A skeleton of an ancient mountain lion sits up high.

Right up high on top of a showcase, you can find the skeleton of this so-called mountain lion, one of Australia's now extinct megafauna.

So many teeth, such little arms.

Discovered in Mongolia, the skeleton of this cousin of Tyrannasaurus rex was exhibited at the museum as part of the Great Russian Dinosaurs exhibition at Museums Victoria in 1993, and a cast was made before it returned home.

Pretty in pink, this rare gem took one billion years to form.

The rare and largest of pink diamonds found in Western Australia's Argyle diamond mine in 2012.

A huge piece of very very old Pine.

The cross section of this Kauri Pine from the Atherton Tablelands in Queensland was aged at 619 years at the time of felling in 1939, and would have been close to 50 metres in height.

The most modern of the windmills.

This model was based on contemporary wind turbines that were installed in Victoria during the early 2000s. 

19th century people and mail delivery.

Built in Geelong around 1880, this coach serviced the Cobb and Co coach transport routes through rural areas, and is believed to be the very last coach to have operated in Victoria. It was pulled by 4 or 5 horses and carried up to 17 passengers along with mail and luggage.

A model of an amazing Roman structure made out of cork.

This cork model of the Colosseum in Rome, made by Richard Du Bourg around 1775, is a rare surviving architectural model of a classical structure which were popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries.

Follow the pathway to the waterfall and see how water shapes the landscape and take a close-up view of small fish, frogs and skinks.

You may find my bower, but can you find me?

One of many birds in the Forest Gallery, the male Satin Bowerbird has blue-black feathers, whereas the females have olive green. Males build bowers on the ground to attract females and decorate them with blue items such as flowers, feathers, bottle tops and berries.

Biame, the Rainbow Serpent by Clive Atkinson, a Yorta Yorta artist, and Domonic Benhura, a Shona artist from Zimbabwe.

Short-finned Kooyang | Eels (Gunditjmara) start their life as tiny, transparent 'glass eels'. They can lay up to 10 million eggs.

Meet the Melbourne Museum Triceratops, one of the most complete Triceratops fossils ever found.