Melbourne Museum

This museum opposite the 19th-century Royal Exhibition Buildings is Australia's largest and one of the most interesting. Some of the highlights include a real blue whale skeleton (you can't miss it), an indoor rainforest, and a truly brilliant insect and butterfly collection with lots of real-life exhibits, including cockroaches, ant colonies, and huge spiders. Apart from that, there are interactive exhibits and science displays; Bunjikata, the award-winning Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Centre; and bits and pieces of social history, including a stuffed racehorse called Phar Lap. Check out the brightly colored Children's Museum, which will bring hours of enjoyment to the little ones. Allow 2 hours.

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