Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Royal Exhibition Building World Heritage listing. 🎉 First opened in 1880 to host Victoria's first international exhibition, this iconic building has played a pivotal role in Australia's political, economic, and social history. This landmark has long been a significant venue, hosting the first Federal Parliament of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901, serving as a training base and barracks for the Australian Air Force during World War II, and even showcasing competitions during the Melbourne Olympics in 1956. On 1 July 2004, the Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens became the first Victorian place and the first built heritage site in Australia to be recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This legacy endures today, with the building remaining an architectural and cultural icon of Melbourne, hosting major festivals and events, and welcoming visitors on tours to enjoy the views from the famed Dome Promenade. 🔗 Learn more about the history of this incredible building.
Museums Victoria
Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
Australia’s largest public museum organisation.
About us
Museums Victoria (MV) is responsible for the state's scientific and cultural collections, providing public access through three museums. The organization also oversees a wide range of research programs, the continued development of the state's collections, and run major education and research based websites. MV is the largest public museums organisation in Australia. Collections As the state's museum, MV is responsible for more than 16 million individual items. These objects are organised within two priceless collections - Sciences and Humanities. Museums MV operates the Melbourne Museum in Carlton Gardens, Scienceworks and Melbourne Planetarium in Spotswood, and the Immigration Museum in Melbourne's Old Customs House in Flinders Street. MV is also custodian for the heritage listed Royal Exhibition Building. History The National Museum of Victoria, the state's first museum, was established in 1854. In 1870, the Industrial and Technological Museum of Victoria, later known as the Science Museum, was built. These institutions were amalgamated and Museums Victoria was established in 1983, under the Museums Act.
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http://museumsvictoria.com.au
External link for Museums Victoria
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 501-1,000 employees
- Headquarters
- Carlton
- Type
- Government Agency
- Founded
- 1854
Locations
Employees at Museums Victoria
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Rohini Kappadath
General Manager at Immigration Museum, Museums Victoria / GAICD / 2015 Telstra Victorian Business Woman
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Richard Morrison
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Suneil Chandiramani
Application Systems Administrator
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Rod Macneil GAICD
Executive leader | Strategy | Governance | Communications | Philanthropy
Updates
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Museums Victoria are seeking an innovative and dynamic leader to join our Executive Leadership Team. The Director, Exhibitions & Experiences is a pivotal role at the heart of our mission to create world-leading audience experiences across all platforms. We are Australia's largest public museum organisation, employing around 700 staff from varied backgrounds. Career opportunities are diverse and exciting, with values that encourage an inquisitive, dynamic and inclusive work environment. If you are a visionary leader with a passion for exhibitions, creativity, and audience engagement, we want to hear from you. Applications close 12 July 2024.
Museums Victoria Careers, Job search, Register
jobs.careers.vic.gov.au
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Introducing Playbound: the vibrant new children's festival dedicated to play, nature, science and imagination, presented by Museums Victoria in partnership with the City of Melbourne, ArtPlay, Melbourne Recital Centre, Road to Zero and Gowrie Victoria. Taking over the City of Melbourne these winter school holidays, this 16-day extravaganza promises fun-filled activities designed to inspire children aged 0–12 through dynamic, play-based learning. With an emphasis on free and affordable programming, Playbound is a city-wide celebration where families will discover a world of creativity and adventure. All are welcome to join the fun at Melbourne Museums and Immigration Museum with wonderful performances, creative workshops, joyful exhibitions, engaging activities and much more. 🔗 Learn more: https://brnw.ch/21wKwCV
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We are very pleased to announce that the Museums Board of Victoria annual report has achieved a Gold Award in the 2024 ARA Awards. Judged against world best practice criteria, earning this recognition two years in a row signifies our organisation’s commitment to a high standard of reporting across everything that we do. Congratulations to all our incredible colleagues who contributed to the Museums Board of Victoria annual report.
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International Museum Day tomorrow is a time to reflect and look forward. We are immensely thankful for support from incredible partners, collaborators, artists and museums. Our sincerest gratitude goes to so many beautiful humans and incredible institutions, both locally and internationally. Thank you most recently to: Australian Museum for sharing Unfinished Business with community via Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre and Belinda Mason OAM for photography. Brendan Kennedy for creating Wominjeka artwork for our museums. Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority for supporting many aspiring Victorian students in Top Designs. Joy artists Nixi Killick, Callum Preston, Beci Orpin, Jazz Money, Elyas Alavi with Shero, Spencer Harrison and Nadia Hernandez at Immigration Museum. Pia Johnson for exceptional work on Re-Orient: Reclaiming Spaces, Redefining Stories and Histovery for support in soon bringing Notre Dame to life in the Southern Hemisphere. Powerhouse for uplifting work in Southern Sky Astrophotography: 2023 David Malin Awards. Natural History Museum for sharing Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature. RELICS: A New World Rises for an extraordinary exhibition. S1T2 for all your work on Tyama. E/M Group for supporting an incredible touring Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition. Olana Janfa for What is Your Gov’ment Name, writer Sabina McKenna for FAM by Where are you from? And the inspiring Australian Vietnamese Women's Association on their 40th Anniversary milestone! Abheraj Baldota Foundation for your work on Sutr Santati. Then. Now. Next. Midsumma Festival for the insightful The Body is More than This. ArtsHub for all you do for the arts. Yaraan Bundle, Vicki Couzens - RMIT University Dr Brian Martin and N'arweet Dr Carolyn Briggs - thanks for your incredible contributions. The Brickman for bringing us Bricktionary: The Interactive Lego® Exhibition and Monash University for working on More Than a Tarrang (tree): Memory, Material and Cultural Agency. Thank you to Pataka Art + Museum and Winnipeg Art Gallery for collaborating on Naadohbii: To Draw Water. This is community, collaboration and multicultural connection on an incredible scale. Thank you for being on the Museums Victoria journey with us. Happy #InternationalMuseumDay 🎉
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The Climate Cafe movement is coming to Melbourne Museum, inviting young minds to partake in candid discussions with science and mental health experts regarding the urgent climate crisis. Museums Victoria proudly teams up with Orygen, Australia’s Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, and headspace, Australia’s National Youth Mental Health Foundation, to introduce a series of Climate Cafes starting in June 2024. Teenagers and young adults affected by climate-related concerns are encouraged to join Museums Victoria's science experts, along with mental health experts from Orygen and headspace, for open dialogues on the climate crisis in our shared world. These events will provide an opportunity for interactive sessions with visual learning experiences and safe group discussions. Come share your thoughts, discover coping strategies, find support, and learn how to contribute to a better environment and a brighter future for our planet and community. Register now to join one of the four events on 6 June, 25 July, 15 August and 19 September. ⌚ 4.30 to 6.30pm. ☕ Open to participants aged 16 to 26. 🎫 Free event, registration essential.
