On 21 October 2000, Melbourne Museum opened beside the historic Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens. 

OPENING HOURS Melbourne Museum is open from 10am to 5pm daily except Good Friday and Christmas Day.

ADMISSION CHARGES Included in the ticket price is access to all exhibitions and to the new and unique Age Theatre with its Interactive Cinema Experience. There are currently two programs, one called Vital Space and the other is SHARKS - Predator/Prey.

ADULTS $15, CHILDREN $8, CONCESSIONS $11 and FAMILIES $35.
Some major touring exhibitions do have an additional admission charge.

GETTING THERE
Melbourne Museum is located beside the Royal Exhibition Building in Carlton Gardens, between Rathdown and Nicholson Streets.
By car: Underground car parking is available from Nicholson or Rathdown Streets.
By public transport: Take Tram 86 or 96 to Nicholson and Gertrude St, the City Circle Tram to Victoria Street and follow the signs to Carlton Gardens or the City Loop Train to Parliament Station and follow the signs to Carlton Gardens. V/Line packages with rail travel and admission are available throughout Victoria.
Melways Reference 2B J10.

The Melbourne Museum Visitor Guide, specially prepared for visitors who enjoy or require assisted access, can be downloaded from the links at the bottom of this page.

EXHIBITIONS and FACILTIES
Melbourne Museum is a storehouse of ideas, promoting public debate on issues relating to the natural environment, new technology, and other changes occurring in our society. People outside Melbourne will increasingly have electronic access to the Museum's superb collections, research, exhibitions and educational packages. The Museum has excellent education and catering facilities, a state of the art storage facility for the Museum's collections, a range of performance spaces and a study centre called InfoZone to provide information access for the public.

The Museum exhibition program has been launched in stages and is now complete.
There are more than 20 different exhibitions in the galleries including:

• three exhibitions in Bunjilaka the Aboriginal Centre,
• three exhibitions in the Australia Gallery including a new Phar Lap exhibition,
• Te Vainui o Pasifika in the beautiful Te Pasifika Gallery,
• Forest Secrets in the living Forest Gallery,
• 1, 2, 3 Grow, a special exhibition for 3-8 year olds in the Children's Museum Big Box,
• three exhibitions in the Science and Life gallery; Southern Diversity, Science Arcade and @digital.au
• four exhibitions in the newly opened Mind and Body gallery; Body Parts, Bodyscape, Biotech and Beyond and Medical Melbourne
• The Evolution gallery has 2 exhibitions, one about dinosaurs and the other a closer look at evolution from a historical and genetic viewpoint.

There are also travelling exhibitions in a number of galleries.

Visitors using this download resource are encouraged to email the visitor program staff at Melbourne Museum
with questions and f eedback. visitorprograms@museum.vic.gov.au

Melbourne Museum Visitor Guide - front - ~400kB

Melbourne Museum Visitor Guide - back - ~400kB

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