Beyond Perception: Seeing the Unseen
Discovering imperceptible worlds through science and technology.
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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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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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Earthlight: Spacewalk
Be immersed in an authentic experience of space with the virtual reality game Earthlight: Spacewalk.
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Little Kids' Day In – Let's Get Musical!
We're celebrating Children's Week with a day full of live music and performances, a cacophony of instruments and getting groovy with an exploration of beats, rhythm and melody!
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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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Discover the Night Sky
Explore the wonders of the Universe in the Melbourne Planetarium with expert astronomers.
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Victorian Model Solar Vehicle Challenge
Join primary and secondary school teams as they race their vehicles to see who is the ‘fastest under the sun’.
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SCI-FI[LM]: Gattaca
What is perfection? Join us for a special screening of the film Gattaca, as well as an expert talk, telescope viewing and Tesla Coil activation!
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STEM Video Game Arcade
Play the winning games from the annual national Australian STEM Video Games Challenge in an arcade!
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Museum of the Moon
Bathe in moonlight and deepen your connection to Earth's natural satellite.
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Little Sparks
Inspire your little learner to think big in these early years STEM workshops.
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Little Kids' Day In
Enjoy a day of fun and play-based learning activities without the school groups!
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Coding with Scratch
Curious about coding? Come along to this introductory workshop!
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Sphero Rollbot Workshop
Get rolling with Sphero robots in this introductory workshop.
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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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Makey Makey workshop
Make and create with Makey Makey® in this introductory workshop.
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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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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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Sportsworks
Stretch your mind and your muscles.
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Pumping Station tours
A tour filled with stories of old Melbourne and Victorian engineering feats.
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Think Ahead
What will the future be like?
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Collection Store tours
See highlights from our historic collection and discover some of Melbourne’s fascinating past.
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Bolt from the Blue
Explore the remarkable properties and mysteries of lightning.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Problem with Pluto
When is a planet not a planet?
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Our Living Climate
A dramatic and different way of looking at our climate.
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