Melbourne Museum

Enjoyed by over 700,000 visitors each year, Melbourne Museum is one of Melbourne's favourite cultural destinations. A broad-based State museum with a national and international focus, Melbourne Museum's exhibitions and events cover the natural and physical sciences as well as social history and cultures.

Major features of Melbourne Museum include:

• Celebrate Victoria's Koorie culture at the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre.
• Explore Melbourne's rich history in The Melbourne Story exhibition. Be immersed in evocative stories and discover the icons and personalities that have shaped Melbourne since the early 1800s.
• Walk through a living forest with resident wildlife inside the Forest Gallery
• See Phar Lap, Australia's iconic racehorse, in the flesh.
• Take a close look at bugs, from stick insects to Red-back Spiders and honey bees in the Bugs Alive! exhibition.
• Journey into the mind and explore a world of emotions, thoughts, memories and dreams in the Mind exhibition.
• Explore the Children's Gallery, a gallery just for 3 to 8 year olds.
• Experience the world's largest cinema format with a screen up to six storeys high at IMAX Theatre Melbourne.
• Contact your own research into life in Victoria at the Discovery Centre.
• Visit the Museum Shop for a unique range of books, toys, games, as well as original, locally produced crafts and other souvenirs you won't find anywhere else.
• Relax at the Museum Cafe over a coffee and a bite to eat.