Learning Lab

Explore, connect, create

Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab is a first-of-its-kind digital immersive learning space. It offers innovative and co-creative learning workshops that inspire hearts and minds to act for a thriving future.

The Learning Lab invites audiences of all ages to explore the world as curious, creative, collaborative and innovative learners, providing a world-leading, immersive digital space that connects museum collections and exhibitions with co-creative digital technologies and skills building.

The Learning Lab offers a suite of programming, including digital workshops for adults and children, school programs and a rotating series of short films and immersive experiences showcased to enjoy during your museum visit.

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 10

Rockumentary Learning Lab Workshop

Students become mini-geologist and filmmakers as they learn about rocks and create short documentaries to communicate their findings.

Two children looking a ipad. There is a large scale globe in background

Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 6

Climate Change and Victoria's Future Learning Lab Workshop

Learn how the Earth’s climate is changing and what this means for Victoria’s future.

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 7 to 10

Exploring Deep Time to Shape a Better Future (VCES)

In this new hands-on workshop and gallery experience students will explore big questions and understand their role in shaping a positive future. Free for government schools.

For everyone

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

Activity Until 19 November

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

River Connections is available to watch in the Learning Lab on Showcase mode, roughly every 40 minutes.

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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