Victoria the T. rex

What: Self-directed
When: Terms 3 to 4, Monday to Friday
Duration: Friday 28 June to Friday 18 October
30 minutes
Year level: Years K to 10
Cost: $12 per student + education service fee
Booking information: Bookings 13 11 02
School visit information

Victoria the T. rex is a world-class, interactive exhibition starring the real fossil skeleton of a 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus named Victoria.

Students will experience

Exclusively to Melbourne Museum, the Home of Dinosaurs, Victoria the T. rex is a state-of-the-art exhibition featuring real fossils, film, Augmented Reality (AR), and holography.

This is an incredibly unique experience for your dinosaur loving students to see a REAL T. rex – not to be missed!

Students will learn

Students will learn about adaptations and survival including how a T. rex may have experienced smell and sight through multisensory installations that offer a glimpse into Victoria’s world.

Students will be provided

All students will be provided with a dinosaur booklet, which can be used onsite at Melbourne Museum or back at school. The booklet connects to curriculum and learning in the Dinosaur Walk, Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs and Victoria the T. rex exhibitions.

Image Gallery

A view from behind of a man holding a child looking at T.rex skull in a showcase.

Dinosaur skull in an exhibition showcase. There is a large skeleton behind the showcase.

Cretaceous exhibition set showing trees, shrubs and rocks

Victorian Curriculum links

Living things have a variety of external features and live in different places where their basic needs, including food, water and shelter, are met (VCSSU042)
Living things have structural features and adaptations that help them to survive in their environment (VCSSU074)