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Melbourne Museum
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MUSEUM

( 13 11 02; www.museumvictoria.com.au ; 11 Nicholson St, Carlton; adult/child & student $10/free, exhibitions ex-
tra; 10am-5pm; Tourist Shuttle, City Circle, 86, 96, Parliament) This museum provides a
grand sweep of Victoria's natural and cultural histories, with exhibitions covering
everything from dinosaur fossils and giant squid specimens to the taxidermy hall, a 3D
volcano and an open-air forest atrium of Victorian flora. Become immersed in the legend
of champion racehorse and national hero Phar Lap in the Marvellous Melbourne exhibi-
tion. The excellent Bunjilaka , on the ground floor, presents Indigenous Australian stories
and history told through objects and Aboriginal voices with state-of-the-art technology.
There's also an IMAX cinema on-site.

Royal

Exhibition Building
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HISTORIC BUILDING

( 13 11 02; www.museumvictoria.com.au/reb ; 9 Nicholson St, Carlton; tours adult/child $5/3.50; Tourist
Shuttle, City Circle, 86, 96, Parliament) Built for the International Exhibition in 1880, and
winning Unesco World Heritage status in 2004, this beautiful Victorian edifice symbolises
the glory days of the Industrial Revolution, the British Empire and 19th-century Mel-
bourne's economic supremacy. It was the first building to fly the Australian flag, and Aus-
tralia's first parliament was held here in 1901; it now hosts everything from trade fairs to
car shows, as well as the biennial Melbourne Art Fair. Tours of the building leave from
the Melbourne Museum at 2pm.

Ian Potter Museum of Art
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GALLERY

( www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au ; 800 Swanston St, Carlton; 10am-5pm Tue-Fri, noon-5pm Sat & Sun; 6, 8,

Part of Melbourne University , the Ian Potter Museum of Art manages the uni-

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