Collections & research

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Large blue and white ship
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Voyage of discovery to Australia's Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Museums Victoria Research Institute leads ground-breaking research voyage in the Indian Ocean Territories.
Exterior of a 1950s office building at night
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Kodak Snapshots

A snapshot into the 120 year history of Kodak manufacturing in Australia, told through Museum Victoria's collection.
Woman holding a small vial
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One Year On

Stories of COVID-19 in Melbourne's Suburbs is a digital display that brings together a snapshot of stories collected across the suburbs of Melbourne in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Craig's hut- wooden cabin in the mountians
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Climate change and the environment program

Be a part of something bigger. Generating conversations about climate change, the environment, science and our society.
insect on a leaf
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Otway Bioscan report

As part of the Wye River Recovery Project, a collaboration between Museums Victoria and Parks Victoria was established and the Otway Bioscan project was born.
a small scorpion glowing green under uv light
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Glowing animals: understanding bioluminescence and biofluorescence

What do a Platypus, a Dragonfish and a Scorpion all have in common?
two women using binoculars outdoors

Find a staff member

Meet the staff at the heart of our world-class research, collections and exhibitions. 
Woman giving a presentation

Museums Victoria Lectures

Come on a journey of discovery with a program of talks.
Lupita Bribiesca, Phd candidate, presenting a talk as part of the 'Meet the Scientists' program at Melbourne Museum Theatre.

Student Placements

Work experience and scholarship opportunities for tertiary students. 
A close-up of a woman holding a lizard

Grants and funding

Find out about the grants Museums Victoria has received and the funding opportunities we provide. 

Library, Archives & Journals

Museums Victoria's research aims to contribute to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the origins, diversity and development of Australia's natural, cultural and scientific heritage.

Australian Lyre Bird, Menura Superba from J. Gould's The Birds of Australia, vol. iii

Library

The Library has a rich, varied and historic collection of published works related to and informing the Museum’s history, research, collections, exhibitions and experiences.
animal collection transport in 1899

Museums Victoria Archives

The Museums Victoria Archives collects and preserves records of enduring value documenting the administrative, collection, exhibition, education and research history of Museums Victoria.
Close up of a stack of books

Journals

Journals published by Museums Victoria highlighting our research and collections.
Photograph - Eric Douglas and Frank Hurley, Antarctic Expedition, 1929-1931

Memoirs of Museum Victoria

Once a year, the museum publishes its scientific journal Memoirs of Museum Victoria.

 
Platypus illustration

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Australian Branch
A national project hosted by Museums Victoria.
A member of the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria cooking at a camp fire, preparing meals for the men during the Club's scientific expedition to the Furneaux Group of islands in November 1893. There are two billy cans and a cooking pot over the fire. Three other billy cans and a pail are on the ground to the right.

PRISM

PRISM is an online, open-access humanities journal published by Museums Victoria.

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