Vikings: Beyond the Legend
The largest collection of Viking artefacts ever displayed in Australia.
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Navigation from the Stars
What do the Vikings and Aboriginal Australia have in common?
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Real Madrid World of Football Experience
Featuring the latest physical and digital playable technology, view Real Madrid's most famous trophies and learn from their success.
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Nocturnal
This July Nocturnal proudly celebrates Indigenous women for NAIDOC Week featuring live music from Thelma Plum, Mojo Juju, Kaiit, and Sovereign Trax.
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You Can't Do That
A celebration of Melbourne fashion designers, models and industry luminaries from the 1960s to today.
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Top Designs 2018
A sneak peek at the future of Australian design.
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Whispers of the Land
Join us in the You Can’t Do That exhibition as students from Worawa Aboriginal College celebrate stories from our land and walk the runway in creations inspired by creative listening.
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NAIDOC Week 2018 Exhibition
Celebrating the achievements of Victorian Aboriginal women of the 20th century, highlighting quiet achievers, strong advocates, and women who are at the foundations of our vibrant First Peoples community today.
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Museum Lectures
Come on a journey of discovery with a new program of talks.
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Members Behind the Scenes Tours
Get behind the locked doors, meet our inspiring staff and get closer to our collection.
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Vikings: Beyond the Legend Members Preview
Get the exhibition to yourself in an exclusive before-hours preview of, Vikings: Beyond the Legend before this exhibition sets sail later in the month.
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Nocturnal X Harlem
For this special Nocturnal, presented as part of the MEL&NYC program, Melbourne Museum will transform into New York City's most captivating cultural precinct, Harlem.
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For Country, For Nation
For Country, for Nation honours the selfless contribution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to the Anzac legend.
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Bush Mechanics: The Exhibition
Learn more about Indigenous ingenuity, humour and resilience through the wonderful stories of the Bush Mechanics.
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Mandela My Life – The Exhibition
Mandela My Life – The Exhibition will make its world premiere in Melbourne in September 2018 at Melbourne Museum, coinciding with the 100th anniversary celebrations of Nelson Mandela’s birth.
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The Human Motor
Why was Oppy referred to as the “Human Motor”? Learn about the man behind epic feats of cycling endurance during the 1920s-30s
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Nature v Nurture: Unpacking X and Y
This panel conversation will engage in debate surrounding nature vs nurture: unpacking X and Y, including gender equality and difference.
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Surveying a Rare Book Collection
An insight into the world of paper conservation including a display of some treasures from the Rare Book Collection.
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School holiday activities
Join us this winter school holidays to explore how Southeast Australian First Peoples moved across water.
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NAIDOC celebrations
Join us at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre as we celebrate NAIDOC across not one but two weeks.
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Contemporary Scandi culture workshops
Lasse Povlsen, consultant chef from Melbourne's Denmark House and self-proclaimed Viking will lead two Scandinavian-style workshops.
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Making the best of bread
Lasse Povlsen will teach us about the key ingredients in Scandinavian-style rye bread and the keys to succeed in making your own at home.
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Pickling and curing
Lasse Povlsen will teach us about the key ingredients in pickling, talk about scavenging and foraging for greens and other local ingredients, and the main vegetables used in more traditional types of pickles.
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Hello Possums: Story Time
Join your friends for Hello Possums Story Time in the Pauline Gandel Children's Gallery at Melbourne Museum.
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The Intersection of Art & Historical Collections
In honour of 2018 NAIDOC theme Because Of Her We Can this lecture will highlight key works in the collection by female First Peoples.
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First Peoples
Celebrating the history, culture, achievements and survival of Victoria’s Aboriginal people.
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Reframing Colonial Histories
Artist, researcher and descendant of the Gunantuna people, Lisa Hilli will share insights and outcomes of her creative practice inspired by museum and archival collections from Papua New Guinea.
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Ancient Sea Monster Adventure
Join us as we dive into the amazing world of ancient marine reptiles.
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Museum Playdates
Come and play in our newest program for 2 to 5 year olds.
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Citizen Science
Di Bray, Erich Fitzgerald and Karen Rowe introduce wildlife projects achieving great things in Australia.
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Hello Museum Disco
Say Hello to the Dinosaur Disco at Melbourne Museum with special collaborators No Lights No Lycra Little.
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Milarri Garden trail
Explore Bunjilaka's beautiful Indigenous garden.
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Children’s Book Week: Museum Stories
'Find your Treasure' this Children's Book Week with Museum Stories; a celebration of children's literature, youthful curiosity, and museum collections.
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Representing the Holocaust
Join the conversation with a panel of expert thinkers as they engage in a critical debate surrounding representations of the Holocaust.
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The Problem with Plastics
Discover how the preservation of plastics is becoming one of the major museum collection management issues of the 21st century.
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National Science Week
Meet leading scientists as part of the 2018 National Science Week Museums Victoria Public Program.
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Children's Gallery
A wondrous place for babies to 5-year-olds to explore, play and learn.
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Wurreka
An etched zinc wall that spans the north wall of Birrarung Gallery and surrounds the entry to First Peoples.
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Curious?
A place for visitors to meet staff and find answers relating to the research, collections and the work of Museums Victoria.
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Bugs Alive!
The amazing world of insects and spiders!
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Wild
Over 600 birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians from around the world.
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Dinosaur Walk
Walk among skeletons of prehistoric animals.
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600 Million Years
The origin and evolution of life in Victoria.
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Eel feeding
The eels are not fed over winter. They hibernate during winter when the water drops below 10oC.
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IMAX Melbourne
The most immersive cinematic experience in the world.
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WWI: Love & Sorrow
One of the world's most destructive conflicts recalled through the experiences of eight people.
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The Melbourne Story
An exhibition packed with icons of the city's past and present.
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Forest Secrets
Walk through a stand of Victoria's mountain forests in the middle of the city.
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Darwin to DNA
The processes and mechanisms of evolution.
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Highlights tour
Introduction to the museum's displays.
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The Mind
Think about the workings of your own mind and the minds of others.
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Phar Lap
Australia's greatest racehorse.
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Royal Exhibition Building Tours
Discover the history and beauty of this magnificently restored building.
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Te Vainui O Pasifika
Watercraft and other objects from nearly every Pacific Island nation.
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Dynamic Earth
A brilliant, immersive exhibition about our ever-changing Earth.
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Marine Life
Dramatic underwater footage, vivid photographs and rare specimens bring Victoria’s marine animals to life.
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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.
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