National Science Week 2024

Species Survival – More Than Just Sustainability.

National Science Week is Australia’s annual celebration of science and technology. From 10 to 18 August, we're offering a jam-packed schedule of activities, exhibitions and education programs, or scroll down to explore our selection of Museums Victoria’s science stories.

Activities

An army of ants crowding around a Queen Ant.

Show Melbourne Museum 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!

Planetarium Scienceworks Friday nights

Planetarium Nights

Experience science and art in an evening of immersive cinema for adults 18 years and over.

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

Activity Melbourne Museum Until 17 July 2025

Digital Art Class | Science Week Edition

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.

Children and carers in Dinosaur Walk exhibition with a museum staff member

Tour Melbourne Museum Until 28 February 2025

Tiny Tours OLD

Young visitors visit the museum like real grown-ups with their very own guide showing them around the most curious and amazing specimens and objects in our galleries.

Audience watching a science show about electricity

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Lightning Theatre

Discover the ultimate hair-raising experience with a science show in the Lightning Theatre.

Exhibitions

two children lying in the giant tentacular inflatable structure, 'Squish'.

Exhibition Scienceworks Until 27 January 2025

Air Playground

Reinvigorated with fresh interactives, the family favourite exhibition is back for a second season. 

Exhibition Melbourne Museum 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.

Exhibition Melbourne Museum Daily

Research Institute Gallery

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

A boy looking into the jaws of a dinosaur figure

Exhibition Melbourne Museum 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 Scienceworks Daily

Sportsworks

Stretch your mind and your muscles.

Assembly of the Great Melbourne Telescope, Melbourne Observatory, 1869

Exhibition Scienceworks Daily

Great Melbourne Telescope Restoration

See the Great Melbourne Telescope returning to its former glory as an icon of Marvellous Melbourne and late 1800s astronomy.

Education Programs

Students engaging with the TAC Road To Zero Education Learning Centre interactives.

Museum Staff-led Melbourne Museum Years 9 to 10, VCE VM

Road to Zero Physics Challenge

Students participate in a virtual reality physics experiment to explore the relationships between vehicle speed and stopping distances.

Student hand holding booklet with colour coded worksheets linking to the Museums Victoria Institute Gallery at Melbourne Museum. Background of the image is the face of a taxidermy Thylacine.

Museum Staff-led Melbourne Museum Years 9 to 10

Biodiversity and Evolution (VCES)

Explore the theory of evolution by natural selection by looking at the fossil record.

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Lightning Theatre

Discover the ultimate hair-raising experience with a science show in the Lightning Theatre.

See more science education programs here

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Listening out for the elusive Plains-wanderer

How do you search for one of Australia's rarest birds? When it comes to the elusive, ground-dwelling Plains-wanderer, listening is key.

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Mysteries of the Bogong Moth

How much do you know about the Bogong Moth? They may not be much to look at, but these little moths have a fascinating story that begins with a mammoth migration across eastern Australia.