Panorama of the outside of the Melbourne Museum. The picture also shows the front of the Royal Exhibition Building.

Melbourne Museum - Melbourne visitor guide showing a virtual tour of 'Melbourne Museum' linked to an interactive map with local and travel information. 360° panoramas from Victoria.

The Melbourne Museum is the largest museum in Victoria. It stands in Carlton Gardens a little north of the Melbourne city center.

The Melbourne Museum has 7 permanent galleries, a children's gallery and a gallery for temporary exhibitions. Highlights among the permanent exhibits within the Melbourne Museum include:

• CSIRAC - The first computer in Australia and the oldest complete computer in the world.
• Water Conservation and preservation educational exhibits.
• Te Vanui O Pasifika - containing watercraft artefacts from almost every nation in the Pacific.
• Phar Lap - the most popular exhibit in the Melbourne Museum.
• Koori Voices - Exploring the history of the Aboriginal peoples.

The Melbourne IMAX cinema is in the same building, and the Royal Exhibition Building is on the same plaza. It is the classical building seen to the south in this picture.

Melbourne Museum,
Melbourne Museum Precint,
Rathdowne Street - Carlton Gardens
Carlton South
Melbourne

Tram: 23, 24, 30, 34, City Circle