Two girls in a tunnel in the garden at the Pauline Gandel Children's Gallery, Melbourne Museum.

Autumn School Holidays

What: SPECIAL EVENT
When: Saturday 5 April to Thursday 20 April
10:30am to 3pm
Tickets: See below for event details.

Fall into a world of discovery, fun and laugher this autumn at Melbourne Museum – your adventure starts here!

This autumn, Melbourne Museum invites young explorers to embark on a journey of discovery, where the wonders of nature come to life. Uncover the mysteries of bats, craft vibrant insect worlds, and travel back to the prehistoric past. Experience hands-on fun that celebrates the marvels of the natural world and lets your imagination soar!

Let your laughter lift off too, with a series of light-hearted performances from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, bringing family-friendly fun to the museum.

Become a Museum Member and visit our museums for FREE these school holidays (and every other day!).

Events

Show 5 to 20 April

Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Melbourne International Comedy Festival Hub at Melbourne Museum.

Three children lie on sleeping bags and blankets on the floor of the museum beneath the massive skeleton of a dinosaur.

Special event Opens 11 April

Family Museum Sleepovers

Sleep among the dinosaurs for a once-in-a-lifetime prehistoric adventure!

A child uses coloured paints and penicils to make bugs for a diorama.

Activity 5 to 17 April

Creative Lab: Bug Out

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

A child wearing the micro bast mask they have made and coloured

Activity 5 to 17 April

Bat Detectives

Make, explore, and discover – create a bat-inspired headband and track down fascinating bat facts on your museum adventure!

Baby triceratops hatch out of coloured easter eggs sitting ina basket on the grass. A blue t-rex wearing bunny ears carries an egg nearby.

Activity 19 to 20 April

The Great Museum Easter Egg Hunt

A world of egg-citing adventure awaits this Easter at Melbourne Museum.

Tour Until 4 July

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.

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

Special event Until 25 June

Dino Days

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

Friends showing off their decorated cardboard car in front of Car Safety Posters.

Activity 7 to 19 April

Create a Car, Be a Star!

Designed for children 4-10 years and their families, construct and decorate a car to take home, and learn from Sami the Safety Car how to make it super safe for your family!

A blue whale and it’s calf in the ocean.

Show Daily

Blue Whales 3D

Get ready to swim alongside blue whales, whale calves, dolphins and orcas in this heartwarming film that transforms our understanding of these majestic mammals, all in immersive IMAX 3D!

Exhibitions

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 mvbookings@museum.vic.gov.au to discuss how we can support your Museum visit.

Exhibition Daily

Triceratops: Fate of the Dinosaurs

Exhibition Daily

The Melbourne Story

Exhibition Opens 4 May

Autumn School Holidays