What's on
Melbourne Museum Summer Sessions x Plaza Series
Summer Sessions at Melbourne Museum offer Summerthing for everyone!
Gung | create, make, do, love
A new exhibition by Wergaia and Wemba Wemba artist Kelly Koumalatsos.
Tok stori Vikitolia Pasifiki and Te Vainui O Pasifika
Welcome to Te Vainui O Pasifika | the great waters of the Pacific peoples.
Wild
See over 600 birds, reptiles, mammals and amphibians from around the world.
Wild animals drawing webinar
Join us to learn how to draw the favourite animal from the Wild: Amazing animals in a changing world exhibition.
Summer Holiday Program
Join us these summer holidays as we celebrate and learn about south-eastern First Peoples’ knowledge of the environment.
Space Echo Plaza presented by Crown Ruler & Wondercore Island
Join us for what is set to be an incredibly special moment as some of Naarm’s biggest music heavyweights join forces for a stand-alone improvisational performance.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival + Lion King (1994)
A unique night of comedy and film.
Two Strong Sisters Connected
Two Strong Sisters Connected celebrates Victorian Elders and artists Aunty Eileen Harrison and Aunty Rochelle Patten.
Comedy and Movie Sessions
We have your Thursday and Sunday nights sorted outdoors this summer. Choose your session here!
Melbourne Music Week Extended Sessions
Choose from a fresh line-up of outdoor live music every Friday and Saturday night this summer.
Daytime Plaza Sessions
Come and hang out in the outdoor café with fantastic food, coffee, shade and Museum Stories on the big screen.
Museum Sessions
Explore the wondrous offerings available within the Museum.
WORLDS Immersive – Learning Lab
An experience where art and science collide to explore the patterns and evolution of nature and our relationship to it.
Sea Lions: Life by a Whisker 3D
A classic coming-of-age tale filled with hope, humour and wonder, told through a vast ocean that connects us all.
First Peoples
Celebrating the history, culture, achievements and survival of Victoria’s Aboriginal people.
Give your holidays a boost at Road to Zero
Boost your children’s holiday fun at the TAC’s Road to Zero Education Complex at Melbourne Museum these summer holidays.
100 Tiny Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs have escaped the Mini Mega Model Museum and are hiding from the staff. Where, oh where could they be? Join the prehistoric search and help us find out.
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!
Children’s Gallery
A wondrous place for babies to 5-year-olds to explore, play and learn.
Members virtual event: Live from the image collections
Join the Senior Curator Fiona Kinsey and Collection Manager Lorenzo Iozzi for an intimate snapshot of the collection dating back to the 1800s.
River Connections – Learning Lab
Award winning River Connections is an immersive projection experience in Melbourne Museum's Learning Lab.
Milarri Garden trail
Explore Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre's beautiful Indigenous garden.
Melbourne Fashion Festival LIVE from the Clothing & Textiles Collection Store
Museums Victoria is throwing open its closet doors to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Melbourne Fashion Festival.
Top Designs 2020
Glimpse into the future of Australian design when Melbourne Museum showcases the work of outstanding VCE and VET design students.
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).
Treasures of the Natural World
The best of London’s Natural History Museum is coming to Australia.
Road to Zero experience
The world’s first immersive experience that explores a future free from deaths and serious injuries on our roads.
IMAX Melbourne
The most immersive cinematic experience in the world.
Wurreka
An etched zinc wall that spans the north wall of Birrarung Gallery and surrounds the entry to First Peoples.
Dinosaur Walk
Walk among skeletons of prehistoric animals.
The Melbourne Story
An exhibition packed with icons of the city's past and present.
Forest Secrets
Walk through a stand of Victoria's mountain forests in the middle of the city.
Bugs Alive!
The amazing world of insects and spiders!
600 Million Years
The origin and evolution of life in Victoria.
The Mind
Think about the workings of your own mind and the minds of others.
Phar Lap
Australia's greatest racehorse.
Dynamic Earth
A brilliant, immersive exhibition about our ever-changing Earth.
Marine Life
Dramatic underwater footage, vivid photographs and rare specimens bring Victoria’s marine animals to life.
Digital art class
Be inspired by our unique and wondrous collection to create your own digital masterpiece.
Co-creative teens
Art and Science collide in this digital drawing class for teens.
Museum Lectures
Come on a journey of discovery with a program of Zoom-hosted talks.