Quality/Quantity - I really like the dinosaur exhibits! So…read morecool. And you do not have to be a kid to enjoy this. Very immersive exhibits! Yes, this museum is very kid friendly. Current special events & exhibitions. Titanic until 4/14/24. High Tea until 4/14/24. 2/8/24 Nocturnal - Museum after dark. 2/10/24 Lunar New Year Day. 2/14/24 Valentine Day event. There are so many more exhibits and events, see website. (Yelp has the wrong website). https://museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/ Atmosphere - Another beautiful museum. And in the Carlton Gardens. Even the bathrooms are modern and beautiful... 4 floors, see directory. IMAX theater. Market Cafe. Open 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm. Yelp hours differ slightly. Service - Good. Price - $15AUD per person. Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2000.

Decently sized museum with lots of areas to explore a different variety of exhibitions…read more You can gets lots of historical information regarding the settlers of Australia, both new and old. There are also more modern exhibitions, including Lego. The place is great for both museum enthusiasts as well as for families with kids. The staff is friendly and can direct you if needed. The facilities are modern with plenty of restrooms and other accommodations. The crowds also seem to have been mostly well controlled. I'd say the dinosaur display is the one most definitely work checking out.

We went into the old treasury building visiting the museum on the first floor. We saw photographs…read moreand timelines depicting the development of Melbourne. The artifacts showed the end of the aboriginal culture as well. The museum for trade the industrialization of the city and the end of many jobs. It showed the fight for women's suffrage and rights. The parallels between America and Australia were very relevant here. Docents were eager to share information and discuss.

This was a good find as I was at the Treasury Gardens nearby…read more Entrance to the museum is free and I was immediately welcomed by their friendly staff. The musuem vaults at the basement were very unique - upon entrance to a vault the audiovisuals will play to provide historical information. Best to spend an hour here.

This museum is fantastic - I spent 3 hours but could easily have stayed longer. There are multiple…read morelevels of things to see and learn. It was really enjoyable to learn about Chinese culture and how people lived. There are so many authentic artefacts to see. It is located in the heart of Chinatown. I will visit again if I am in Melbourne again. The staff are really nice and they have the longest dancing dragon in the world!

From the owner: Located in the heart of Melbourne's Chinatown, the Chinese Museum's five floors showcase the…read moreheritage and culture of Australia's Chinese community. Visit us to learn more about Chinese immigration to Australia.

BRAVO To be honest I wasn't expecting much chop from this…read moreplace but I was very surprised and happy I went. It's fantastic to see the story of greek migraints to australia. there is a great doco that runs that tells the story and they have different exhibitions running so always something new to see. The building its self is amaze balls, it use to be the melbourne royal mint

Wonderful, small museum in downtown Melbourne. Inexpensive entry fee and plenty to take in and read…read moreand learn. We had only about an hour to spend and could have spent many more. Well laid out and the museum is housed in the old Royal Mint...glorious surrounds. Evelyn at chem is was friendly and knowledgeable. Well worth a visit.

This museum is full of sports of all kinds for the all time sports fan! Tons and tons of artifacts…read moreto view from cricket, cycling, tennis, golf, basketball, football to rugby and more. You can buy a ticket inside of Gate 3 where the museum entrance is right by the escalators. For a deal steal you may purchase this ticket in conjunction with the MCG tour ticket for $30 AUD. Otherwise they are each $22 each per adult. Knowledgeable staff are at the entrance and within the areas to answer your questions. Air condition is cold enough for the summer that I had to wear a jacket.

ACMI, formerly known as the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, is a free museum for everything…read moreabove movies, television and video games. Easy to find in Federation Square. So interesting to wander and see how movies are made as well as props from movies and television shows. Loved the section on animation. Grab a disc to collect information that you can view later about what you experienced. Definitely worth a short or long detour to ACMI.

We were walking around Melbourne and checking out it without a real purpose and saw a sign saying…read morethat entrance was free. You only had to pay extra if you wanted to experience the exhibit they have running at the time, which would probably be worth it. It seems to be a rotating exhibit. The free part was about the moving picture over the years. When you go in they give you this little disk that had a unique code and probably an nfc chip so you can tap it at each exhibit you liked to "collect" it and go to a website later and vote so the things you saw once again. This really makes you want to check more exhibits out and go all around. I think I connected 45 because at the end they have a spot to check how many exhibits you collected. They even had a station where you could create your own flip book. You would stand in front of a screen which would record you mongering for 3-5 seconds and then at the gift shop you could see the flip book and but it if you wanted. My wife and I both bought ours.. a more personalized souvenir. At the end they have a few kiosks where you can tap your cats to donate and we did that because this is definitely an experience that is worth staying around. I ain't it must get really busy on the weekends, but during the day in a weekend, it was the right amount of busy. I would definitely check it out and kids would love it.

Absolutely amazing service and heard scratches coming from walls and heard a voice say "get out of…read moremy prison" whisper in my ear when I was only one in the gaol doing ghost investigations I contacted Ned Kelly

Melbourne's oldest prison, historic Magistates Court & former police city watch house. Step back…read morein time and walk the road to the gallows in a 19th century prison, be arrested in a modern-day Police Station or put yourself on trial in court. Home to Melbourne's oldest prison, historic Magistrates' Court and former Police City Watch House, Russell Street has been at the heart of crime, law and order in Melbourne since the 1840s. Most of Australia's infamous characters, including iconic bushranger, Ned Kelly and notorious gangster Squizzy Taylor have spent time within the walls of this amazing precinct. A ticket to the Old Melbourne Gaol grants you visiting rights to the past, present and future of crime and justice in Australia. Now a museum with self & guided tours, this storied tri-level jail once housed notorious inmates. https://www.oldmelbournegaol.com.au

This is an art show set up in a tent behind a car park on the edge of Birramung Marr Park. There is…read morea small beer garden and some art by local artists (as part of a charity auction), which you can visit for free. The show itself is curated by Banksy's former manager. It is small and ridiculously over-priced at $30 - we went through it in less than an hour (reading every plaque and watching all videos, most of which were excerpts from Exit Through The Gift Shop). The work on display is mainly photos of his street art or prints. (And there are multiple versions of the same print). I love Bansky's work and some of the environments were nicely done, but this is an insane price for such a small collection of readily available reproductions. If I thought Banksy was seeing any of the ticket money, I'd feel better about it but I suspect he isn't.

I love exploring local museums so I stopped here to learn more about how Australia became a big hub…read morefor immigration. I learned alot and I loved how vibrant the exhibits were.

I visited this museum on my first day in Melbourne in hopes of learning the history of the area…read more This place did not disappoint! For what seemed to be such a small museum actually turned into hours of me poring over every word on timelines and information they gave. Learning the history of the First People's and the colonization of Australia was incredible, but eerily familiar. The parallels between US history and Australian history were shocking and I felt so ignorant not having known all of that. I love the recognition of the First People's and the stories that are being told recognizing the terrible past. In talking to Australians, they admit they have a long way to go. As an American, it feels like Australia is in the future and we are way in the past still denying the truth. This museum was amazing! They also had an exhibit called "Joy" that I was unaware about until I was inside of the museum. I loved it! It was filled with whimsy and color and sound and then went into subjects and posed questions to stimulate introspection. I walked away feeling like I learned a little about myself too. I highly recommend this museum! It gave me an amazing foundation of history that helped me learn more as I explored and visited more museums!