22 Sep
Scienceworks Celebrates Ford Centenary
Scienceworks will celebrate a significant moment in the history of science and technology - the centenary of the first Model T Ford - with a special vintage machinery day on Sunday 12 October.
The highlight of this special Machines in Action Day will be Museum Victoria’s recently restored Quadricycle. The […]
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19 Sep
What’s On at Scienceworks September to October 2008
Invent, Solve, Build: Scienceworks School Holiday Program
Design your own ingenious inventions and use your imagination to solve problems. Visitors will have the opportunity to build a model of a wind turbine, invent and design a contraption to make work easier, watch a video of famous inventors […]
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12 Sep
What’s On at Immigration Museum September to November 2008
Cambodian Festival
Experience Cambodian culture and Khmer traditions through dance, music, ritual and food. This one-day festival celebrating the Cambodian community in Victoria includes children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, traditional games and fun for the whole family!
Date: 11am - 4pm, Sun 14 September 2008
Spring School Holidays: All […]
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05 Sep
What’s On at Melbourne Museum September to October 2008
The Other Film Festival
This is Australia’s only disability film festival with movies by, with and about people with a disability. This year boasts an exceptional program of both Australian and International films. Guest filmmakers and presenters will bring unprecedented perspectives from Germany, Greece, Canada and […]
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05 Sep
Discover Indigenous Melbourne
Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre presents an Indigenous Melbourne spring school holiday program at Melbourne Museum from 20 September to 5 October 2008.
Visitors will have the opportunity to watch an engaging performance about Indigenous Melbourne, learn about a traditional Aboriginal bark canoe and stroll around the Milarri Garden Trail. Kids will […]
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05 Sep
The Immigration Museum Wins 2008 Melbourne Award
The Immigration Museum’s Community Connections program has received the 2008 Melbourne Award for its contribution to Victorian communities.
Established in 1998, the Community Connections program is the only program of its kind in Australia, engaging more than 15,000 people from diverse communities each year. Through the program, culturally […]
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28 Aug
Museum Victoria Acquires Indigenous Objects At Auction
Museum Victoria has acquired two Indigenous objects of international significance from recent auctions - Rain Ceremony Dreaming, a painting by Tim Leura Tjapaltjarri, and a 19th century shield from Victoria.
The items, purchased for $36,000 and $73,000 respectively, will join Museum Victoria’s Indigenous Cultures collection which comprises […]
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28 Aug
Discover your Family History at the Immigration Museum these school holidays
Learn all about the history of your family in the Immigration Museum’s spring school holiday program from 20 September to 5 October 2008.
Visitors will have the opportunity to learn about where they come from in a special school holiday program, All About […]
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28 Aug
[ October 22, 2008; 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. ]
Romp and Stomp your way into Melbourne Museum!
Celebrate Universal Children’s Day and join Minmi the dinosaur, Ranger Roo, Literacy Bear and Sid Seagull for Romp and Stomp Fun Day for Children, at Melbourne Museum on Wednesday 22 October 2008.
With over 5000 attendees last year, Romp and Stomp Fun Day for Children is a […]
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28 Aug
Invent Solve Build: School Holiday fun at Scienceworks
Design your very own ingenious inventions as part of Scienceworks’ spring school holiday program from 20 September to 5 October 2008.
Invent Solve Build will get visitors’ imaginations working to solve problems and design inventions. There will be activities running daily to make and take home and […]
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