School programs and resources

Our school excursions are inspired by our exhibitions and collections. and align with the Victorian Curriculum Version 2.0. Make a day of it and add a IMAX documentary to your school trip. Our friendly bookings team can help you plan the perfect excursion - see our school visit information.

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An illustration of a male and female Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacinus cynocephalus, published in The mammals of Australia, 1863.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

Free VCES Programs

Melbourne Museum has FREE Enrichment programs for Years 7 to 10 students in Victorian government schools, funded as part of the Victorian Challenge and Enrichment Series by the Department of Education.
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 1 to 2

Daily Life

Students learn about how daily life has changed for Aboriginal children and their families.
The Sith Lord Darth Vader and Jedi Luke Skywalker crossing lightsabers in a duel LEGO for LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition at Melbourne Museum.
Self-directed Years 5 to 12

LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition

Visit a galaxy far, far away with this awe-inspiring exhibition – created with LEGO®
A close-up image of a hand, wearing a white glove, holding a rock crystal jar. This rock crystal jar is one of the treasures of the Galloway Hoard. It is a small, delicate item carved from crystal and decorated with gold.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

Investigating the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard workshop and exhibition

Gain deeper insights into the fascinating Viking Age in this exhibition and workshop package for history students.
Two people are looking the Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard exhibition. They are standing by a big image of some the Viking Arm Bands that were found in the Galloway Hoard. The Viking Arm Bands are silver with intricate patterns.
Self-directed Years 7 to 10

Treasures of the Viking Age: The Galloway Hoard

Explore the fascinating treasures of the Galloway Hoard and discover what they reveal about Viking-age Britain.
Whale collection samples laid in front of Dr Erich Fitzgerald, Senior Curator of Palaeontology at Museums Victoria.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

Whale Evolution: Special Enrichment Event (VCES)

Free enrichment program for Years 7 to 10 government school students - exploring the magnificent blue whale and whale evolution.
Museum Victoria staff presenting education program for school children
Museum Staff-led Years K to 2

Comparing Past and Present: My Grandmother's Toy Box

Interactive storytelling and object-based learning about history.
Museum Staff-led VCE, VCE VM

Top Designs 2025 Education Forums

Join us for the 2025 Top Design Education forums, where industry experts and VCAA representatives inspire creativity and excellence in all VCE, VM & VET Designs studies showcased in Top Designs.
rimary school students using iPads during the 'Place and Culture' program in the First Peoples exhibition, Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum.
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 3 to 4

Place and Culture

Students learn about the diversity and longevity of Australia’s First Peoples and the significance of place to their culture and identity.
Child looking through a magnifying glass at bug specimens in resin.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 2

Living Things: Bugs

Explore the tiny world of mighty bugs – how do they survive and thrive, and why earth just wouldn’t be the same without them!
Child looking at a butterfly preserved in a resin block
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Bugs: Life Cycles and Interactions

Explore the tiny world of mighty bugs – the important roles they play and how they grow and change throughout their lives.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 2

Dinosaur Features

Explore dinosaurs' amazing external features to discover the different functions to enable their survival in this staff led program.
A cross section of a shell in the Sea showcase.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Fossil Features and Dino Diets

In this hands-on session, explore fossils, dinosaurs and discover their amazing habitats!
Illustration of a triceratops surrounded by lush rainforest.
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Triceratops Habitats

Explore the habitat of Triceratops and learn how they thrived in their environment.
Students taking a tour of the Royal exhibition building, peering at the ornate wall moldings and painted frescos.
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Continuity and Change: Royal Exhibition Building Tour

Take a guided tour of the unique and special Royal Exhibition Building.
Primary school students participating in the 'Our Shared History' program in the First Peoples exhibition, Bunjilaka, Melbourne Museum.
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 5 to 6

Our Shared History

Students learn about the diversity and longevity of Australia’s First Peoples and the impact of colonisation on their daily life and culture.
Students gathering outside the Royal Exhibition Buildng.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10

Changing Perspectives: The Royal Exhibition Building Tour

Discover the historic significance of this unique and iconic Melbourne landmark.
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

Biodiversity and Evolution (VCES)

In this free program for government schools, explore the theory of evolution by natural selection by looking at the fossil record.
This illustration captures the excitement of visitors to the National Museum (now Museums Victoria) when it was located at the University of Melbourne. The central scene depicts the Paul du Chaillu Gorillas family, still on display at Melbourne Museum.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 10

National Science Week: Evolution! (VCES)

A case of Gorillas, stolen dinosaur eggs, and superfluous whale bones – discover evidence for evolution in this free program for government schools!
Two primary school students looking at computer tablet with Learning Lab projection in the background.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Weather, Climate and Human Impacts

