Deep dives

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Step into Scienceworks’ collections with deep dives that explore history, science and innovation. 

Exhibitions

Find out more about exhibits on display at Scienceworks

Mansard towers from Douglas Parade, Spotswood Pumping Station, circa 1982.

Pumping Station

The fascinating story of one of Australia's most important industrial heritage sites.
A first-generation computer

CSIRAC

Discover the world's oldest intact first-generation electronic computer.
Black and white image of a man standing next to a telescope

Great Melbourne Telescope

The Great Melbourne Telescope was the largest fully steerable telescope of the 19th century. Now restored and on display at Scienceworks.
Explore Victoria's rich railway history

Explore Victoria's rich railway history

Since Australia's first steam train made the short journey from Flinders Street to Port Melbourne in 1854, railways have played a key role in Victorian transport.

Visit Victorian railways

Planetarium

Discover more about the night sky and astronomy with these fact sheets and our monthly newsletter.

A artful impression that squeezes the planets together with their approximate relative sizes (above), and an indication of their orbits although not to true scale (below).

Melbourne Planetarium fact sheets

From the Big Bang to Black Holes, find out more about the science behind the Melbourne Planetarium. 

Skynotes

A monthly newsletter exploring Melbourne's night sky, along with the latest astronomical discoveries and Planetarium news.

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