Experience fulldome film immersion at Melbourne Planetarium this summer
The annual Dome Under Film Festival returns with a weekend of back-to-back fulldome films from Saturday 4 February to Sunday 5 February 2023.
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World's most exquisite gems exclusive to Melbourne Museum
The largest collection of Australian pink diamonds to be shown in the world will transform Dynamic Earth at Melbourne Museum into a shimmering wonderland from Saturday 5 November.
Ancient submerged volcanos bristle with sea life
Groundbreaking research voyage in Australia’s newest marine park uncovers rare deep-sea discoveries
Take in a view of Melbourne not seen for a century
Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade open to public this weekend
Voyage to the unknown
Museums Victoria Research Institute leads groundbreaking research voyage in the Indian Ocean Territories.
An icon of the Marvellous Melbourne era opens its doors to a view unseen in 100 years
Museums Victoria today announces that Melbourne’s Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade experience will open to the public on Saturday 29 October.
From snake charming to activism - all in a day's work
A new installation exploring both the magic and hardships of working life stories of well-known and everyday Victorians.
First Peoples artists across the globe present powerful message about the sacredness of water in tri-nations exhibition
Naadohbii: To Draw Water opens Friday 23 September at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Melbourne Museum.
Build up a Storm With Bricktionary: The Interactive Lego® Exhibition Opening Tomorrow at Melbourne Museum
Live your best LEGO® life at Bricktionary: The Interactive Exhibition, on until January 29, 2023.
Reversing extinction: can and should we bring animals back from the dead?
Humanity is triggering extinctions at rates not seen since the Earth’s largest mass extinction event 66 million years ago. But what if we could reverse this?
Melbourne Museum to house over 1 million Lego® bricks when Bricktionary opens this September
Some of the biggest and best LEGO® creations will be featured in exhibition opening at Melbourne Museum from Saturday 3 September 2022.
Tyama - A Multisensory Experience of Country
A first of its kind museum exhibition and a must-see experience, Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing is now open at Melbourne Museum
Beat the big chill this Winter School Holidays
Escape the cold these winter school holidays with indoor activities for kids across Museums Victoria.
Nature's night-time secrets come out of the shadows at Melbourne Museum
Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing is a digital multisensory experience taking visitors on an immersive journey into Victoria's vibrant nocturnal world.
Scienceworks lights up for the opening of Illuminate: How Science Comes to Light
New exhibition transports visitors to a neon-filled environment where they can explore the science behind one of our most valued resources, light.
Melbourne Museum presents Open Horizons: Ancient Greek Journeys and Connections
This world-first exhibition offers visitors a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see extraordinary items from the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.
Introducing Gandel Gondwana Garden
A one-of-a-kind palaeontological garden coming to Melbourne Museum this year.
Horridus is here!
Meet the world's most complete Triceratops at Melbourne Museum.
