Pop-Up Museum

Our Pop-Up Museum activation can be based on a number of themes and is designed for larger audiences over a longer duration and can run from between 60 minutes to an entire day.

Available:	School holidays
Suitable for:	Family audiences, children aged 3 to 13.
Cost:	1 hour | $300 for up to 75 participants 3 hours | $600 for up to 300 participants 5 hours | $900 for up to 500 participants

Program description

Our Pop-Up Museum activation is designed for larger audiences over a longer duration and can run from between 60 minutes to an entire day. At the Pop-up Museum, participants explore a range of fossils, collection objects, taxidermy and activities displayed on 'touch-tables.'

This hands-on experience is enriched by our knowledgeable Museum Educators who are available to answer any questions participants might have. Themes on offer in 2024 include Dinosaurs, Oceans and a timeline showcase of Australian dinosaurs, megafauna and animals today.

Dinosaurs and Fossils

Become a palaeontologist for the day! Go back in time to explore a range of different interpretative fossils with Dinosaurs from Australia and around the world.

The program features

• Casts of a Triceratops horn, teeth and section of a frill from the from Melbourne Museum.
• Casts of a Tarbosaurus skull and leg, a carnivore with huge teeth and smaller cousin of the T-rex!
• Koolasuchus cleelandi, an ancient car-sized amphibian and Victoria’s State Fossil Emblem
• Casts of Archaeopteryx, Gallimimus and dinosaur eggs!

Ocean Wonders

Find out about the wonderful things that live on our beaches and swim in our oceans. Imagine yourself as a marine biologist and learn about shells, sharks and ancient marine animals that lived millions of years ago.

The program features

• Some of our favourite taxidermied animals from the Museums Victoria collection, including a green sea turtle and a seagull!
• Collection objects such as a tiger shark jaw and whale vertebra
• A wide range of shells, including a giant triton shell!
• Real fossil specimens, such as a Megalodon tooth

Combined Australian Dinosaurs, Megafauna and Animals

Explore a range of different interpretative objects across a timeline from Australian dinosaurs, to megafauna, to today’s animals.

The program features

• A life-sized Muttaburrasaurus skull and leg
• A Diprotodon skull cast, and footprints artwork
• Koolasuchus cleelandi, an ancient car-sized amphibian and Victoria’s State Fossil Emblem
• Artwork of Thylacoleo to scale, as well as a cast of a Thylacoleo skull
• Australian animal taxidermy from the Museums Victoria collection (koala, platypus, echidna, a range of birds, and more!)