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Joy brings the Immigration Museum to life with an emotive adventure where creativity, colour and storytelling join forces to take you on a transformative journey. Read our review here.
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Joy brings the Immigration Museum to life with an emotive adventure where creativity, colour and storytelling join forces to take you on a transformative journey. Read our review here.
From cattle dogs to lap dogs, divine felines to the black cats of superstition, Cats & Dogs explores humanity’s deep connection to these animals through more than 250 works of art and design.
The annual Top Arts exhibition provides a platform for emerging artists from across the state to showcase their skills, enthusiasm, and creativity.
This major exhibition staged at The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia surveys the work of Australian-born Paris-based fashion designer Martin Grant.
Metartworld Admission offers a chance to experience the beauty of metal art and explore a huge 2,500-square-meter space that caters to a wide range of interests.
Harry Potter: The Exhibition celebrates all things Harry Potter™ by bringing to life some of your favorite moments, characters, locations, and beasts from the film series, as well as the extended Harry Potter universe. Get up close to authentic props and costumes, practice your Quidditch™ skills, pot a Mandrake, and more in this unforgettable experience. Read our review here.
Scienceworks is set to inspire the next generation of engineers, designers and creators with the launch of its newest hands-on exhibition, Tinkertown, opening 5 April 2025. This vibrant, interactive village is designed to ignite creativity and innovation, turning the world of engineering and design upside down with fun and playful experiences.
Get ready to be transported back to 1912 as visitors strap on VR goggles to roam freely, interact with passengers and explore the legendary ship like never before. Read our review here.
LEGO® Star Wars: The Exhibition will make its galaxy first debut at Melbourne Museum in May 2025!
Kimono designs and Japanese style have inspired global art, design and fashion since Japan re-opened to the world in the mid nineteenth century.
Claude Monet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Edgar Degas, Camille Pissarro, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot and more head to Melbourne for the NGV’s international-exclusive presentation of the major Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® exhibition, French Impressionism, from 6 June 2025.
Plans for The Planet: Olaf Breuning for Kids is an exclusive NGV exhibition created by Swiss contemporary artist Olaf Breuning that invites children and families to explore the natural environment and consider their relationship to the world.
ArtVo is an immersive art or ‘trick art’ gallery, the first of its kind in Australia, where you are encouraged to touch the art and become part of the art by taking photographs from designated points on the floors of the gallery.
The Stronger Families, Stronger Communities exhibition elevates the voices of nine First Nations men who have taken part in Dardi Munwurro’s healing and leadership programs.
The Playground Project Melbourne is an interactive, international travelling exhibition with a playground takeover.
Travel back in time to early medieval Scotland and discover the unique and mysterious treasure trove of Viking Age treasures, from jewellery, personal heirlooms and one-of-a-kind objects from as far away as Central Asia.
Join us for an immersive fashion experience inspired by The Nanny. Featuring set recreations, props, and costumes from the show, plus plenty of Instagram-worthy photo opportunities and limited-edition merchandise. Get ready for a Fantastic adventure!
The epic realms of video games are the focus of Game Worlds, a major new playable exhibition premiering 18 September 2025 to 8 February 2026 at Australia’s national museum of screen culture, ACMI.
Acclaimed Australian artist David Bromley has reimagined the world’s most beloved characters for an incredible new exhibition ‘In Your Neighbourhood: Sesame Street x Bromley’ exhibition that will open in Melbourne on June 6, before moving to Daylesford and then touring nationally (with locations to be announced soon).
At ArtPlay: Discover a world of visual art, music, movement and sensory play at ENOKI’s Wonderland on the Birrarung.
The Game Expo is THE event dedicated to gaming, celebrating its culture and creativity. TGX is all about YOU, and everyone who loves video games.
Relaxed sessions are an opportunity for visitors who could benefit from a quieter Gallery experience to access NGV exhibitions with fewer people and reduced sensory stimuli. This may include people with autism, disability, dementia or chronic illness conditions. All ages are welcome.
