Melbourne Museum at Home
Whilst Melbourne Museum’s doors might be closed, there’s still a whole lot of magic going on. We've curated our best online content for you to enjoy from the couch!
- Show more
Climate change, sustainability and bushfire – our response
Following this summer’s unprecedented bushfires, Museums Victoria has begun directing its expertise, research and collections towards supporting recovery and sustainability efforts.
- Show more
Mini Mega Model Museum
Welcome to the Mini Mega Model Museum, where the apples are wax, the Colosseum is small and the models really work!
- Show more
Treasures of the Natural World
The best of London’s Natural History Museum is coming to Australia.
- Show more
Top Designs 2020
Witness the future of Victorian design at this iconic annual exhibition.
- Show more
River of Language
ngulu wurneet, galada-al wurrung-u, parniwaru tyalingi, waran woorroong-ee, barringgi dyaling.
- Show more
Gut Feelings
Microbes in your gut talk to your brain and body. Your microbes are beautiful. Be immersed. Be curious. Love your guts.
- Show more
Digital art class
Be inspired by our unique and wondrous collection to create your own digital masterpiece.
- Show more
Auslan tour
Join a deaf-led tour of Melbourne Museum.
- Show more
Museum Lectures
Come on a journey of discovery with a program of talks.
- Show more
Two Strong Sisters Connected
Two Strong Sisters Connected is the coming together of celebrated Victorian Elders and artists Aunty Eileen Harrison and Aunty Rochelle Patten.
- Show more
The Listies totally serious 100% fact filled guide to the Melbourne Museum
Join Rich (the smart one) and Matt (the other one) as they venture forth to discover the secrets of the Learnadome (what Matt calls the Museum).
- Show more
Play Box
To help your littlie make the most of every single day, we’re opening early with a new play-based learning experience proudly supported by Biostime.
- Show more
Why Models Work – The First Peoples Edition
From miniature hand-woven First Peoples baskets to the model of Captain Cook’s cottage, what do these objects tell us about history?
- Show more
Magic lantern slide
Join us to make your own magic lantern slide to project at home.
- Show more
First Peoples
Celebrating the history, culture, achievements and survival of Victoria’s Aboriginal people.
- Show more
Why Models Work – The Dinosaur Edition
Two centuries of changing ideas about the dinosaur Iguanodon.
- Show more
Why Models Work – Animal, Mineral, Vegetable Edition
Scientific model-making has a long tradition, from understanding marine life and viruses to recording the astounding gold nuggets of Victoria.
- Show more
Members back of house tour
Explore behind the scenes, meet the scientists and discover the unseen world of some of the museum’s 17 million items.
- Show more
Road to Zero experience
The world’s first immersive experience that explores a future free from deaths and serious injuries on our roads.
- Show more
Milarri Garden trail
Explore Bunjilaka's beautiful Indigenous garden.
- Show more
Children’s Gallery
A wondrous place for babies to 5-year-olds to explore, play and learn.
- Show more
Dinosaur Walk
Walk among skeletons of prehistoric animals.
- Show more
Hello Possums Story Time
Join your friends for Hello Possums Story Time in the Pauline Gandel Children's Gallery at Melbourne Museum.
- Show more
IMAX Melbourne
The most immersive cinematic experience in the world.
- Show more
Wurreka
An etched zinc wall that spans the north wall of Birrarung Gallery and surrounds the entry to First Peoples.
- Show more
Wild
Over 600 birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians from around the world.
- Show more
The Melbourne Story
An exhibition packed with icons of the city's past and present.
- Show more
Forest Secrets
Walk through a stand of Victoria's mountain forests in the middle of the city.
- Show more
Bugs Alive!
The amazing world of insects and spiders!
- Show more
Eel feeding
Watch a writhing mass of hungry eels gobble up their lunch!
- Show more
Curious?
A place for visitors to meet staff and find answers relating to the research, collections and the work of Museums Victoria.
- Show more
600 Million Years
The origin and evolution of life in Victoria.
- Show more
Darwin to DNA
The processes and mechanisms of evolution.
- Show more
Highlights tour
Introduction to the museum's displays.
- Show more
The Mind
Think about the workings of your own mind and the minds of others.
- Show more
Phar Lap
Australia's greatest racehorse.
- Show more
Royal Exhibition Building Tours
Discover the history and beauty of this magnificently restored building.
- Show more
Te Vainui O Pasifika
Welcome to Te Vainui O Pasifika the great waters of the Pacific peoples.
- Show more
Dynamic Earth
A brilliant, immersive exhibition about our ever-changing Earth.
- Show more
Marine Life
Dramatic underwater footage, vivid photographs and rare specimens bring Victoria’s marine animals to life.
- Show more
Museum Market Pop-Up Restaurant
Enjoy a glass of wine, coffee and lunch at Melbourne Museum’s Pop-Up Restaurant in May, overlooking the stunning Royal Exhibition Building.
- Show more