Learn about weather and climate, what climate change means for Victoria’s future, and how we have the solutions to take action now.
Two children looking a ipad. There is a large scale globe in background
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Climate Change and Us: Impacts and Management

Investigate how Earth changes over time, the human impacts causing the climate to change, and how we have the technological solutions to take action now.
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.
Various indigenous Shields in display case
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 7 to 8

Ancient Worlds

Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples as the longest continuous culture in the history of the world.
A penguin is captured mid-air as it dives from an iceberg into the ocean.
Museum Staff-led Years 3 to 4

Climate and Environmental Change

New from October, immerse your students in the environments of the world, and explore how human impacts can be managed.
A frog sits peering through a hole in a large tropical rainforest leaf.
Museum Staff-led Years 5 to 6

Habitats, Human Impact and Management

New from October, explore habitats around the world, the physical conditions that define them, and how important places and environments are to people.
A wide variety of tropical marine fish swim around a coral colony.
Museum Staff-led Years 7 to 8

Classification: The Diversity of Life on Earth

New from October, how can we understand life on earth if we don’t know what is there? Explore the important role of taxonomy and classification, create and use keys and learn about biodiversity.
Aerial image of icebergs floating in a blue sea. Tiny boats are seen motoring past.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10

Biomes and Climate Change – Impacts and Mitigation

New from October, students are immersed in a rich diversity of global biomes, and consider how changing atmospheric conditions could impact Earth’s environmental systems.
a woman holds a baby triceratops.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 6

National Science Week: Home of Dinosaurs!

Decoding Dinosaurs – Exploring the known, unknown, and the thrilling adaptations and survival of dinosaurs!
Students engaging with the TAC Road To Zero Education Learning Centre interactives
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10, VCE VM

Getting the Message

Create a video ad to promote road safety for teens.
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 9 to 10

The Modern World

Students learn about the diversity of Victoria’s First Peoples and how they have fought for their country and their rights.
Two students using virtual reality googles to experience a road trip from the past to the future of travel in Victoria.
Museum Staff-led VCE, 6, 10, 9, VCE VM

Road to Zero: Road Safety Experience

A world-first road safety education experience to create a new generation of safe young road users.
Students engaging with the TAC Road To Zero Education Learning Centre interactives.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 10, VCE VM

Road to Zero Physics Challenge

Students participate in a virtual reality physics experiment to explore the relationships between vehicle speed and stopping distances.
Road To Zero 2023 Header
Self-directed VCE

Road to Zero VCE Health and Human Development

Explore a free self-directed program for VCE HHD Units 3 & 4 students.
A student uses interactive touch screens in Road to Zero, whilst two other students refer to their mobile phone-guided app.
Museum Staff-led VCE

Road to Zero: VCE HHD Immersion Program

Help students prepare for VCE HHD Units 3 and 4 and end-of-year exams.
A high school student in a school uniform holds a virtual reality headset. He is sitting on a chair and is preparing to participate in the Road Trip to Zero, an interactive VR experience that is part of Road Smart Interactive, an incursion program that visits Victorian secondary schools.
Museum Staff-led Years 9 to 11, VCE VM

Road Smart Interactive

Students use immersive technology to explore how they can be part of the solution to eliminating road trauma.
Three primary school students in school uniforms sit at a digital touch table. They excitedly touch the screen in front of them as they create a road safety ad in the Road to Zero Learning Studio at Melbourne Museum.
Museum Staff-led Year 6

Safe Journeys Program

Support students to become safe, independent travellers as they near the milestone of starting secondary school.
Staff member talking to visitors in Milarri Garden
Self-directed Bunjilaka VCE

A Guide for Deeper Learning

Students learn about the complexity and diversity of Australia’s First Peoples and reflect on their own cultural practices.
Illustration of a Triceratops
Self-directed Years F to 2

Triceratops Alive!

Discover how Triceratops lived, in this self-guided booklet program.
Self-directed Years 3 to 4

Triceratops Survives

Explore real dinosaurs and discover how they survived.
Self-directed Years 5 to 6

Triceratops Adapts

Learn how Triceratops was adapted to its environment, in this self guided booklet program.
illustration of triceratops
Self-directed Years 7 to 10

Classification and Dinosaur Food Webs

Explore dinosaur skeletons to learn more about classification, and the ancient food webs in Triceratops habitat.
A student listens with their ear to the horn of a gramophone.
Self-directed Years 5 to 6

Patterns of Change: Melbourne Over Time

Investigate, question and reflect upon Melbourne’s history in this self-guided enquiry.
Two children explore artifacts and historical items from Melbourne's Little Lon area, engaging in hands-on learning about the city's past.
Self-directed Years 9 to 10

