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Museum Entry

Entry to Melbourne Museum and Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre.

Exhibition Until

Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature

Wonder at the magic of the creatures from the Wizarding World alongside the remarkable animals from London’s Natural History Museum collection.

A view of an exhibition in a gallery. There is a display of small creatures looking at the full moon. On the left is a showcase
Exhibition

Museum Lates | Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature

See the exciting new exhibition Fantastic BeastsTM : The Wonder of Nature after-hours in our late night viewing sessions.

Woman holding up a wolf skull so that she is looking directly at it.
Exhibition

Research Institute Gallery

Encounter cutting-edge research, fresh discoveries and valuable collection objects on display for the first time.

Mechanical Dreams by Luca Di Natale
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Top Designs 2023

See innovative works from Victoria’s up-and-coming designers at Top Designs. This multidisciplinary exhibition highlights a selection of the top VCE and VET students from 2022.

Aerial view of the dome of the Royal Exhibition Building
Tour

Royal Exhibition Building Dome Promenade

A 60 minute guided tour of Melbourne’s Oldest Newest Attraction.

Close up of Gippsland Water Dragon eye.
AUSLAN interpreted Talk

Future Forums: The Genetic Rescue of our Fantastic Beasts

Hear from experts leading ground-breaking advancements in genetics to save critically endangered species from extinction.

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Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next.

Celebrating 75 years of India’s independence, Sutr Santati showcases 75 hand-woven textiles created by contemporary Indian designers.

Talk

Melbourne Makers in Conversation: Indian Textiles and Artisanship

Presented as part of the Sutr Santati: Then. Now. Next. exhibition at Melbourne Museum, Melbourne designer Kudrat Makkar discusses contemporary Indian textiles, craftsmanship and its influence on contemporary fashion.

Artist’s restoration of the head of the extinct gigantic false-toothed bird Pelagornis. The 6 to 5 million-year-old fossils of Pelagornis have been found at Beaumaris in Victoria.
Special event

CAVEPS 2023

Join the 18th Conference on Australasian Vertebrate Evolution, Palaeontology and Systematics (CAVEPS), the biennial conference of vertebrate palaeontologists, earth scientists, evolutionary biologists, and fossil enthusiasts from Australasia and around the world.

Special event

Dress as a Dinosaur

Visit Melbourne Museum dressed as your Favorite Dinosaur on Saturday 17 June for your chance to win a prize pack worth over $2000.

Manta ray being cleaned by Angel Fish
Show Opens

Secrets of the Sea 3D

Prepare to meet some of the ocean’s strangest and most spectacular creatures!

Two young children happily participate in an activity making miniature road signs.
Activity

I Spy Street Signs

Create your own miniature road signs at Road to Zero.

Close-up view of a big cat in the wild
Show

Serengeti 3D: Journey to the Heart of Africa – IMAX

An awe-inspiring, immersive 3D IMAX film and an engrossing tale of how nature works in one of the world’s greatest environs

Show

The Flight of the Butterflies 3D

Enjoy the beautiful and colourful world of butterflies in stunning IMAX 3D!

Tour Until

Tiny Tours

We’re going on an adventure! Would you like to come along...?

DINOSAURS OF ANTARCTICA 3D
Show

Dinosaurs of Antarctica IMAX 3D

Explore a prehistoric Gondwana now lost to ice!

A woman using an iPad and drawing the details of a shell
Activity Until

Digital Art Class

From Triceratops to a world of bugs, Melbourne Museum is an amazing source of inspiration. Discover the wonders of digital drawing in this art and science focused workshop.

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

Children’s Gallery

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

Show

Shackleton: The IMAX Experience

28 lost adventurers must fight for their lives after their only lifeline is destroyed in the most uninhabitable place on Earth—Antarctica.

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