’s Week with a jam-packed program created especially for little learners!

Visit our exhibitions and galleries and take part many fun activities onsite for early years children and families.

Children Dancing at the Dino Disco during Dino Days.

Special event Melbourne Museum Wednesday 23 October

Dino Days: Children’s Day Edition

Celebrate Children’s Day at Melbourne Museum at Dino Days!

Exhibition Melbourne Museum Until 20 October

Victoria the T. rex

Victoria the T. rex is a world-class, interactive exhibition starring the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria.

A view from behind of a man holding a child looking at T.rex skull in a showcase.

Visit Melbourne Museum 19 to 20 October

Victoria the T. rex: Closing Weekend

Your last chance to see the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria.

Children and carers in Dinosaur Walk exhibition with a museum staff member

Tour Melbourne Museum Until 25 October

Tiny Tours

Young visitors visit the museum like real grown-ups with their very own guide showing them around the most curious and amazing specimens and objects in our galleries.

Special event Melbourne Museum Saturday 26 October

Little Explorers Day

Crawl, walk or run but don’t miss out on the fun and adventure that awaits you at our Little Explorers Day at Melbourne Museum, part of Children’s Week.

A proud Native American Dancer stares intensely into the camera. His arms are stretched out, wearing traditional colourful beaded and feathered regalia.

Show Melbourne Museum Saturday 26 October

Native Pride

Discover the dynamic performances of the Native Pride Dance Group at Melbourne Museum.

Connect through digital content

Explore the Museums Victoria collection through songs, stories, activities and games that are meaningful to young people

Make and Take

Make sticky slime and geckos climb plus more with these creative step-by-step activities!

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.

A girl posing amongst illustrations of spaceships and stars.

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.

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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.

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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.