Melbourne’s Past: Investigating Little Lon

Think like a historian and uncover this significant moment in Melbourne’s past.
School children using the multimedia interactive
Self-directed Bunjilaka Years 1 to 10, VCE

First Peoples Gallery Visit

Self-directed trails for learning in First Peoples.
Close-up image of a fossil
Teacher Resource Years 9 to 10

600 Million Years in 60 Seconds

Make a 60 second movie to communicate science using the 600 Million Years: Victoria evolves exhibition.
Children at Luna Park interactive in Melbourne Story
Self-directed Years F to 10, VCE

Melbourne Story Gallery Visit

Students can encounter the people, places and events that have made Melbourne the city it is today.
Children looking at ferns in Forest gallery
Self-directed Years K to 10, VCE

Forest Gallery Visit

Take a journey through a living gallery to discover stories about environments and change in Victoria's tall forests.
School students examining showcases in 600 Million Years Exhibition.
Self-directed Years K to 10, VCE

600 Million Years Gallery Visit

Journey 600 million years back in time to discover Victoria’s past through the fossil record.
Butterflies on display in the Bugs Alive! exhibition at Melbourne Museum
Self-directed Years K to 8

Bugs Alive! Gallery Visit

Enthral your students with the stunning diversity of bugs! In every habitat on Earth, their features, adaptations and life-cycles will amaze.
Self-directed Years K to 10

Dinosaur Walk Gallery Visit

Walk among the skeletons of amazing animals from the past – dinosaurs, flying reptiles and megafauna.
Two museum staff presenting to an iPad which shows schools watching from the classroom.
Museum Staff-led Bunjilaka Years K to 10, VCE

Virtual Learning

Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
Girl looking at Earth models on display in Dynamic Earth
Self-directed Years F to 10, VCE

Dynamic Earth Gallery Visit

Discover how Earth formed, how earthquakes and volcanoes occur, and see amazing rocks and minerals from Museums Victoria’s collection.
Self-directed Year K

Pauline Gandel Children's Gallery Visit

Learn through play in this wondrous space for children.
The skeleton, stretched skin and taxidermied remains of a Tasmanian Tiger, Thylacinus Cynocephalus.
Self-directed Years VCE, K to 12

Museums Victoria Research Institute Gallery Visit

Learn about cutting-edge research, fresh discoveries and valuable collection objects on display for the first time.
A blue silhouette of a Raptor-esque Australovenator dinosaur illustrated with plants standing in the Gandel Gondwana Gardens
Self-directed Years K to 10

Gandel Gondwana Garden Gallery Visit

Explore Victoria’s ancient landscapes and see creatures that once walked this land, from dinosaurs to megafauna to the ancestors of today’s iconic Australian species.
Online Years F to 2

Differences and Similarities: A Toy Box Tale

A virtual, interactive history lesson all about toys!
A temperate forest in Victoria’s Otways region, featuring tree ferns and a waterfall.
Online Years 3 to 6

Climate Change and Victoria's Future ONLINE

Learn why the Earth’s climate is changing, and what we can do to help.
A spiky red crab on a black background
Online Year K

Deep Sea Discovery

Learn about ocean animals as we journey from the beaches of Victoria into the deep, dark ocean world of the Abyssal Zone. How different do animals look who live in the deepest parts of the ocean?
Cast of a frilled dinosaur
Online Year K

Dinosaurs and Fossils

Learn about dinosaurs and fossils, and find out some of the ways palaeontologists know what they know about the ancient world of dinosaurs! Written specially for early learners.
A tiny orange and brown peacock spider sitting on the tip of a lead pencil
Online Year K

What is a Bug?

How are bugs different to other animals? Become an entomologist and learn to identify different groups of bugs. Find out some of the amazing things bugs can do!
Image composed of fog, a horse and wing texture
Online Years K to 10, VCE

Virtual Learning

Experience Museums Victoria from your classroom with this series of virtual learning sessions.
A child gets up close to inspect a dinosaur skull on display.
Museum Staff-led Years F to 2

Dinosaurs...Traces of the Past

Dinosaurs at your school! Discover everything you’ve ever wanted to know about dinosaurs through an interactive presentation and hands-on touch table experience!
Various objects and props relating to exploring nature used in outreach programs
Teacher Resource Years K to 10, VCE

Learning Kits

Engage your students with our learning kits full of exciting objects and learning materials.
Child holds up a giant triton shell up to their ear.
Teacher Resource Year K

Kindergarten Presentations

Discover our 'museum in a van' and online programs for kindergarten groups in Victoria.

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