Archives: Discovery Centres

An extraordinary collection of art, history and natural sciences across two sites that are just a riverside wander apart. Treasures and tales to stoke curiosities around every corner at the Museum at Inveresk and Art Gallery at Royal Park. There is a cafe and paid parking available at both sites, and the free Tiger Bus…

Melbourne Museum offers a rich insight into Victoria’s fascinating natural environment, culture and history. Using state-of-the-art technology and interpretative techniques, the museum’s eight galleries cover the natural and physical sciences, history and technology, and Indigenous cultures in new and captivating ways. Melbourne Museum is home to the Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre, empowering Aboriginal people to…

The Gravity Discovery Centre is a fun and educational science centre only one hour north of Perth. The Leaning Tower of Gingin is fast becoming one of Perth’s tourism icons. Drop water filled balloons from the top and recreate the same experiments Galileo conducted on gravity and the free fall of objects in Pisa some…

Our home is girt by sea. Australia is a continent founded and settled by seafarers, from the first peoples to renaissance explorers, convicts, free settlers, post-war immigrants and refugees. The Australian National Maritime Museum captures the spirit of these voyages and the knowledge, skill, adventure and dangers that they entailed. The Museum fleet includes the…

Established in 1827, the Australian Museum is Australia’s first museum. Experience science, culture and nature in the heart of Sydney at the Australian Museum. Complete with immersive exhibitions and interactive experiences, a visit to the Museum is the perfect day for all ages– plus General Admission is now free! The Australian Museum is about more than the…

The Newcastle Museum tells the stories of the city and the wider Hunter region. Fire and Earth is a gallery dedicated to the local coal industry and the BHP steelworks. The exhibition A Newcastle Story examines the social history of the city and the impact of the 1989 earthquake. Supernova is a hands-on science centre in…

Scienceworks is Australia’s most popular hands-on science and technology centre. With constantly changing exhibitions and displays, live demonstrations, tours, activities and shows, Scienceworks provides a family-friendly environment for exploring the science that surrounds us every day. Scienceworks is also home to the Melbourne Planetarium, the Lightning Room and the historic Spotswood Pumping Station. Scienceworks’ permanent…

The Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory collects, displays and interprets the art, cultural heritage and natural history of the Territory and its people. An iconic exhibit is Sweetheart, a 5.1 m saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) who died in 1979 when an attempt was being made to move him away from a popular fishing spot…

The South Australian Museum offers visitors unique opportunities to learn about natural history and Indigenous cultures. Inquiry-based teaching and learning programs linked the Australian curriculum for Science and History are available on the Museum website for school students in Years R-12. The Museum’s Australian Aboriginal Cultures Gallery includes comprehensive displays about the technologies used by…

Hobart is Australia’s second oldest city and the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery was established there in 1843. The Museum has been in its current building near Constitution Dock since 1863. Permanent exhibitions include the Antarctic Gallery Islands to Ice, exploring the close relationship between Hobart and Australia’s Antarctic exploration. The Museum is open Tuesday…