Don’t miss out on your chance to experience the magic and awe of Antopia before it closes on Monday 10 March.
Looking for a fun night out this Valentine’s Day and Valentine’s Eve? Whether you’re planning a unique date or a Thursday night out with friends, we’ve got you covered.
Unleash your creativity these school holidays with NGV Kids on Tour! From wearable cat and dog ears to vibrant flower pompoms and delicate paper moths, there’s an art activity for every age.
In celebration of exhibition Cats & Dogs, children can create their own set of cat or dog ears by drawing fur patterns and details inspired by their favourite pets – and wear them for the day or even to bed!
For one-day only during NGV Kids Summer Festival, kids go free with any adult ticket purchase.
BOX MACHINE! is a fantastic new large-scale and interactive exhibition for children and their adults, designed and delivered by the Melbourne-based artists, Polyglot Theatre performer Mischa Long and Box Wars founder Ross Koger.
Celebrate the opening of the new Antopia exhibition and discover the unseen heroes of our food system—ants and other insects!
This stunning art/science installation showcases our breathtaking Moon – four metres in diameter and featuring realistic details of the lunar surface.
Three years ago, we welcomed you to a world alive with Van Gogh’s vibrant blues, golden yellows, and sweeping brush strokes. Now, due to overwhelming demand, VAN GOGH is back—and we couldn't be more excited. Read our past review here.
Summer nights, vibrant beats and never-ending polka dots.
Curated by the NGV in collaboration with the artist especially for Australian audiences, the exhibition Yayoi Kusama includes many works never-before-seen by local audiences as well as a diverse display of the artist’s popular immersive rooms, including the global unveiling of the artist’s most recent immersive infinity mirror room work.
The NGV’s dedicated free children’s galleries will present Kusama for Kids which will feature a renowned Kusama artwork to create immersive experiences for kids.
Enter Antopia, where you shrink down to the size of ants to experience a day in the life of an ant colony. Read our review here.
Celebrate the opening of Antopia Saturday 14 December and Sunday 15 December with Tiny Tours, interactive storytime sessions, puppet performances and maker activties for the whole family.
Celebrate the opening of the new Antopia exhibition and discover the unseen heroes of our food system—ants and other insects!
The Grand Spaces, Gripping Histories Notre-Dame exhibition tour offers rare insights into these two historic buildings, reliving key moments in the cathedral's history and the Immigration Museum building's evolving use over 150 years.
Brian Robinson, a leading artist from the Torres Strait, blends exquisite traditional and contemporary iconography and materiality in his inspiring bold and humorous large-scale prints and sculptures at McClelland this December.
Get ready to celebrate the festive season early at the Good Food and Wine Show Christmas Market – three delicious days of good food, good wine and good times.
This new immersive exhibition relives the spectacular history of the Notre-Dame de Paris in an augmented takeover of the Long Room at Immigration Museum.
Robert Klippel is regarded as one of Australia’s most significant postwar sculptors.
This November, The Fans Strike Back exhibition will make its Australian debut at The District Docklands. Our full review and photos here.
From cyberpunk megacities and first knowledges to rewilded landscapes and sci fi renegades, The Future & Other Fictions showcases the people, artworks and ideas that shape tomorrow. Our review and photos here.
The 2024 NGV Architecture Commission offers a compelling vision for alternative homebuilding in Australia. Home Truth, designed by architecture and design studio Breathe, is an installation that prompts reflection on how small-scale architecture can foster more sustainable, higher-quality and community-oriented living environments.
Paramount+ brings the TMNT: Heroes in a Half Shell exhibition to Australia for the franchise's 40th anniversary, showcasing 40 years of TMNT art, memorabilia, and exclusive content.
We are throwing a gigantic 70th birthday bash for the kaiju king. Featuring movie marathons, talks and unmissable events.
Explore the past, present and future of Treaty with Victoria’s First Peoples.