Foundations of Our Wondrous Planet: Guiding values and concepts for a new exhibition

Kate Phillips

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A woman walks through the entrance of the exhibition.
The entrance to ‘Our family’, at the start of the exhibition, Melbourne Museum, Melbourne, 2026. / Source: Museums Victoria / Photo: Thomas Breakwell

Abstract

In developing the major new exhibition Our Wondrous Planet at Melbourne Museum, the team brought together three guiding elements to shape its content and approach: First Peoples’ cultural knowledge and values, contemporary natural science, and visitor motivations and perspectives. The resulting exhibition invites wonder and aims to deepen appreciation of the natural world, leaving visitors energised and inspired to care for the living world to which we belong. 

DOI

https://doi.org/10.24199/KPUW1085

Citation

Phillips, K. (2026). Foundations of Our Wondrous Planet: Guiding values and concepts for a new exhibition. PRISM, 2, 32–46. https://doi.org/10.24199/KPUW1085

Galley

Museum visitors interact with displays in a 'soil'-themed exhibition space. Three children take a rest in a room with red light illuminating a panelled wall display. A hand presses an exhibition interactive button, causing the display to buzz with purple light.

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