Learning Lab

Wonder, Reflect, Create.

Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab is a pioneering digital immersive learning space, offering unique, co-creative workshops that inspire participants to contribute to a thriving future.

Open to audiences of all ages, the Learning Lab encourages exploration as curious, creative, and collaborative learners. It bridges museum collections and exhibitions with advanced digital technologies, fostering skills development and meaningful co-creation.

The Learning Lab’s expanded program features digital workshops for adults and children, dynamic school programs, and a growing series of short films and immersive experiences – enriching every visitor’s museum journey.

Programs for school students

Student using an ipad to video rocks in the Dynamic Earth Gallery within Rockumentary education program at Melbourne Museum

Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 8

Rockumentary Learning Lab Workshop

Students learn about rocks and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.

Student hand holding booklet with colour coded worksheets linking to the Museums Victoria Institute Gallery at Melbourne Museum. Background of the image is the face of a taxidermy Thylacine.

Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10

Biodiversity and Evolution (VCES)

Explore the theory of evolution by natural selection by looking at the fossil record.

For everyone

A woman using an iPad and drawing the details of a shell

Activity Until 17 July 2025

Digital Art Class

From Triceratops to a world of bugs, Melbourne Museum is an amazing source of inspiration. Discover the wonders of digital drawing in this art and science focused workshop.

Display Daily

River Connections – Learning Lab

Award winning River Connections is an immersive projection experience in Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab.

Mindfulness in the rainforest

Reboot your brain and immerse yourself in the magic of the Otways. Our cameras take you into a world were mountain ash trees reign and waterfalls plunge into valleys thick with ferns and alive with bird song. Take a guided journey—and see if you can hear the beating heart of this ancient rainforest.

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