What's on: Scienceworks

Sync

Adventure into unseen worlds at Sync; an all-ages event specifically designed to blow. Your. Mind!

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special event Saturday 15 December 2018

Museum members participating in the Robots workshop.

Weekend Workshops

In pairs of one adult and one child, participants will work together to build skills in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).

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workshop Daily

Planetarium Nights

Experience the Planetarium after hours for an evening of fully immersive cinema in our new event series especially for adults.

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Planetarium Next session 14 December 2018

A close up view of the moon sculpture, showing craters and other geological features present on the moon surface.

Museum of the Moon

Bathe in moonlight and deepen your connection to Earth's natural satellite.

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exhibition Until 28 April

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen

Discovering imperceptible worlds through science and technology.

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exhibition Daily

Earthlight: Spacewalk

Be immersed in an authentic experience of space with the virtual reality game Earthlight: Spacewalk.

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activity Last days, closes Saturday

STEM Video Game Arcade

Play the winning games from the annual national Australian STEM Video Games Challenge in an arcade!

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activity Until 21 December

Two astronauts navigate the moon’s surface with a view of planet earth over the moon’s horizon. One astronaut view the earth through a tablet device.

Earthlight: Lunar Hub

Explore the surface of the moon and a space station in a collaborative, uplifting virtual reality experience Earthlight: Lunar Hub.

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activity 17 December 2018–28 April 2019

School holiday activities

Summer school holiday activities at Scienceworks

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activity 22 December 2018–29 January 2019

Child between a man and a woman using an exhibition interactive

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together

Get ready to build your curiosity! A brand new exhibition for babies to 5-year-olds.

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exhibition Daily

Early years STEM workshops at Scienceworks.

Little Sparks

Inspire your little learner to think big in these early years STEM workshops.

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activity Next session 17 December 2018

An iPad tablet displaying the ScratchJr app

Storytelling With ScratchJr

ScratchJr is a programming app for tablets, based on Scratch, which allows young children to ease into coding by telling stories with animated characters.

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workshop Next session 16 December 2018

Open Play – Robotics Workshop

Have you previously attended a Sphero® or LEGO® robotics workshop? This unguided session allows more time to tinker!

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A person’s finger is about to touch a piece of dry alphabet soup. The alphabet soup pieces are connected by wires to a Makey Makey electronic board. The letters spell out “I luv makey makey

Makey Makey workshop

Make and create with Makey Makey® in this introductory workshop.

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Two women using a computer tablet to program robots

Beginners Robotics for Adults

Discover how to program robots in this beginner workshop for adults, zero experience required.

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Lego robotics and coding workshop

Discover the power of LEGO® Mindstorms® EV3 robots and coding in this introductory workshop.

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workshop Next session 16 December 2018

VIP shopping night

We're inviting you, our Museum Members, to visit and peruse the Scienceworks shop in an after-hours shopping event.

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special event Wednesday 12 December 2018

Couple kiss in front of a model of the moon

Love and the Moon

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with your loved one with a romantic evening of Moon-gazing, music, and stories.

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special event Thursday 14 February 2019

Little Kids' Day In

Enjoy a day of fun and play-based learning activities without the school groups!

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special event Until 04 February

Two girls using the Cathy Freeman interactive In Sportworks

Sportsworks

Stretch your mind and your muscles.

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exhibition Daily

Pumping Station tours

A tour filled with stories of old Melbourne and Victorian engineering feats.

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tour Daily

Think Ahead

What will the future be like?

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exhibition Daily

1950s powerboat in the museum's collection store

Collection Store tours

See highlights from our historic collection and discover some of Melbourne’s fascinating past.

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tour Daily

A lightning strike illuminates the sky near the Thevenard silos at Ceduna, South Australia.

Bolt from the Blue

Explore the remarkable properties and mysteries of lightning.

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show Next session 10 December 2018

Solar System Odyssey

Join Jack Larson on a wild ride through our Solar System as he searches for a new world to call home.

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Planetarium Next session 15 December 2018

Tycho to the Moon

Meet Tycho, a dog who doesn’t just howl at the Moon, but wants to go there.

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Planetarium Next session 11 December 2018

Ticket to the Universe

Take a trip to the far reaches of space, with our Scienceworks presenters as your tour guide.

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Planetarium Next session 10 December 2018

Tilt

When the seasons go crazy Annie and Max must set things right and discover a new angle on the world.

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Capturing the Cosmos

All-sky astronomy is a new way of looking at the sky to better understand our Universe – and it's happening in Australia!

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Starlight

Uncover the mysteries of the stars in this Planetarium show.

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Planetarium Next session 15 December 2018

hand overlaid on a night sky illustration

Stories in the Stars

A new way – the oldest way – of looking at the night sky.

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Black Holes

Imagine a place where time stands still and the known laws of physics don’t apply.

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Planetarium Next session 26 December 2018

The Problem with Pluto

When is a planet not a planet?

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Planetarium Session times unavailable

Our Living Climate

A dramatic and different way of looking at our climate.

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A laptop computer screen shows a game being programmed. An adult’s and a child’s hands are pointing at the screen.

Coding with Scratch

Curious about coding? Come along to this introductory workshop!

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A child holds a Sphero® robot in her hand. The robot is the size and shape of a tennis ball. There is a light shining from inside.

Sphero Rollbot Workshop

Get rolling with Sphero robots in this introductory workshop.

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Sync

Weekend Workshops

Planetarium Nights

Museum of the Moon

Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen

Earthlight: Spacewalk

STEM Video Game Arcade

Earthlight: Lunar Hub

School holiday activities

Ground Up: Building Big Ideas, Together

Little Sparks

Storytelling With ScratchJr

Open Play – Robotics Workshop

Makey Makey workshop

Beginners Robotics for Adults

Lego robotics and coding workshop

VIP shopping night

Love and the Moon

Little Kids' Day In

Sportsworks

Pumping Station tours

Think Ahead

Collection Store tours

Bolt from the Blue

Solar System Odyssey

Tycho to the Moon

Ticket to the Universe

Tilt

Capturing the Cosmos

Starlight

Stories in the Stars

Black Holes

The Problem with Pluto

Our Living Climate

Coding with Scratch

Sphero Rollbot Workshop