Climate Cafe Series at Melbourne Museum
museumsvictoria.com.au
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This extraordinary 50,000-year-old discovery in an underground cave, is one of the most complete fossils ever found in Australia. Museums Victoria Research Institute has led a team of scientists, rangers, and citizen cavers to retrieve the skeleton of the extinct, short-faced kangaroo Simosthenurus occidentalis from deep within the Nightshade Cave. With 150 bones, this specimen is 71% complete, offering a unique window into Australia's ancient past. The fossil, now under the careful stewardship of the Museums Victoria Research Institute, has been made available for research projects of significant global interest. We’re excited to share rare access to the Simosthenurus occidentalis fossil, with the specimen on display at Melbourne Museum in our Research Institute Gallery from Monday 24 June. Read more on The Conversation 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wJgEo
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After welcoming over 300,000 visitors, we bid farewell to the phenomenon that is Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition. Our CEO, Lynley Crosswell, reflects on the epic journey...
As we bid farewell to the incredible voyage of Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition I am filled with immense pride and gratitude. A momentous occasion to commemorate, it has been wonderful to welcome over 300,000 visitors to this experience since opening at Melbourne Museum in December 2023. Included in that huge swathe of visitors were 100,000 international, interstate and regional Victorian guests, including 42,000 children. What a wonderful way to fuel their curiosity and teach valuable lessons from the past. Together – we marvelled at the 200 artefacts recovered from the wreck, while the majestic Grand Staircase became a cherished backdrop for thousands of selfies and numerous romantic wedding proposals. We even followed the journey of real Titanic passengers with our own boarding passes - complete with gripping narrative and the ultimate resolution - who survived? Who wouldn’t be moved by such an experience? Throughout this incredible journey, many milestones have been reached and expectations greatly surpassed. The world-class blockbuster exhibition was an Australian exclusive, direct from a sold-out season in Paris. Sessions were extended and sold out again and again, making it the most popular touring exhibition at Melbourne Museum since 2016. I’d like to personally thank our partners, the Experiential Media Group, RMS Titanic, Inc. and Visit Victoria, whose support was pivotal. Special recognition also to the The Fresh Collective for enhancing our guests’ experience serving over 10,000 exquisite High Teas reminiscent of the Titanic’s 1912 splendour. I especially commend the dedicated staff at Museums Victoria whose tireless efforts have been the keystone of this exhibition’s success. The overwhelming success of Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition is a tribute to its enduring legacy. The remarkable interest and engagement from audiences showcases the breadth, depth, and diversity of connections between Museums Victoria and the communities we serve. These interactions generate significant economic and social value for Victoria and Victorians. As Titanic sets sail for new shores, we await the much-anticipated arrival of the 66 million-year-old fossil of Victoria the T.rex. The upcoming exhibition features one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex fossils in the world, marking the first time a real T. rex has been displayed in Victoria. This transition from the oceans of the Atlantic to the Cretaceous period is more than a change of exhibits – it is a continuing promise to bring wonderous, unparalleled experiences to our audiences.
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Notre-Dame de Paris - The Augmented Exhibition is coming to Immigration Museum in December! In this new immersive exhibition, you’ll explore the cathedral‘s history, from its earliest origins in the 12th century to its illustrious 850-year history, and the painstaking restoration following the devastating fire. Opening on 5 December 2024 – just days before the restored cathedral reopens in Paris on 8 December and for the first time since the 2019 fire – this international exhibition will grant singular access to Notre-Dame for visitors on the other side of the world, right here in Melbourne. The exhibition brings to light the skill, artistry and vision of the cathedral’s architects, craftsmen and builders over the ages, culminating in the 21st-century experts who are restoring the iconic landmark to its former glory today. Using inspired technology from HistoPad, presented by Histovery and supported by the L'Oréal Groupe – we can’t wait to see this exhibition come to life in the grand space of our most beloved Immigration Museum Long Room. Discover more about this incredible experience. 🔗 https://brnw.ch/21wIOmX
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Calling all Culture Makers! 📢 We're excited to announce that we're now accepting expressions of interest from artists to participate in Culture Makers Season Three. Made possible thanks to the generous support of our Philanthropic Partner, the Scanlon Foundation, the values of Diversity, Inclusivity, Visibility and Collaboration are at the heart of this program; a fantastic opportunity for Victorian artists to engage with and develop experiences at Melbourne Museum. As a Culture Maker, you'll work closely with Museum Victoria's experts to develop and present your work. You'll have the opportunity to showcase your creativity, reach new audiences, and deliver unique and meaningful experiences to a wider community. Tap the link for more information and to submit your expression of interest. 👉 https://brnw.ch/21wHKAX
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