Social Stories
These social stories are for families and teachers visiting the museum with children on the autism spectrum.
The Autism friendly museum
Written for children in consultation with AMAZE, the stories have photographs to show children what they'll encounter during a visit to Melbourne Museum. You can read them online as a webpage, or you can download a Word document to print out. You can also cut and paste the stories to create a story that best suits your child.
Social Story for a family visit to the Royal Exhibition Building
Use this social story to plan a visit the Royal Exhibition Builing. Download the pdf to print or create your own.
Family visits to Gandel Gondwana Garden
Use this social story to plan a visit to Gandel Gondwana Garden. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Family visits with young children
Use this social story to plan a visit to Melbourne Museum with young children. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Family visits with older children
Use this social story to plan a visit to Melbourne Museum with older children. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Family visits to the Children's Gallery
Use this social story to plan a visit to the Pauline Gandel Children’s Gallery at Melbourne Museum. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Family visits to Triceratops
Use this social story to plan a visit to the Triceratops exhibition at Melbourne Museum. Read it online or download the Word to PDF document to print or create your own.
School group visits
Use this social story to plan a school visit to Melbourne Museum with children on the autism spectrum. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
School group visits to Road to Zero
At the Road to Zero learning centre school groups explore and learn all about road safety.
Use this social story to plan a school visit to Road to Zero. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Road to Zero visits to regional school groups
The Road to Zero Regional In-School Program brings road safety education programs to schools across rural and regional Victoria.
Use this social story to prepare your students for a visit to your school. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Outreach program visits to kindergarten groups
Our traveling ‘museum in a van’ program brings museum learning activities to 4-year-old kindergarten groups all over metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria.
We have developed a social story for teachers with children on the autism spectrum. Read it online or download the Word document to print or create your own.
Map of high and low sensory spaces
The museum can be a confronting place for sensitive visitors. Use our map of high and low sensory spaces to plan a visit to suit your child.
Low sensory spaces, coloured blue on the map, are quiet areas that are bright, have few people and no multimedia. High sensory spaces, indicated in red, are busy places with a mix of multimedia, loud noises and/or low light.
You can borrow a laminated copy of the map from the ticketing desk or you can download your own.
Quiet times
Melbourne Museum tends to be quieter between 3pm and 5pm on weekdays during term time. February and December before Christmas are the quietest months.
Avoid queues
To minimise the time your family spends in a queue, we suggest that you buy tickets online before you visit and bring your printed tickets with you. Show and scan your tickets at the members' entry on the shop side of the ticket desk for quick entry.
Feedback
We'd love to hear what you think about these social stories and whether they are helpful to you. Drop us a line on [email protected].