Please contact the following to access media releases, interviews and images about Museum Victoria venues and activities:
- Rod Macneil, Public Relations Manager, Museum Victoria
Ph: +61 3 8341 7753 rmacneil@museum.vic.gov.au
- Jessica Bendell, Public Relations Officer, Melbourne Museum and Museum Victoria Research and Collections
Ph: +61 3 8341 7726 jbendell@museum.vic.gov.au
- Karen Meehan, Public Relations Officer, Immigration Museum and Bunjilaka
Ph: +61 3 9927 2737 kmeehan@museum.vic.gov.au
- Sherryn McGlynn, Public Relations Officer, Scienceworks and Melbourne Planetarium
Ph: +61 3 9392 4865 smcglynn@museum.vic.gov.au
- Rachel Misitano, Public Relations Officer, IMAX Melbourne and the Royal Exhibition Building
Ph: 0403 600 736 rmisitano@museum.vic.gov.au
- Amanda Linardon, Public Relations Support Officer, Museum Victoria
Ph: +61 3 8341 7136 alinardon@museum.vic.gov.au
Museum Victoria Current Media Releases:
4 June 2008
Explore National Science Week at Museum Victoria (PDF, 36Kb)
Melbourne Museum and Scienceworks are celebrating National Science Week, from 16 – 24 August 2008, with a variety of special events and activities, including behind the scenes tours, a chance to meet inspiring scientists, an astronomy lecture, chemistry workshops for kids and more.
Melbourne Museum Current Media Releases:
12th June 2008
What’s On at Melbourne Museum June to July 2008 (PDF, 35Kb)
29th May 2008
Oldest mother found by Museum Victoria (PDF, 29Kb)
Media are invited to the unveiling of the fossilised remains of the oldest mother ever discovered, at Melbourne Museum at 12pm, Thursday 29 May. One of the biggest breakthroughs in palaeontology ever made, the specimen is a 375 million year old placoderm fish with embryo and umbilical cord attached, making the fossil the oldest example of vertebrate sex ever discovered.
Stomp into Melbourne Museum for School Holiday Fun (PDF, 32Kb)
Uncover the prehistoric world of dinosaurs in Melbourne Museum’s school holiday program from 28 June to 13 July 2008.
Hatching the Past: Dinosaurs come to life at Melbourne Museum! (PDF, 32Kb)
What came first – the dinosaur or the egg? Find out the answer in Hatching the Past:Dinosaur Eggs and Babies, a new exhibition on display at Melbourne Museum from 30 May to 24 August 2008.
3rd April 2008
Melbourne’s greatest exhibition revealed (PDF, 32Kb)
The largest exhibition ever developed by Museum Victoria, The Melbourne Story, reveals Melbourne’s unique and changing tale.
April 2008
Drugs: a social history (PDF, 31Kb)
From smoking cannabis for asthma relief to using opium-laced syrups to calm
teething infants, this insightful exhibition examines Australia’s drug taking history
and is on display at Melbourne Museum from 9 May to 5 October.
Scienceworks Current Media Releases:
21 May 2008
Calling all young budding scientists! (PDF, 27Kb)
Get a charge out of experiments at Scienceworks’ new Experiment Zone for kids. Throughout weekends in May and June, children can take part in 30 minute experiment sessions and learn more about electricity and magnetism.
2nd May 2008
Not the usual volunteer job (PDF, 26Kb)
Restoring vintage machinery and working as the tour guide for Spotswood’s old sewerage Pumping Station doesn’tseem like the usual volunteer job, but here at Scienceworks, quirky jobs are part of the experience.
IMAX Current Media Releases:
18 May 2008
Wild Ocean 3D- Where Africa Meets the Sea (PDF, 30 Kb)
Experience a 3D adventure that will take you into the middle of a vicious feeding frenzy off the wild coast of South Africa, and let you witness the interplay between man and our endangered ocean ecosystem.
28th April 2008
10 Years of IMAX Melbourne – from Documentaries to Hollywood Blockbusters (PDF, 33Kb)
From the world smash hit Everest and the larger than life T-Rex 3D in 1998 to the blazing 15,000 watts of digital surround sound that is U23D in 2008, Melbourne’s IMAX Theatre has seen an evolution in film content in its ten years of operation.
Immigration Museum Current Media Releases:
6 June 2008
Take the kids to Japan for a day at the Immigration Museum (PDF, 34 Kb)
Children and families are invited to step into Japanese costume and traditions at the family fun festival, Kids Fest: Experience Japan!, on Sunday 6 July 2008, at the Immigration Museum.
21 May 2008
Experience the fabulous world of kimono style at the Immigration Museum (PDF, 33 Kb)
A new exhibition of breathtakingly beautiful kimono and accessories direct from Japan is on show for the first and only time in Australia at the Immigration Museum.