Tag Archives: Scienceworks

Top 10 School Holiday Activities – Winter

  With a week of school holidays left, and a week of rain forecast, here are my top 10 school holiday activities for Winter.  If you click on the name of the attraction, it will link to my review of it, a map, website and pricing details. 1.  Melbourne Museum – free entry for kids, [...]

Immigration Museum

Within several seconds of entering the permanent exhibition, I was moved to tears and absorbed by the individual stories.  The Immigration Museum captures the emotions and experiences of refugees and immigrants to Australia in a moving and empathetic way.  There are interactive exhibits, including an interview with an on screen immigration officer.  I enjoyed the [...]

Melbourne Museum

I remember being dragged around a stuffy museum on a school excursion, and being bored stiff looking at bones and stuffed horses.  The good news is that Melbourne Museum is not stuffy or boring!  Firstly, it is now housed in a modern, light and airy building.  Secondly, it is very interactive, and caters to curious [...]