child looking up at a dinosaur skeleton.

Winter School Holidays

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What: SPECIAL EVENT
When: Past event
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Warm up your winter with creativity and curiosity at Melbourne Museum – where your adventure begins!

This event ended on 20 July 2025.

Events

Festival

Playbound! 2025

A city-wide array of fun-filled family-friendly performances, workshops, exhibitions, crafts and activities designed to inspire and educate children aged 0 to 12.

A mother and daughters sleeping over at the Melbourne Museum under the dinosaurs.

Special event Until 25 September

Museum Sleepovers

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

A herd of desert elephants walking towards the camera

Show Until 31 December

Elephants 3D

Narrated by Naomi Watts, embark on an epic journey across Africa’s Namib Desert with an adorable elephant calf and her resilient family in a tale of survival and adaptation in immersive IMAX 3D!

Woman holds blue milk in a smokey room with two stormtroopers in the background.

Special event Daily

Star Wars Galactic Cafe

Experience the Star Wars™ universe like never before with Australia’s first Star Wars Galactic Café at Melbourne Museum.

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

Show Until 31 December

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!

Tour Until 31 August

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 31 December

Dino Days

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

Show Until 31 December

T.REX 3D

Experience the iconic T. rex come to life on the world's biggest best screen in this thrilling IMAX 3D documentary!

Exhibitions

Exhibition Daily

LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition

LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition is now open for its galaxy-first debut at Melbourne Museum!

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.