Summer School Holidays

At Melbourne Museum

What: SPECIAL EVENT
When: Thursday 2 January to Monday 27 January
Tickets: See below for event details.

Heat up your summer fun at Melbourne Museum these school holidays!

Whether you're seeking adventures in the great indoors or hands-on excitement that sparks curiosity, we've got something for everyone. Dive into creative play through interactive performances, hands-on experiences, and workshops that bring the museum to life. From crafting your own ant antennae to exploring a giant ant expedition, this summer promises endless fun. Plan your visit now for a season packed with discovery, creativity, and unexpected delights!

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Events

Activity 2 to 25 January 2025

Creative Lab: Antopia

Unleash your creativity this summer at the Melbourne Museum's Summer Creative Lab – Ants Edition!

Three worker ants in costume outside in the Carlton Gardens.

Show 8 to 25 January 2025

Ants by Polyglot Theatre

Ants is an interactive, roving performance where giant ants invite children into a unique and playful landscaping adventure.

Tour Daily

Tiny Tours

Young adventurers take on the museum like grown-ups, guided through curious and amazing specimens in our galleries, one discovery at a time.

A child wearing an ant antennae headband in the main foyer at the Melbourne Museum.

Activity 8 to 25 January 2025

Antennae Antics

Embrace your inner ant by crafting and wearing your own paper headband complete with special antennae.

Children being read to during a Dino Day at Melbourne Museum.

Special event Until 25 June 2025

Dino Days

Every Wednesday is Dino Day for the little ones at Melbourne Museum!

An army of ants crowding around a Queen Ant.

Show Until 10 March 2025

Bugs 3D: Micro Monsters

Reveal a vibrant world beneath your feet and discover the incredible superpowers of ants, scorpions, beetles and many more micro monsters in IMAX 3D!

Exhibitions

A blue ant in an underground tunnel looking at the sunlit tunnel entrance.

Exhibition 14 December to 10 March 2025

Antopia

Discover a complex and fascinating superorganism in this immersive, interactive experience that digitally reinterprets a world of secrets we cannot see.

Girl and her mother looking out the windows of a pretend train

Exhibition Daily

Children’s Gallery

A wondrous place for babies to 5-year-olds to explore, play and learn.

A boy looking into the jaws of a dinosaur figure

Exhibition Daily

Gandel Gondwana Garden

Explore Victoria’s ancient landscapes and learn about creatures that once walked this land, from dinosaurs and megafauna to the ancestors of today’s iconic Australian species.

Exhibition Daily

Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs

Come face to face with one of the most awe-inspiring creatures ever to walk the Earth—the Triceratops.

Accessibility

We can assist with any access requirements you may have for this program, please contact our team on 13 11 02 or email us at [email protected] to discuss how we can support your Museum visit.