Museums in Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne is the capital of the Australian state of Victoria and the second-largest city in Australia. The city is located on the Bay of Port Phillip and expands into the hinterlands towards the Dandenong and Macedon mountain ranges, Mornington Peninsula and Yarra Valley.

Melbourne has some great museums which provide a unique sample of Western, Asian, and Pacific masterpieces as well as a significant focus on the Australian Aboriginal culture. Below is a list of some of the key Melbourne museums:

• National Gallery of Victoria
• Melbourne Museum
• Shrine of Remembrance
• Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
• State Library of Victoria
• National Sports Museum
• Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
• Old Melbourne Gaol
• Chinese Museum, Melbourne
• Jewish Museum of Australia

Museums in Melbourne, Australia

• City:                           Melbourne
• Country:                    Australia
• State:                         Victoria
• Population:                ~ 4.6 million
• Established:               1835

Melbourne Map

Explore Museums  in Australia

• Museums in Sydney
  • Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Australian Museum
  • Australian National Maritime Museum
  • Museum of Sydney
  • Powerhouse Museum
  • Hyde Park Barracks, Sydney
  • Nicholson Museum
  • Norman Lindsay Gallery and Museum
  • Museum of Fire

• Museums in Melbourne
  • National Gallery of Victoria
  • Melbourne Museum
  • Shrine of Remembrance
  • Hellenic Museum, Melbourne
  • State Library of Victoria
  • National Sports Museum
  • Old Treasury Building, Melbourne
  • Old Melbourne Gaol
  • Chinese Museum, Melbourne
  • Jewish Museum of Australia

• Museums in Canberra
  • National Museum of Australia
  • National Gallery of Australia
  • Australian War Memorial
  • National Portrait Gallery

• Museums in Brisbane
  • Queensland Art Gallery
  • Queensland Museum & Science Centre
  • MacArthur Museum Brisbane
  • RD Milns Antiquities Museum
  • Queensland Maritime Museum
  • Commissariat Store, Brisbane
  • Queensland Police Museum

• Museums in Perth
  • Art Gallery of Western Australia
  • WA Shipwrecks Museum
  • Perth Mint
  • WA Maritime Museum
  • Fremantle Prison

• Museums in Adelaide
  • Art Gallery of South Australia
  • South Australian Museum
  • Migration Museum, Adelaide

• Museums in Hobart
  • Museum of Old and New Art (MONA)
  • Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery

• Museums in Darwin
  • Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
  • Darwin Military Museum
  • Australian Aviation Heritage Centre

Australian Proverbs and Quotes

• Australian Proverbs and Quotes
• Australian Aboriginal Sayings and Quotes

 

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“Captain Cook discovered Australia looking for the Terra Incognita.
History is full of events that happened because of an imaginary tale.”
– Umberto Eco

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