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.

Beautiful museum with a main center piece from Yayoi Kusama one of my favorite artists. There was…read morea special French Impressionism exhibit there when we visited. A bunch of Monet, Renoir, and Degas. I think it goes until the beginning of October. This exhibit you have to buy a timed entry ticket for. The regular museum is free. Great spot to take pics and see some Australian history.

This was on top of my list of things to go do when I came to Melbourne. The Yayoi Kusama exhibit…read morewas going on and I knew I had to go. This place was nothing short of amazing and the exhibits were beautiful. I've been all over the world to a lot of art museums, but this is one of my top 3 favorite art galleries! Took me around 3.5 hours to get through with the special exhibit waiting times, but spent the time walking through all 3 levels, stopped at the gift shop and enjoyed some high tea while I was there! 100% recommend!

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.

Our group recently stopped atthe State Library of Victoria where the story of Ned Kelly and Redmond…read moreBarry was brought to life in the now infamous bullet proof armor permanently on exhibit. The La Trobe reading room (a tourist attraction in its own right) was packed with students on a Public holiday nonetheless. Stunning! Opened in 1913, this magnificent octagonal reading room is six stores high and can house 32,000 books and 320 readers at its desks. When it was built, the enormous reinforced-concrete structure was the largest in the world. Known as the Domed Reading Room until it was refurbished and reopened in 2003, the building is an architectural feat.

My wife and I had heard about the State Library, and was interested in seeing what this looked like…read moreand ... there's no comparison with the libraries that we've been to. There is a big section of town where the trams are free to ride, and if you catch one of the 2 right trams, you can visit many of the attractions. We rode to the State Library - it was quite awesome to see how big it was, how many people - including many students - were using the facilities. There was also an interesting Children's Section. Interesting were also the various statues in front, including that "no-good" St. George that killed those poor innocent cute little dragons! Sob!

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.

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!

NGV Australia is a nice satellite museum right off Federation Square. It's loaded with cool…read moreAustralian art, and an easy stroll over the 3 or so floors. I especially enjoyed the combination of modern, aboriginal, and class art, that all flowed well from one gallery to the other. You kind of need to search out the museum's location, but it's well worth the time, effort, and learning experience. There's lots of books in the gift shop to back up a lot of the art, although I was looking for more design-related stuff rather than the usual branded museum merchandise. Admission and checking my backpack were easy and free.

I wasn't expecting to enter this museum. I was in Federation Square, wanted to take a look around…read moreafter lunch, and wandered in and ended up spending over two hours in here. I love when this happens but it was certainly unexpected. Apparently this version of the National Gallery of Victoria houses purely Australian art. This is incredible because it's exactly what I would have gone for if I had planned to come here. There's a gorgeous juxtaposition of modern and classical art here. An example would be, an exhibit in a large room, the sides are filled with "debauchery" in the classical terms with "risque" paintings from hundreds of years ago but the main focus on the main wall is for queer acceptance/love. Whoever curates these exhibits is masterful at their job. This one exhibit wasn't the only one laid out like this and I absolutely loved it. The mix of media was really fun in here too. I'd never seen something like the sounds of a city and the whole room is filled with sheet music that represents different areas of Melbourne. There was also an exhibit that made a story from corporate stock footage. Just some really creative stuff going on here. The building itself is something to marvel at. I completely got distracted looking at the architecture a lot of the time.

Absolutely sign up for a guided tour to view this building. You start the tour at the museum next…read moredoor and then walk over to the Royal Exhibition Building. You get to walk in and take as many pics as you'd like. Then, you go down stairs into the basement. And then, on the way back you go up to the rooftop. The rooftop has great views of the city and surrounding areas. I took a ton of pics up there and we had a great time. After that, you'll walk back down to the 2nd floor and take more pics inside. I can't believe how much original stuff is still here. Great way to spend an hour.

Beautiful Heritage listed building that ins now over 140 years old. Great for photos. The…read moreMelbourne Museum is nearby, and there are many excellent cafes and restaurants just short walk away, Garry Image by Aspect Property Photography https://www.aspectpro.com.au/