The 10 Best Museums in Greater Melbourne, Victoria

June 1, 2021 Rebbecca Marino

Discover the best top things to do in Greater Melbourne, Australia including Lyon Housemuseum and Galleries, B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia, Pumpkin Lane Art Gallery, Victorian Telecommunications Museum, Justin Art House Museum, Jewish Museum of Australia, Australian National Aviation Museum, RAAF Museum, Newport Railway Museum, Heide Museum of Modern Art.
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1. Lyon Housemuseum and Galleries

217- 219 Cotham Rd, Kew, Boroondara, Victoria 3101 Australia +61 3 9817 1725 [email protected] http://lyonhousemuseum.com.au/
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5.0 based on 16 reviews

Lyon Housemuseum and Galleries

The original Lyon Housemuseum opened in 2009. A unique, hybrid combination of a private residence and museum, the building is the first purpose-designed museum of its type internationally. Highly experimental, its new architectural form re-imagines the relationship between art and architecture, challenging conventional ideas about public and private space, as well as testing new ways of displaying and viewing art The Housemuseum Galleries opened in March 2019 on the adjacent site and represent a major expansion of the original Housemuseum. Designed by Corbett Lyon, the public Galleries are the result of a $14.5 million donation by the founding benefactors, the Lyon family, and is one of the largest dedicated contemporary art precincts in Melbourne Offering a new platform for works of contemporary art, architecture and design, the new Housemuseum Galleries provide a series of spaces for international and local exhibitions and events, where new ways of presenting and experiencing art

Reviewed By Montreux_VD

Lyon house museum features an extensive collection of works from Australian artists. The private home tour and the public gallery both have works worth visiting if you are interested in this art style or would like to know more.

2. B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia

Cnr Farm Road and Princes Highway, Werribee, Victoria 3030 Australia +61 427 847 824 [email protected] http://www.b24australia.org.au
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5.0 based on 35 reviews

B-24 Liberator Memorial Restoration Australia

Reviewed By E7932VQdavidb - Kyneton, Australia

Well worth a visit to see such a big aircraft being restored. Only costs $5 dollars to get in & one of the volunteers will give you a guided tour of this big beast. They have a display of memorabilia & a gift shop.

16 Blessington St, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia +61 450 121 477 [email protected] http://www.pumpkinlane.com.au
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5.0 based on 8 reviews

Pumpkin Lane Art Gallery

Pumpkin Lane Studio & Art Gallery is the home of Street Artist Jaromir Krejcik. Jaromir creates colourful pieces of art on wood, metal and canvas, drawing inspiration from nature, urban grunge, St Kilda and surrounds. With a passion for local art, the gallery has a ever changing display of locally produced art and sculptures. If you feel like being creative yourself, please get in touch to ask about our stencil art classes. We look forward to welcoming you!

4. Victorian Telecommunications Museum

375 Burwood Rd Hawthorn Telephone Exchange, Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria 3122 Australia +61 417 549 691 http://www.vtmuseum.org.au/
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5.0 based on 7 reviews

Victorian Telecommunications Museum

5. Justin Art House Museum

3 Lumley Court, Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria 3181 Australia +61 411 158 967 [email protected] http://www.jahm.com.au/
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5.0 based on 17 reviews

Justin Art House Museum

6. Jewish Museum of Australia

26 Alma Rd, St Kilda, Port Phillip, Victoria 3182 Australia +61 3 8534 3600 [email protected] http://www.jewishmuseum.com.au/
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4.5 based on 95 reviews

Jewish Museum of Australia

The Jewish Museum of Australia is an inclusive, interactive Museum which strives to engage people with Jewish culture.It houses a permanent exhibition as well as rotating temporary exhibitions.The Jewish Museum of Australia is custodian of over 20,000 objects and stories that tell the continuum of Jewish life and what it means to be Jewish in Australia.

Reviewed By creativecrew - Allentown, United States

We loved this museum! Easy to get to via public transportation from Melbourne. It is in St Kilda not far from the beach and restaurant scene. Welcoming staff. Great historical exhibits. Wonderful to see how they captured stories from families and presented Jewish life!

7. Australian National Aviation Museum

Cnr First St and Second Ave Moorabbin Airport, Moorabbin, Kingston, Victoria 3194 Australia +61 3 9580 7752 [email protected] http://www.aarg.com.au/
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4.5 based on 98 reviews

Australian National Aviation Museum

The Museum is one of the oldest volunteer run Museums, with a collection of over 50 aircraft and engines and many relics. This is the most complete and important collection of Australian built aircraft, with some examples being the oldest surviving ones in the world

Reviewed By dogzboz88 - Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Always a great day at this museum, the volunteers are all very friendly and knowledgeable and the shop well stocked with aviation books and plastic kits at reasonable prices, great aircraft on display and you have free access to the cockpits and interiors of a lot of the aircraft as well as many other displays, I particularly liked the WW1 items.

8. RAAF Museum

RAAF Base Williams, Point Cook, Victoria 3027 Australia +61 3 9256 1300 http://www.raafmuseum.com.au/
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4.5 based on 190 reviews

RAAF Museum

Reviewed By E7932VQdavidb - Kyneton, Australia

Great displays of aircraft from the birth of aviation in Australia through to recently retired aircraft plus lots of memorabilia & informative displays about all aspect of the RAAF. Entry is free & there is a gift shop.

9. Newport Railway Museum

26 Champion Rd, Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria 3015 Australia +61 3 9397 7412 [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/NewportRailwayMuseum
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4.5 based on 29 reviews

Newport Railway Museum

The Railway Museum has a large collection of steam, diesel, and electric locomotives spanning over 100 years of Victoria's railway history, as well as a variety of passenger and goods carriages, several railway cranes, signalling and other equipment. It also features a 1950s O scale model railway with hand-made models of various Victorian Railways trains. We are currently open 12 to 5pm every Saturday, and also open 12 to 5pm on Sundays during school holidays. We are also able to open the museum during the week for group bookings such as school excursions or club visits.

Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia

I can still vaguely remember visiting my Grandma in the country in a train pulled by a steam engine. Working steam trains are rare these days. You can relive those days in the Railway Museum, where the engines range from minnows to leviathams of the Steam Age. You can scramble around by yourself, check opening times before you go as it is not often open. The Museum is a short walk from the North Williamstown railway station.

10. Heide Museum of Modern Art

7 Templestowe Rd, Bulleen, Manningham, Victoria 3105 Australia +61 3 9850 1500 http://www.heide.com.au/
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4.5 based on 201 reviews

Heide Museum of Modern Art

Reviewed By 619jeffry - Essendon, Australia

Heidi is on the banks of the Yarra River. The home of John and Sunday Reed, which is available for inspection, was part artists' colony and part social center. The Museum has expanded and contains many works by modernists such as Sidney Nolan and Albert Tucker, two icons of Australian Modern art who were fostered by the Reeds. The Museum is quite large, but many people come to visit the Reed's home, conscious of its central role in Australia's cultural history.

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